Love So Right

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"Love So Right"
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Single by Bee Gees
from the album Children of the World
B-side "You Stepped Into My Life"
ReleasedSeptember 1976
Recorded
  • 18 January, 8 February 1976
  • 8 May 1976
Studio
Genre
Length3:34
Label RSO
Songwriter Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Producers Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
Bee Gees singles chronology
"You Should Be Dancing"
(1976)		"Love So Right"
(1976)		"Boogie Child"
(1977)

"Love So Right" is an R&B ballad recorded by the Bee Gees. It was the second single released on the album Children of the World .

Contents

Background

It was written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb early in 1976. Recording started on 18 January, then 8 February and finished on 8 May in Quebec, Canada with the other songs "Can't Keep a Good Man Down", "Boogie Child", "Subway", "The Way It Was" and "You Should Be Dancing". It was the second consecutive Bee Gees single (following "You Should Be Dancing") to feature Barry Gibb's falsetto exclusively for lead vocals. [4] Barry later stated that the song's R&B influence was inspired by the group "trying to be The Delfonics." [5]

Release

"Love So Right" hit number three on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as charting on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. In addition, it was a minor hit on the Billboard Black Singles chart, peaking at number 37. [6] Its B-side was "You Stepped into My Life". [7] In Canada, "You Stepped into My Life" was chosen as the A-side and this song was the B-side. [8]

Reception

Cash Box said that "the R&B flavor is still there, so the appeal is across the board" and "those famous harmonies are in full force." [1] Record World said that while it is "slower and not as overtly disco" as the Bee Gees' previous single "You Should Be Dancing", "there appears to be no way they could miss with material like this." [9] Rolling Stone critic Joe McEwen called it "a frothy pop ballad modeled closely after [the Bee Gees'] own 'Fanny,' and the current record's only saving grace is a whiny soul falsetto, somewhere between Tony Washington of the Dynamic Superiors and the Stylistics' Russell Tompkins." [10]

Track listing

Original release
No.TitleLength
1."Love So Right"3:34
2."You Stepped Into My Life"3:25
US Promo Single
No.TitleLength
1."Love So Right (Stereo Version)"3:34
2."Love So Right (Mono Version)"3:34

Chart performance

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [14] Gold75,000^
United States (RIAA) [15] Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 18 September 1976. p. 14. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Stanley, Bob (6 February 2024). "Miami". The Story of the Bee Gees - Children of the World. New York City: Pegasus Books. p. 207. ISBN   9781639365531 . Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Molanphy, Chris (28 September 2018). "The Nights on Broadway Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate . Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Brennan, Joseph. "Gibb Songs: 1976" . Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  5. ↑ White, Timothy (24 March 2001). "Billboard Interview: Bee Gees".
  6. ↑ Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1976".
  7. ↑ "Bee Gees - Love So Right / You Stepped Into My Life". discogs. 1976.
  8. ↑ "Bee Gees - You Stepped Into My Life / Love So Right (Canada release)". discogs. 1976.
  9. ↑ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 25 September 1976. p. 1. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  10. ↑ McEwen, Joe (4 November 1976). "Children of the World". Rolling Stone.
  11. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 26.
  12. ↑ "Top 200 Singles of '77 – Volume 28, No. 11, December 31 1977". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Bee Gees – Love So Right". Music Canada . Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "American single certifications – Bee Gees – Love So Right". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 16 June 2023.
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