Tragedy (Bee Gees song)

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"Tragedy"
Bee-Gees-Tragedy.jpg
Single by Bee Gees
from the album Spirits Having Flown
B-side "Until"
ReleasedFebruary 1979
Recorded1978
Genre
Length5:03
Label RSO
Songwriter(s) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)
Bee Gees singles chronology
"Too Much Heaven"
(1978)		"Tragedy"
(1979)		"Love You Inside Out"
(1979)
Music video
"Tragedy (Live in Las Vegas, 1997 - One Night Only)" on YouTube
"Bee Gees - Tragedy (Official Music Video)" on YouTube

"Tragedy" is a song released by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb, included on their 1979 album Spirits Having Flown . The single reached number one in the UK in February 1979 and repeated the feat the following month on the US Billboard Hot 100. In 1998, it was covered by British pop group Steps, whose version also reached number one in the UK. In 2024, it was used in the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice , as well as its trailer.

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Origin

Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb wrote this song and "Too Much Heaven" in an afternoon off from making the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band movie, in which they were starring. In the same evening, they wrote "Shadow Dancing", which was performed by Andy Gibb (and reached number one in the US). [2]

The explosion sound effect at the song's climax has been the subject of much interest, and footage filmed at Criteria Studios that aired in a Bee Gees special on NBC later in 1979 documented a recording session with Barry Gibb in front of a studio microphone blowing through his cupped hands to try to achieve it.

Co-producer Karl Richardson told writer Grant Walters of Albumism how they processed that raw sound to give it more authenticity. "It was a thing called a product generator. It was a new toy that someone...you know, we were in tune with all the [Audio Engineering Society] shows—you know, 'what's the new stuff coming out?' And I guess we just got a sample of it. It was a box and you put two inputs in it, and it generates all these harmonics and products.

"So, the two things that went into it were Albhy [Galuten], or maybe [keyboardist] Blue [Weaver], holding the notes on the bottom end of a piano across multiple keys—maybe as many keys as you could mash down on a grand piano—and then Barry’s voice going ‘pbbhhhh!’ into a dynamic microphone, blowing air through the diaphragm to distort it. And then you mix these two signals through the generator, and whatever came out sounded like dynamite [laughs]. It was very technological—nobody had that sound, I know that for a fact." [3]

Though not originally in Saturday Night Fever , "Tragedy" has subsequently been added to the musical score of the West End version of the movie-musical. The song knocked "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor off the top spot in the US for two weeks before that song again returned to number one for an additional week. "Tragedy" was the second single out of the three released from the album to interrupt a song's stay at #1.

In the US, it would become the fifth of six consecutive number-ones, tying the record with Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles for most consecutive number-ones in the US—a record later broken by Whitney Houston, who had seven.[ citation needed ]

On 1 November 2024, the new music video for this song was released on the Bee Gees' official YouTube channel. [4]

Reception

American magazine Billboard felt that the song had similar intensity to "Stayin' Alive" and that it had multiple vocal and instrumental hooks and "graceful" harmonies. [5] Cash Box said it has "vibrant arrangement of synthesizer, guitars, horns, solid beat and dramatic vocals." [6] Record World called it "sizzling" and "up-tempo" and "with some classic progressions, high harmonies and an undercurrent of synthesizers." [7]

Charts

Sales and certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [43] Platinum150,000^
France (SNEP) [44] Gold500,000*
Japan—100,000 [45]
United Kingdom (BPI) [46] Gold500,000^
United States (RIAA) [47] Platinum2,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Steps version

"Tragedy"
Single by Steps
from the album Steptacular and Bee Gees Tribute Album: Gotta Get a Message to You
A-side "Heartbeat"
B-side "Stay with Me" (US)
Released9 November 1998 (1998-11-09)
Recorded1998
Studio PWL (Manchester, England)
Genre Pop
Length
  • 4:31 (album version)
  • 3:30 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)
Steps singles chronology
"One for Sorrow"
(1998)		"Heartbeat" / "Tragedy"
(1998)		"Better Best Forgotten"
(1999)
Music video
"Tragedy" on YouTube

"Tragedy" was covered by British pop group Steps. Issued as a double A-side with "Heartbeat", it was released on 9 November 1998. The song was recorded for the Bee Gees Tribute Album: Gotta Get a Message to You and was later included on the group's second album, Steptacular (1999). "Heartbeat" / "Tragedy" reached number one in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. In the former country, it spent 30 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and sold more copies than all three previous Steps singles combined, with 1.21 million copies sold in the UK. [48] The video for "Tragedy" contained the dance step of putting both hands parallel to the sides of the head in time with the word "tragedy", which became a signature move for the group.

Critical reception

Scottish newspaper Aberdeen Evening Express stated that Steps "did such a sparkling remake" of the song, noting that it "gets [ Steptacular ] off to a discotastic start". [49] AllMusic editor Jon O'Brien described it as a "triumphant cover". [50] Lucas Villa from AXS wrote that Claire, Faye and Lisa's "powerful performances (coupled with that iconic hands dance step) made "Tragedy" an undeniable dance floor anthem." [51] A reviewer from Daily Record commented, "Once again, Steps have come up with a catchy tune and the reworking of Tragedy has clubbers mimicking the band's dance techniques." [52]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Tragedy" was directed by David Amphlett. It starts with a Doraemon-shaped alarm clock ringing and sees Faye, Claire, and Lisa getting married. The lads, Lee and H, sabotage all three weddings before they all go to a disco. The church and disco scenes were filmed in All Saints' Church, Harrow Weald, London and the adjoining Blackwell Hall, respectively. The external location shots of the boys leaving their house and driving were filmed in Blackheath, South London. The group's actual families all took part in the video, with the girls' real-life fathers walking them down the aisle, and record producer Pete Waterman appears as the wedding DJ.[ citation needed ]

Track listings

  1. "Heartbeat" – 4:24
  2. "Tragedy" – 4:31
  3. "Heartbeat" (instrumental) – 4:24
  1. "Heartbeat" – 4:24
  2. "Tragedy" – 4:31
  1. "Tragedy" (LP version) – 4:30
  2. "Stay with Me" – 4:04

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Steptacular. [59]

Recording

Vocals

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [81] Gold25,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ) [82] Platinum10,000*
Sweden (GLF) [83] Gold15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [84] Platinum1,210,000 [48]
United States—98,000 [85]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionVersionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom"Heartbeat" / "Tragedy"9 November 1998
  • CD
  • cassette
 [86]
United States"Tragedy"18 January 2000 Contemporary hit radio [87]

Foo Fighters version

In 2021, American rock band Foo Fighters, under their alter ego, the 'Dee Gees', covered the song for their album Hail Satin . [88]

See also

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