You Stepped into My Life

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"You Stepped into My Life"
Single by Bee Gees
from the album Children of the World
A-side"Love So Right"
ReleasedSeptember 1976
Recorded3 February 1976, Criteria Studios
7 May 1976, Quebec, Canada
GenreDisco, funk
Length3:25
LabelRSO
Songwriter(s)Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
Bee Gees flipsides singles chronology
"Subway"
(1976) 		"You Stepped into My Life"
(1976) 		"Lovers"
(1976)

"You Stepped into My Life" is a song released by the Bee Gees in September 1976 on the album Children of the World.[1] It was also released as the B-side of "Love So Right".[2] Written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.

In Canada, this song was chosen as the A-side and its flipside was "Love So Right"[3] In Scandinavia and UK, it released as a double A side single with "Love So Right". AllMusic's Bruce Eder called this funk number as one of the "soul ballads" on the album Children of the World.[4]

Recording[edit]

The Bee Gees started to record this song on February 3 at Criteria Studios in Miami. It was finished on May 7 after they recorded and finished "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" and "Boogie Child" the day before in Le Studio in Quebec.[5]

Musical structure[edit]

The first parts of the song features a funky electric and bass guitar beat by Alan Kendall and Maurice Gibb, and later joined by Blue Weaver through synthesizers and keyboards.

The song is all about a singer became happy when he met his lover; the singer also tells his painful memory before he met his lover, and described her touch to him as an "ecstasy".[citation needed]

Personnel[edit]

Cover versions[edit]

"You Stepped into My Life"
Single by Melba Moore
from the album Melba '78
B-side"There's No Other Like You"
ReleasedSeptember 1978
StudioSigma Sound Studios
GenrePhiladelphia soul, disco
Length4:00 (single version) 5:04 (album version) 7:48 (John Luongo Remix)
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen
Melba Moore singles chronology
"Standing Right Here"
(1977) 		"You Stepped into My Life"
(1978) 		"Pick Me Up, I'll Dance"
(1978)
  • Melba Moore recorded a Philly soul version of the song for her 1978 Epic Records album release Melba, produced by McFadden & Whitehead with Jerry Cohen.[6][7][8] The singer and her producers had aimed at scoring Moore a breakout hit with a Bee Gees cover and chose "You Stepped Into My Life", the group's own original version being comparatively low-profile.[9] "You Stepped Into My Life" did afford Moore a major club hit and became the second and most successful of her two Billboard Hot 100 singles while remaining a Top 40 shortfall with a #47 peak. The track also reached #17 on the Billboard ranking of R&B singles. In 2024, the song was certified platinum for sales of a million copies in the USA.[10]
  • Wayne Newton released his version as a single in 1979 on Aries Records; it reached #90 in the U.S.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Discogs.com (1976). "Bee Gees - Children of the World". Discogs.
  2. ^ Discogs.com (1976). "Bee Gees - Love So Right". Discogs.
  3. ^ Discogs.com (1976). "Bee Gees - You Stepped Into My Life (Canada release)". Discogs.
  4. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Children of the World - Bee Gees". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  5. ^ Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1976".
  6. ^ Chicago Tribune 22 October 1978 "Lineup For Listening" by Bob Cooper p.6-15
  7. ^ "McFadden & Whitehead - Billboard". Billboard. May 5, 1979. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  8. ^ Discogs.com (1978). "Melba Moore - You Stepped Into My Life". Discogs.
  9. ^ "Q&A: Melba Moore". 27 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Melba Moore Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
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