Love You Inside Out
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"Love You Inside Out" is a 1979 hit single for the Bee Gees
, from their album Spirits Having Flown
. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100
for one week in June 1979 (interrupting Donna Summer
's "Hot Stuff
"). It would be the ninth and final number-one hit for the Bee Gees in the US.
Like their other big hits of disco era, this song also contained the falsetto
vocal style of Bee Gees.
It has been covered by Leslie Feist
(under the title "Inside and Out
") on her 2004 album Let It Die
and was sampled
a few years before by R&B group Total
on the album track "When Boy Meets Girl" from their self-titled debut in 1996. The sample was included on R Kelly and Jay-Z
's hit song "Honey". It was also sampled by Snoop Dogg
for his rap single "Ups and Downs" in 2005 and on rap group Nemesis'
hit "Cantfiguritout."
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...
, from their album Spirits Having Flown
Spirits Having Flown
Spirits Having Flown is the Bee Gees' fifteenth original album, released in 1979. It was the group's first album after their collaboration on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The album's first three tracks were released as singles which all went to no.1 in the US...
. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
for one week in June 1979 (interrupting Donna Summer
Donna Summer
LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
's "Hot Stuff
Hot Stuff (Donna Summer song)
"Hot Stuff" is a hit single released by American singer Donna Summer in 1979 as the first single release from her Bad Girls album through Casablanca Records...
"). It would be the ninth and final number-one hit for the Bee Gees in the US.
Like their other big hits of disco era, this song also contained the falsetto
Falsetto
Falsetto is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous edges of the vocal folds, in whole or in part...
vocal style of Bee Gees.
It has been covered by Leslie Feist
Leslie Feist
Leslie Feist , known professionally as simply Feist, is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene....
(under the title "Inside and Out
Inside and Out
"Inside and Out" is a single released in 2005 by Canadian singer Feist. It is the third single from her 2004 album Let It Die. The song is a cover of the Bee Gees' 1979 hit "Love You Inside Out".-Song information:...
") on her 2004 album Let It Die
Let It Die
-Personnel:* Gonzales – piano, various instruments* Feist – guitar, vocals* Julien Chirol – trombone* Frédéric Coudere – saxophone-Album:...
and was sampled
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
a few years before by R&B group Total
Total (band)
Total was an American R&B girl group and one of the signature acts of Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records imprint during the 1990s.-Emergence & Total:...
on the album track "When Boy Meets Girl" from their self-titled debut in 1996. The sample was included on R Kelly and Jay-Z
Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
's hit song "Honey". It was also sampled by Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
for his rap single "Ups and Downs" in 2005 and on rap group Nemesis'
Nemesis (rap crew)
Nemesis is the first rap crew from Dallas, Texas to enjoy popularity in the US and world-wide, thanks to their label, Profile Records, which was well-known for bringing out many popular east coast rap releases such as Run-DMC, Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde, and Dana Dane...
hit "Cantfiguritout."
Achievements
"Love You Inside Out" was a statistically important single for The Bee Gees. It helped them rewrite the history books in several ways when it reached number one on June 9, 1979.- It was the group's ninth number one single in the U.S. (tenth if you include "Lonely DaysLonely Days"Lonely Days" is a 1970 song by the Bee Gees, featured on their album 2 Years On. The song incorporated the innovative structure and knack for changing tempos exemplified by the second side of The Beatles' Abbey Road album, released the previous year and a clear influence on this single...
", which reached number one on the CashboxCashboxCashbox can mean:*A box for keeping cash in; a safe or cash register*CashBox is a SaaS Marketing, Billing, Ecommerce and marketing automation / CRM solution used by digital leaders -- like Atari, Blizzard, Bloomberg, Cisco, Cryptic, Intuit, Magmic , Mind Candy , Outspark, Peanut Labs, Symantec and...
charts in 1971). That is the most number one singles of any artist during the 1970's. - It was The Bee Gees sixth consecutive number one single. The only other group to achieve this was The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
. - It was the third consecutive number single from Spirits Having Flown, which followed three consecutive number one singles from their previous album Saturday Night Fever. No other artist has ever had three consecutive singles from two successive albums.
- At the time, it placed them fourth among all artists with number one singles (9) and fourth in total weeks (27) at number one.
Chart performance (1979)
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| United States Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Chile | 3 |
| Ireland | 6 |
| United Kingdom | 13 |
| Italy | 17 |
| New Zealand | 17 |
| Germany | 21 |
| Belgium | 22 |
| Netherlands | 35 |
| France | 39 |
| Australia | 77 |