“I Just Want to Be Your Everything” Single by Andy Gibb from the album Flowing Rivers
B-side “In the End”
Released April 1977
Label RSO
Songwriter Barry Gibb
Producers Gibb-Galuten-Richardson
Charted No.1 in US, No.26 in UK, Bo.1 in Canada, No.1 in Australia, No.13 in Spain.
Andy Gibb was the brother of Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees; his hit “I Just Want To Be Your Everything” was written by Barry. It’s a fairly dramatic love song, with Andy declaring his unending passion and stating that without her, he would die.
It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of 30 July 1977 and again in 17 September. It was Gibb’s first single released in the United Kingdom and United States. It was Gibb’s first single released in the United Kingdom and United States. His previous single, “Words and Music” was only released in Australia.
“I Just Want to be Your Everything” was Andy Gibb’s longest-running chart single on Billboard, Record World, and Cashbox. In terms of year-end charts, they all ranked “I Just Want to be your Everything” as the #2 song of 1977, bested by Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” (in Cashbox and Record World) and by “Tonight’s the Night” by Rod Stewart (in Billboard). Gibb’s song also appeared on the Soul Singles chart, peaking at number 19 and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male at the 20th Grammy Awards. The song became a gold record.
