“How Deep Is Your Love” – Single by Bee Gees from the album Saturday Night Fever
B-side: “Can’t Keep a Good Man Down”
Released: September 1977 (US)
Recorded: 1977
Studio: Château d’Hérouville (France); Criteria (Miami)
Label: RSO
Songwriters: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
Producers: Bee Gees,Karl Richardson, Albhy Galuten
The Bee Gees wrote this love song at the Château d’Hérouville in France – the “Honky Chateau” where Elton John recorded three albums in the early ’70s. When they arrived to record songs for Saturday Night Fever, they found it had been neglected – the studio worked, but the grounds were a mess. This gave them focus because they had little reason to leave the studio.
This was a massive hit in the US. It was #1 for three weeks and stayed in the Top 10 for 17 weeks, which was a record at the time. The song was also a huge hit on the Adult Contemporary chart, where it spent six weeks at #1 – more than any other Bee Gees song. When Billboard listed their top 100 Adult Contemporary song of all time in 2011, “How Deep Is Your Love” came in at #13.
“How Deep Is Your Love” ranked number 375 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In a British TV special shown in December 2011, it was voted The Nation’s Favourite Bee Gees Song by ITV viewers. During the Bee Gees’ 2001 Billboard magazine interview, Barry said that this was his favourite Bee Gees song.
