Jive Talkin'

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"Jive Talkin'" is a 1975 disco-influenced hit single by the Bee Gees, widely credited with helping to launch their successful mid-1970s reinvention and later dominance of the disco era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Main Course (album)
surface form: Main Course
artist Bee Gees NERFINISHED
chartPositionBillboardHotSoulSingles 9
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 1
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 5
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100Date 1975-08
chronologyFollowedBy Nights on Broadway
chronologyFollows Mr. Natural
countryOfRelease United States NERFINISHED
creditedWith helping launch Bee Gees' disco era reinvention
reviving Bee Gees' commercial success in mid-1970s
genre R&B
disco
funk
hasBside Wind of Change
hasFormat 12-inch single
7-inch single
hasISRC GBAYE7500203
hasMusicVideo performance and studio-based promotional clips
hasNotableFeature call-and-response vocals
falsetto elements by Barry Gibb
syncopated rhythm inspired by car crossing a causeway bridge in Miami
use of synthesizer bass line
hasSubject deceptive speech and insincere talk
includedIn Saturday Night Fever era Bee Gees disco repertoire
influenced subsequent Bee Gees disco-oriented recordings
language English
length 3:43
livePerformanceMainstayFor Bee Gees NERFINISHED
partOf Main Course (album)
surface form: Main Course
performer Bee Gees NERFINISHED
producer Arif Mardin
Bee Gees NERFINISHED
publisher RSO Records NERFINISHED
recordedIn Criteria Studios, Miami
recordLabel RSO Records NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1975-05
stylePeriod mid-1970s pop and disco
tempo approximately 105 BPM
vocalist Barry Gibb NERFINISHED
Maurice Gibb NERFINISHED
Robin Gibb NERFINISHED
writer Barry Gibb NERFINISHED
Maurice Gibb NERFINISHED
Robin Gibb NERFINISHED
yearOfRelease 1975

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Barry Gibb notableWork Jive Talkin'
Bee Gees notableWork Jive Talkin'
Robin Gibb notableWork Jive Talkin'