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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jive Talkin’ | 1 |
Statements (49)
| 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
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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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this entity surface form:
Jive Talkin’