"Night Fever", is a disco song, written and performed by The
Bee Gees. It first appeared on the soundtrack to
Saturday Night Fever. Producer Robert Stigwood wanted to
call the film
Saturday Night, but singer Robin Gibb expressed
hesitation at the title. Stigwood liked the title
Night Feverbut was wary of marketing a movie with that
name. He combined the two suggestions and the idea for
Saturday Night Feveras a motion picture was born.
"Night Fever" remained the number one Billboard Hot 100
single for over two months in 1978. It also replaced Andy
Gibb's "Love Is Thicker Than Water" at number one, and was in
turn replaced by Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You" - all
of which were written and produced by the Gibb brothers.
After the success of "Night Fever," the Governor of Florida,
Reubin O'Donovan Askew, made the three men "honorary citizens"
of the state, due to the amount of time they spent each year
recording singles in Miami.
In addition to Saturday Night Fever, the song has also
appeared in the movie and on the soundtrack for Mystery
Men.
A rare music video was made for the song in 1978, however it
wasn't shown to the public until 2004 despite the fact the
video didn't contain any uncensored content. It features the
brothers singing the song in a dark studio cut with images from
New York City streets. An interesting note, in the video Barry
Gibb was shown without his trademark beard.
The song lists at #33 on
Billboard's All Time Top 100.[1]
Texan punk rock band The Dicks covered this song on the
B-side of their 1980 debut single "Hate the Police" under the
title "All Night Fever".
In 2008, Australian singer and songwriter Tina Arena
performed a cover version of "Night Fever" for the French film
Disco.