"I Just Want to be Your Everything" was Andy Gibb's longest-running chart single on Billboard, Record World, and Cashbox. It had a record 15 weeks in Record World's top 10, from mid-July to late October, and spent of a total of 32 weeks in the top 100. On the Record World chart, Gibb hit #1 on August 6, stayed there on August 13, then yielded to The Emotions for two weeks, before returning to #1 for two additional weeks beginning on September 3. On the Top Singles Chart of Record World (another Billboard competitor), "I Just Want to be your Everything" racked up a five-week stay at #1, which, like its four-week run on Billboard, was interrupted by The Emotions' "Best of My Love". Ĭash Box said that "a high-pitched, boyish voice is the vehicle for this happy love song." Record World said that "a sure pop touch should take this tune penned by brother Barry right up the charts." In Billboard's competitor magazine Cashbox, Gibb's hit stayed at #1 for three consecutive weeks, spent 12 weeks in the top 10, and 29 weeks on the Top 100. On Billboard's Hot 100, "I Just Want to be your Everything" ultimately enjoyed a 31-week chart run spanning from the end of April through the end of November. That record would be surpassed in early 1978, by his brothers, Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, performing as The Bee Gees, when their song " How Deep is Your Love" spent 17 weeks in the top 10. It was replaced once again by "Best of My Love", but would spend a record 16 weeks in the top 10. When the Emotions fell out of the #1 spot, "I Just Want to be your Everything" shot back to #1 for an additional week, on September 17. 1 with " Best of My Love" on August 20 for the first of four straight weeks, during which time Gibb's song remained in the top three. The song first reached the top of the chart on July 30 for the first of three consecutive weeks. In Billboard, the song spent a cumulative four weeks at No. The drummer's high-hat count during both breakdowns was completely mixed out and Gibb's harmony vocal is more prevalent during ad-libs. The promo version had an additional keyboard that at times competed with the lead vocal. Two mixes were prepared for the song the more popular mix was released on the album & as the single version and the earlier mix was used for promotional purposes. Within about 20 minutes, he'd written a number one record and then we went right into another one, And before I knew it he was starting to do the chorus of, and I thought, 'Wow what a hook!'. When Barry writes, it is very hard to collaborate with him, because he is so quick. "So, once we discussed it all and got the deal together, me and Barry locked ourselves in a bedroom and Barry just started writing. Īndy reveals, "'I Just Want to Be Your Everything' was one of the most meaningful of all form, you know." He later recalls Barry Gibb's writing style: The track is a fairly dramatic love song, with the singer declaring his unending passion and stating that without her, he would die. Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh contributed guitar on this song. It was recorded in October 1976 the sessions were produced mainly by Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson and with Barry on this track and "(Love Is) Thicker than Water" Galuten also played keyboards and piano. "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" was written by Barry Gibb in Bermuda, as well as " (Love Is) Thicker Than Water" with Andy Gibb credited as co-writer on the latter. It is ranked number 26 on Billboard 's 55th anniversary All Time Top 100. His previous single, " Words and Music" was only released in Australia. It was Gibb's first single released in the United Kingdom and United States. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, starting on the week ending 30 July 1977, and again for the week ending 17 September 1977. " I Just Want to Be Your Everything" is a song recorded by Andy Gibb, initially released in April 1977 as the first single from his debut album Flowing Rivers. 1977 single by Andy Gibb "I Just Want to Be Your Everything"
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