You Stepped into My Life

"You Stepped into My Life"

Single by Bee Gees

from the album Children of the World

A-side

"Love So Right"

Released

September 1976

Recorded

3 February 1976, Criteria Studios
7 May 1976, Quebec, Canada

Genre

Disco, funk

Length

3:25

Label

RSO

Songwriter(s)

Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb

Producer(s)

Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson

Bee Gees flipsides singles chronology

"Subway"
(1976)

"You Stepped into My Life"
(1976)

"Lovers"
(1976)

"You Stepped into My Life" is a song released by the Bee Gees in September 1976 on the album Children of the World.^[1] It was also released as the B-side of "Love So Right".^[2] Written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.

In Canada, this song was chosen as the A-side and its flipside was "Love So Right"^[3] In Scandinavia and UK, it released as a double A side single with "Love So Right". AllMusic's Bruce Eder called this funk number as one of the "soul ballads" on the album Children of the World.^[4]

Recording

The Bee Gees started to record this song on February 3 at Criteria Studios in Miami. It was finished on May 7 after they recorded and finished "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" and "Boogie Child" the day before in Le Studio in Quebec.^[5]

Musical structure

The first parts of the song features a funky electric and bass guitar beat by Alan Kendall and Maurice Gibb, and later joined by Blue Weaver through synthesizers and keyboards.

The song is all about a singer became happy when he met his lover; the singer also tells his painful memory before he met his lover, and described her touch to him as an "ecstasy".^{[citation needed]}

Personnel

Barry Gibb — lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Maurice Gibb — bass guitar
Alan Kendall — electric guitar
Dennis Bryon — drums
Blue Weaver — synthesizer, keyboards

Cover versions

"You Stepped into My Life"

Single by Melba Moore

from the album Melba '78

B-side

"There's No Other Like You"

Released

September 1978

Studio

Sigma Sound Studios

Genre

Philadelphia soul, disco

Length

4:00 (single version) 5:04 (album version) 7:48 (John Luongo Remix)

Label

Epic

Songwriter(s)

Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb

Producer(s)

Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen

Melba Moore singles chronology

"Standing Right Here"
(1977)

"You Stepped into My Life"
(1978)

"Pick Me Up, I'll Dance"
(1978)

Melba Moore recorded a Philly soul version of the song for her 1978 Epic Records album release Melba, produced by McFadden & Whitehead with Jerry Cohen.^[6]^[7]^[8] The singer and her producers had aimed at scoring Moore a breakout hit with a Bee Gees cover and chose "You Stepped Into My Life", the group's own original version being comparatively low-profile.^[9] "You Stepped Into My Life" did afford Moore a major club hit and became the second and most successful of her two Billboard Hot 100 singles while remaining a Top 40 shortfall with a #47 peak. The track also reached #17 on the Billboard ranking of R&B singles^[10]
Wayne Newton released his version as a single in 1979 on Aries Records; it reached #90 in the U.S.

References

^ Discogs.com (1976). "Bee Gees - Children of the World". Discogs.
^ Discogs.com (1976). "Bee Gees - Love So Right". Discogs.
^ Discogs.com (1976). "Bee Gees - You Stepped Into My Life (Canada release)". Discogs.
^ Eder, Bruce. "Children of the World - Bee Gees". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1976".
^ Chicago Tribune 22 October 1978 "Lineup For Listening" by Bob Cooper p.6-15
^ "McFadden & Whitehead - Billboard". Billboard. May 5, 1979. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ Discogs.com (1978). "Melba Moore - You Stepped Into My Life". Discogs.
^ "Q&A: Melba Moore". 27 June 2018.
^ "Melba Moore Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".

Bee Gees singles

Discography

1960s

1963	"The Battle of the Blue and the Grey" / "The Three Kisses of Love" "Timber!" / "Take Hold of That Star"
1964	"Peace of Mind" / "Don't Say Goodbye" "Turn Around, Look at Me" / "(Theme From) The Travels of Jamie McPheeters"
1965	"Everyday I Have to Cry" / "You Wouldn't Know" "Wine and Women" / "Follow the Wind" "I Was a Lover, a Leader of Men" / "And the Children Laughing"
1966	"I Want Home" / "Cherry Red" "Monday's Rain" / "All of My Life" "Spicks and Specks" / "I Am the World"
1967	"Born a Man" / "Big Chance" "New York Mining Disaster 1941" / "I Can't See Nobody" "To Love Somebody" / "Close Another Door" "Holiday" / "Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You" "Massachusetts" / "Barker of the UFO" "World" / "Sir Geoffrey Saved the World"
1968	"Words" / "Sinking Ships" "Jumbo" / "The Singer Sang His Song" "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" / "Kitty Can" "I Started a Joke" / "Kilburn Towers"
1969	"First of May" / "Lamplight" "Tomorrow Tomorrow" / "Sun in My Morning" "Don't Forget to Remember" / "The Lord"

1970s

1970	"If Only I Had My Mind on Something Else" / "Sweetheart" (US) "I.O.I.O." / "Sweetheart" "Lonely Days" / "Man for All Seasons"
1971	"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" / "Country Woman" "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself" / "Walking Back to Waterloo"
1972	"My World" / "On Time" "Run to Me" / "Road to Alaska" "Alive" / Paper Mache, Cabbages and Kings"
1973	"Saw a New Morning" / "My Life Has Been a Song" "Wouldn't I Be Someone" / "Elisa"
1974	"Mr. Natural" / "It Doesn't Matter Much to Me" "Charade" / "Heavy Breathing"
1975	"Jive Talkin'" / "Wind of Change" "Nights on Broadway" / "Edge of the Universe"
1976	"Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)" / "Country Lanes" "You Should Be Dancing" / "Subway" "Love So Right" / "You Stepped into My Life"
1977	"Boogie Child" / "Lovers" "Edge of the Universe (live)" / "Words (live)" "How Deep Is Your Love" / "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" (live) "Stayin' Alive" / "If I Can't Have You"
1978	"Night Fever" / "Down the Road (live)" "Too Much Heaven" / "Rest Your Love on Me"
1979	"Tragedy" / "Until" "Love You Inside Out" / "I'm Satisfied"

1980s

1981	"He's a Liar" "Living Eyes" / "I Still Love You"
1983	"The Woman in You" / "Stayin' Alive" "Someone Belonging to Someone" / "I Love You Too Much" (instrumental)
1987	"You Win Again" / "Backtafunk" "E.S.P." / "Overnight"
1989	"Ordinary Lives" / "Wing and a Prayer" "One" / "Flesh and Blood"

1990s

1990	"Bodyguard" / "Will You Ever Let Me"
1991	"Secret Love" / "Party with No Name" "When He's Gone" / "True Confessions" "The Only Love" / "You Win Again" (live)
1993	"Paying the Price of Love" / "My Destiny" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" / "Decadance"
1994	"How to Fall in Love, Part 1" / "Fallen Angel"
1997	"Alone" / "Rings Around the Moon" "I Could Not Love You More" / "Love Never Dies" (EUR) "Still Waters (Run Deep)" / "Love Never Dies"

2000s

2001	"This Is Where I Came In" / "Just in Case"

Other countries

1968	"And the Sun Will Shine" / "Really and Sincerely" (France)
1970	"Let There Be Love" / "Really and Sincerely" (Netherlands)
1971	"When the Swallows Fly" / "Give Your Best" (Netherlands) "Morning of My Life" / "To Love Somebody"
1972	"Israel" / "Dearest" (Netherlands)
1988	"Crazy for Your Love" / "You Win Again (Remix)" "Angela" / "You Win Again (Remix)" (Germany, Netherlands)

v t e Melba Moore
Studio albums	I Got Love Look What You're Doing to the Man Peach Melba This Is It Melba '76 A Portrait of Melba Melba '78 Burn Closer What a Woman Needs The Other Side of the Rainbow Never Say Never Read My Lips A Lot of Love I'm in Love Soul Exposed
Live albums	Melba Moore Live!
Singles	"This Is It" "You Stepped into My Life" "Love's Comin' at Ya" "A Little Bit More" "Love the One I'm With" "Falling"
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