They used a 32-track recorder that Mardin described as “very, very brittle” and, in the final version, the song was sped up, raising it about a quarter tone, to improve the sound. Robin recalled that the brothers were so convinced that this was going to be a huge hit that they spent a month recording it and re-mixing it (including at Criteria Studios in Miami) to try to get it as perfect as possible, despite problems with the technology of the time. So, that’s one little secret – give people an automatic identification of who it is,” explained Maurice.Īll three brothers sang on “You Win Again” (Barry also played guitar and Maurice was on keyboards) and Robbie Kondor was featured on keyboards and synthesizer bass. “As soon as you hear that ‘jabba-doomba, jabba-doomba’ on the radio, you know it’s us. The group retained the steady, pounding opening beat for the final recording of the track at the Middle Ear studio in Miami Beach, with a new drum program devised by Maurice and celebrated producer Rhett Lawrence. After going seven years without a hit single, the Bee Gees made a glorious comeback in 1987 with You Win Again. When the band worked on a demo of the song in Maurice’s garage, they went for what Maurice called the distinctive “stomps” at the start. You Win Again (1987) Official Singles Chart peak: 1 UK streams:16.8 million. (Robin claimed he had not heard that song and was more worried that the title was too close to the Hot Chocolate hit “So You Win Again” from 1977.)įor the song, the Bee Gees reunited with producer Arif Mardin – a man who engineered and produced an incredible array of classic records from artists such as Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Diana Ross, and Barbra Streisand – who said that he was “inspired” by working again with such “incredible singers.” In the end, they chose the title “You Win Again,” even though it was the same as the Hank Williams classic from 1952. It ended up as a big demo in my garage,” Maurice recalled in 2001. When Barry told his brothers Maurice and Robin about his chorus, they immediately got together to write lyrics to accompany the tune, about a man losing “a battle of love.” “We had no idea how it might turn out as a song. “The chorus of ‘You Win Again’ came that way, but I didn’t have the recorder, so I had to run around the house and find something, because like a dream those things will disappear. “Some of my best grooves usually come in the night, in a dream, so I keep a little recorder nearby,” he told the BBC in 2016. The Bee Gees' Hall of Fame citation says, "Only Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees.“You Win Again,” a global hit that sparked a Bee Gees revival in the late 1980s, contained one of the band’s catchiest melodies – one that supposedly came to Barry Gibb in a dream. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 the presenter of the award to "Britain's first family of harmony" was Brian Wilson, historical leader of The Beach Boys, another "family act" featuring three harmonising brothers. The Bee Gees have sold more than 220 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. The Bee Gees wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists. The group sang recognisable three-part tight harmonies Robin's clear vibrato lead vocals were a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound during the mid-to-late 1970s and 1980s. The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as prominent performers of the disco music era in the mid-to-late 1970s. Bee Gees The Ultimate Bee Gees 1987 Barry Gibb, The Estate of Robin Gibb and Yvonne Gibb, u.Their lineup consisted of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group You Win Again The Bee Gees were a pop music group formed in 1958.
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