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"You Stepped into My Life"
"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

"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, 7 May 1976
Studio	Criteria, Miami, Florida; Quebec, Canada;
Genre	Disco
Length	3:25
Label	RSO
Songwriter(s)	Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)	Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
Bee Gees flipsides singles chronology

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"You Stepped into My Life" is a song released by the Bee Gees in September 1976 on the album Children of the World.^[2] It was also released as the B-side of "Love So Right".^[3] Written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.

In Canada, this song was chosen as the A-side and its flipside was "Love So Right"^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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

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.^[7]^[8]^[9] 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.^[10] "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. In 2024, the song was certified platinum for sales of a million copies in the USA.^[11]
Wayne Newton released his version as a single in 1979 on Aries Records; it reached #90 in the U.S.

References

^ Petridis, Alexis (January 19, 2023). "The Bee Gees' 40 greatest songs – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
^ 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".

[Petridis_2023-1] Petridis, Alexis (January 19, 2023). "The Bee Gees' 40 greatest songs – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved August 3, 2024.

[2] Discogs.com (1976). "Bee Gees - Children of the World". Discogs.

[3] Discogs.com (1976). "Bee Gees - Love So Right". Discogs.

[4] Discogs.com (1976). "Bee Gees - You Stepped Into My Life (Canada release)". Discogs.

[5] Eder, Bruce. "Children of the World - Bee Gees". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

[6] Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1976".

[7] Chicago Tribune 22 October 1978 "Lineup For Listening" by Bob Cooper p.6-15

[8] "McFadden & Whitehead - Billboard". Billboard. May 5, 1979. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

[9] Discogs.com (1978). "Melba Moore - You Stepped Into My Life". Discogs.

[10] "Q&A: Melba Moore". 27 June 2018.

[11] "Melba Moore Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".

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-{{Infobox single
+{{Infobox song
-| Name = You Stepped Into My Life
+| name       = You Stepped into My Life
-| Artist = [[Bee Gees]]
+| cover      =
-| Cover = Love So Right.jpg
+| alt        =
+| type       = single
-| Album = [[Children of the World]]
-| A-side = "[[Love So Right]]"
+| artist     = [[Bee Gees]]
+| album      = [[Children of the World]]
-| Released = September 1976
+| A-side     = [[Love So Right]]
-| Recorded = 3 February 1976, [[Criteria Studios]] <br/> 7 May 1976, [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]
+| released   = September 1976
-| Format = [[7"]], [[45rpm]]
+| recorded   = 3 February 1976, 7 May 1976
-| Genre = [[Disco]], [[funk]]
+| studio     = *[[Criteria Studios|Criteria]], Miami, Florida
-| Length = 3:25
+*[[Quebec]], [[Canada]]
-| Label = [[RSO Records|RSO]]
+| venue      =
-| Writer = [[Barry Gibb|Barry]], [[Robin Gibb|Robin]] & [[Maurice Gibb]]
+| genre      = [[Disco]]<ref name= "Petridis 2023">{{cite web|first= Alexis|last= Petridis|title= The Bee Gees' 40 greatest songs – ranked!|website= [[The Guardian]]|date= January 19, 2023|url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/19/the-bee-gees-40-greatest-songs-ranked|accessdate= August 3, 2024}}</ref>
-| Producer = Bee Gees, [[Albhy Galuten]], Karl Richardson
+| length     = 3:25
-| Chronology = Bee Gees B-side singles
+| label      = [[RSO Records|RSO]]
-| Last single = "[[Subway (song)|Subway]]" <br/> (1976)
+| writer     = [[Barry Gibb|Barry]], [[Robin Gibb|Robin]] & [[Maurice Gibb]]
-| Next single = "Lovers" <br/> (1976)
+| producer   = [[Bee Gees]], [[Albhy Galuten]], Karl Richardson
-| This single = "'''You Stepped Into My Life'''" <br/> (1976)
+| chronology = Bee Gees flipsides
+| prev_title = Subway
+| prev_year  = 1976
+| next_title = Lovers
+| next_year  = 1976
 }}
-"'''You Stepped Into My Life'''" is a song released by the [[Bee Gees]] in September 1976 on the album ''[[Children of the World]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bee-Gees-Children-Of-The-World/master/22819 |title= Bee Gees - Children of the World |author=Discogs.com}}</ref> It was also released as the B-side of "[[Love So Right]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bee-Gees-Love-So-Right/release/1711558 |title= Bee Gees - Love So Right |author=Discogs.com}}</ref> Written by [[Barry Gibb|Barry]], [[Robin Gibb|Robin]] & [[Maurice Gibb]].
+"'''You Stepped into My Life'''" is a song released by the [[Bee Gees]] in September 1976 on the album ''[[Children of the World]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bee-Gees-Children-Of-The-World/master/22819 |title= Bee Gees - Children of the World |author=Discogs.com|website= [[Discogs]] |year= 1976 }}</ref> It was also released as the B-side of "[[Love So Right]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bee-Gees-Love-So-Right/release/1711558 |title= Bee Gees - Love So Right |author=Discogs.com|website= [[Discogs]] |year= 1976 }}</ref> Written by [[Barry Gibb|Barry]], [[Robin Gibb|Robin]] & [[Maurice Gibb]].
-In Canada, this song was chosen as the [[A-side and B-side|A-side]] and its flipside was "Love So Right"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bee-Gees-You-Stepped-Into-My-Life-Love-So-Right/release/3311333 |title= Bee Gees - You Stepped Into My Life (Canada release) |author=Discogs.com}}</ref> 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 music|soul]] [[ballad]]s" on the album ''Children of the World''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/children-of-the-world-mw0000653805 |title=Children of the World - Bee Gees |last=Eder |first=Bruce |work=[[Allmusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |accessdate=27 February 2015}}</ref>
+In Canada, this song was chosen as the [[A-side and B-side|A-side]] and its flipside was "Love So Right"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bee-Gees-You-Stepped-Into-My-Life-Love-So-Right/release/3311333 |title= Bee Gees - You Stepped Into My Life (Canada release) |author=Discogs.com|website= [[Discogs]] |year= 1976 }}</ref> 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 music|soul]] [[ballad]]s" on the album ''Children of the World''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/children-of-the-world-mw0000653805 |title=Children of the World - Bee Gees |last=Eder |first=Bruce |work=[[Allmusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref>
 ==Recording==
-The Bee Gees started to record this song on February 3'rd at [[Criteria Studios]] in [[Miami]]. It was finished on May 7'th after they recorded and finished "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" and "[[Boogie Child]]" the day before in [[Le Studio]] in Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/76.html |title= Gibb Songs: 1976 |author=Joseph Brennan}}</ref>
+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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/76.html |title= Gibb Songs: 1976 |author=Joseph Brennan}}</ref>
 ==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 [[synthesizer]]s and [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]]s.
+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 [[synthesizer]]s and [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]]s.
-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".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metrolyrics.com/you-stepped-into-my-life-lyrics-bee-gees.html |title=Bee Gees - You Stepped Into My Life |author=Metrolyrics.com |accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref>
+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".{{cn|date=November 2021}}
 ==Personnel==
 *[[Barry Gibb]] — [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[acoustic guitar]]
 *[[Maurice Gibb]] — [[bass guitar]]
-*[[Blue Weaver]] — [[synthesizer]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
 *[[Alan Kendall]] — [[electric guitar]]
 *[[Dennis Bryon]] — [[Drum kit|drums]]
+*[[Blue Weaver]] — [[synthesizer]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
 ==Cover versions==
-{{Infobox single
+{{Infobox song
-| Name = You Stepped Into My Life
+| name       = You Stepped into My Life
+| cover      =
-| Artist = [[Melba Moore]]
-| Cover =
+| alt        =
+| type       = single
-| Album = [[Melba (1978 album)|Melba '78]]
+| artist     = [[Melba Moore]]
-| Released = 1978
-| Format = [[7"]], [[12"]]
+| album      = [[Melba (1978 album)|Melba '78]]
+| B-side     = There's No Other Like You
-| Genre = [[Funk]], [[disco]]
+| released   = September 1978
-| Label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
+| recorded   =
-| Writer = Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
+| studio     = [[Sigma Sound Studios]]
-| Producer = [[Gene McFadden]], [[John Whitehead (singer)|John Whitehead]], Jerry Cohen
+| venue      =
-| Last single = "The Way You Make Me Feel" <br/> (1977)
+| genre      = [[Philadelphia soul]], [[disco]]
-| Next single = "Standing Right Here" <br/> (1978)
+| length     = 4:00 (single version) 5:04 (album version) 7:48 (John Luongo Remix)
-| This single = "'''You Stepped Into My Life'''" <br/> (1978)
+| label      = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
+| writer     = Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
+| producer   = [[Gene McFadden]], [[John Whitehead (singer)|John Whitehead]], Jerry Cohen
+| prev_title = Standing Right Here
+| prev_year  = 1977
+| next_title = Pick Me Up, I'll Dance
+| next_year  = 1978
 }}
+* [[Melba Moore]] recorded a [[Philadelphia soul|Philly soul]] version of the song for her 1978 [[Epic Records]] album release ''[[Melba (1978 album)|Melba]]'', produced by [[McFadden & Whitehead]] with Jerry Cohen.<ref>''Chicago Tribune'' 22 October 1978 "Lineup For Listening" by Bob Cooper p.6-15</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=you+stepped+into+my+life+melba+moore&pg=PT4 |title=McFadden & Whitehead - Billboard |date=May 5, 1979 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.discogs.com/Melba-Moore-You-Stepped-Into-My-Life/release/113970 |title= Melba Moore - You Stepped Into My Life |author= Discogs.com|website= [[Discogs]] |year= 1978 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nmaam.org/2018/06/27/qa-melba-moore-2/|title = Q&A: Melba Moore|date = 27 June 2018}}</ref> "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|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] singles while remaining a [[Top 40]] shortfall with a #47 peak. The track also reached #17 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|''Billboard'' ranking of R&B singles]]. In 2024, the song was certified platinum for sales of a million copies in the USA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/Melba+Moore.art|title=Melba Moore Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts}}</ref>
-* [[Melba Moore]] covered this song and released it on her album ''[[Melba (1978 album)|Melba]]'' on [[Epic Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.discogs.com/Melba-Moore-You-Stepped-Into-My-Life/release/113970 |title= Melba Moore - You Stepped Into My Life |author= Discogs.com}}</ref> Moore's version reached #47 in the US and was her biggest hit up to date. Produced by [[Gene McFadden]] and [[John Whitehead (singer)|John Whitehead]] with Jerry Cohen.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=iiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT4&dq=you+stepped+into+my+life+melba+moore&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TwXwVKDrFIW7mwWJk4KQCQ&ved=0CD8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=you%20stepped%20into%20my%20life%20melba%20moore&f=false |title=McFadden & Whitehead - Billboard |date=May 5, 1979 |journal=Billboard |accessdate=27 February 2015}}</ref>
+* [[Wayne Newton]] released his version as a single in 1979 on Aries Records; it reached #90 in the U.S.
-* [[Patti Boulaye]] covered this song on the album of the same name on [[Polydor Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Patti-Boulaye-You-Stepped-Into-My-Life/release/700544 |title= Patti Boulaye - You Stepped Into My Life |author=Discogs.com}}</ref>
-* [[Wayne Newton]] also covered this song and released as a single in 1979 on Aries Records where it reached #90 in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Wayne-Newton-You-Stepped-Into-My-Life/master/173036 |title= Wayne Newton - You Stepped Into My Life |author= Discogs.com}}</ref>
-* Arch Embassy covered this song on the album ''Spotlight On... The Bee Gees''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/spotlight-onthe-bee-gees-mw0002414346 |title= Spotlight On... The Bee Gees |author= Allmusic.com}}</ref> that was published in 2012.
 ==References==
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-==External links==
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+[[Category:Wayne Newton songs]]

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