VIA PRESS RELEASE | UMe announces the release of a new limited-edition box set by one of the biggest and most beloved acts in popular music history, the Bee Gees.
Out February 27, You Should Be Dancing is a four-disc collectors’ item featuring the highly sought-after original 12-inch versions of some of Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb’s most iconic dancefloor-fillers, plus previously unreleased extended versions of five further Gibb brothers’ classics. Additionally, the set also includes the previously hidden ’90s UK club hit, “Decadance,” as well the long-awaited physical debut of SG Lewis’s viral 2021 remix of “More Than A Woman.”
Limited to just 1,000 units, the You Should Be Dancing box set will be a prized possession for music fans the world over and is available now for pre-order HERE through the band’s official D2C store.
You Should Be Dancing boasts the 12-inch versions of the Bee Gees’ era-defining late ’70s masterworks “Stayin’ Alive,” “More Than A Woman,” “Night Fever,” and “You Should Be Dancing.” The brothers’ signature R&B-influenced sound is also represented with the inclusion of unreleased extended versions of the smash hits “Jive Talkin’,” “Nights On Broadway,” “Tragedy,” and “Love You Inside Out.”
Elsewhere, there’s the group’s thrilling original take on Yvonne Elliman’s 1978 global chart-topper “If I Can’t Have You,” the pre-Saturday Night Fever funk of the US top 20 “Boogie Child,” and the fan-favorite album track “You Stepped Into My Life.”
Bridging the gap in the Bee Gees’ astonishing multi-decade career is the inclusion of SG Lewis’s TikTok-conquering Paradise Edit of “More Than A Woman,”ressed on vinyl for the very first time as part of this collection. And rounding out the set is the group’s ultra-rare update of their own “You Should Be Dancing,” reimagined as the bonus track “Decadance” for the brothers’ 1993 album Size Isn’t Everything. Previously only available outside of the US, “Decadance” is featured in both its original incarnation as well as the Ben Liebrand Vocal Mix.
The Bee Gees’ impact on popular music and popular culture is undeniable, both as performers as well as songwriters with no less than 21 different Gibb-written songs topping either the US or the UK charts going back to the 1960s. Add to that global record sales approaching a quarter-of-a-billion, nine GRAMMY® Awards, over a dozen Ivor Novello awards, the only songwriters to place five songs simultaneously in the US Billboard top 10, Kennedy Center honors, a knighthood for Barry Gibb, Brit and American Music Awards lifetime achievements, and secured spots in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame®, Songwriters Hall of Fame®, and Vocal Group Hall of Fame®, and a picture is painted of why this band of brothers have long been such an extraordinary phenomenon.
That record-breaking legacy continues into the 21st Century with over 26 million monthly listeners on Spotify, including a staggering near two billion total streams for the band’s signature blockbuster, “Stayin’ Alive.” Most recently, SG Lewis’ Paradise Edit of “More Than A Woman” clocked north of 115 million Spotify streams, boosting the original’s popularity to where it’s now also closing in on a billion streams.
Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb’s genre-spanning creations have stirred hearts, minds, and feet in every corner of the globe for almost 60 years. The You Should Be Dancing box set is a celebration of some of the finest, most moving—in every sense of the word—music ever recorded.
