Warm Ride

"Warm Ride"
Song by Bee Gees
from the album Bee Gees Greatest
ReleasedSeptember 2007
RecordedFebruary – April 1977
GenreDisco
Length3:16
LabelRhino, Reprise
SongwriterBarry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
ProducersBee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
"Warm Ride"
Song by Andy Gibb
from the album After Dark[1]
ReleasedFebruary 1980
RecordedNovember 1979
StudioCriteria Studios, Miami
GenrePop
Length3:30
LabelRSO
SongwritersBarry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
ProducerGibb-Galuten-Richardson

"Warm Ride" is a song written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, and recorded by the Bee Gees and during the 1977 Saturday Night Fever sessions in France. The Bee Gees original, if unfinished, recording remained unreleased until 2007 when it was mixed and included on a reissue of Bee Gees Greatest. The song was an outtake from the soundtrack.[2]

Personnel

Cover versions

  • The song was recorded by Rare Earth, for whom it was originally written by the Bee Gees. The song reached number 39 on the US Hot 100,[3] and number 68 on the Australian charts.[4]
  • Graham Bonnet's version was released as a single and reached number 2 in Australia in August 1978.[4]
  • Andy Gibb's version of the song was recorded in 1979 and released in 1980 on his last studio album, After Dark. It was the last song recorded for the album with backing vocals done by older brother Barry Gibb.

References

  1. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  2. ↑ Gibb Songs 1977
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 690.
  4. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p. 246. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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