Which song was a top 40 hit for both the Bee Gees in 1979 and Steps in 1998?
"Tragedy (Bee Gees song) ""Tragedy"" is a song released by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb, included on their 1979 album ""Spirits Having Flown"". The single reached number one on the UK in February 1979 and repeated the feat the following month on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb wrote this song and ""Too Much Heaven"" in an afternoon off from making the ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" movie, in which they were starring. In the same evening, they wrote ""Shadow Dancing"", which was performed by Andy Gibb (and reached number"
"the UK Albums Chart and went on to become certified 5× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The next single release was a double A-side ""Heartbeat""/""Tragedy"" released in November 1998 and peaked at number one in January 1999. The success of ""Heartbeat""/""Tragedy"" led to the release of the group's next single, ""Better Best Forgotten"" to be delayed by almost two months, but then peaked at number two. In July 1999, Steps released the first single from their next album, ""Love's Got a Hold on My Heart"" which was another number two hit in the UK. The group then released"
"16 November 1997, and peaked at number 14 in its eighth week on 10 January 1998. It spent a further nine weeks on the chart from January through to March, and re-entered the chart for one week at number 100 on 18 April 1998. Altogether, ""5,6,7,8"" spent 18 non-consecutive weeks on the UK Singles Chart, 10 of which were in the top 20. Their first top 40 hit, ""5,6,7,8"" was the only song of their following fourteen singles (prior to their split in 2001) not to chart within the top 10. It is Steps third-highest selling song in their career"
"career seller. The single was a cover version of the Bee Gees ""Tragedy"" and an original track ""Heartbeat"". The single was released in November 1998 when it charted at number 2. Following enduring popularity over the Christmas period, the single rebounded up the chart and became their first number one hit in January 1999, seven weeks after it initially charted, a feat almost unheard of during the pre- and post-millennium era. The single eventually sold over a million copies and occupied the chart for 30 weeks. The final track to be released from ""Step One"" was ""Better Best Forgotten"". Because"
"Step One Step One is the debut album by British pop group Steps. It was released in the UK and Europe on 14 September 1998. The album charted at number two on UK Albums Chart upon its release, going on to spend 64 weeks in the chart. It was beaten to number one by ""This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours"" by Manic Street Preachers, who also beat their single ""One for Sorrow"" to number one on the UK Singles Chart. In 2000, the album was re-released in the US, containing songs from both ""Step One"" and its successor, ""Steptacular""."
"The U.S. Version also has the cover from the Steptacular album. Notably, ""Better Best Forgotten"" was not included on this version, while the UK version of ""One for Sorrow"" was omitted to include Tony Moran's remixed track. Step One Step One is the debut album by British pop group Steps. It was released in the UK and Europe on 14 September 1998. The album charted at number two on UK Albums Chart upon its release, going on to spend 64 weeks in the chart. It was beaten to number one by ""This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours"" by Manic"
"In a UK television poll on ITV in December 2011 it was voted fifth in ""The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song"". On its release, ""Stayin' Alive"" climbed the charts to hit the number one spot on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 the week of 4 February 1978, remaining there for four weeks. In the process, it became one of the band's most recognisable tunes, in part because of its place at the beginning of ""Saturday Night Fever"". In the US, it would become the second of six consecutive number-one singles, tying the record with the Beatles for most consecutive number ones"
"My Mind"", which became their first UK top ten peaking at number 6. By August 1998, Steps continued to build momentum with their third single ""One for Sorrow"" which peaked at number 2, and began an unbroken chain of 14 consecutive Top 5 hits on the UK singles chart. Steps' singles success translated into album sales, with their debut album ""Step One"" entering the chart at number 2. It was certified 5x Platinum following a run of 50 weeks in the Top 20. The next single release was a double A-side which provided Steps with their signature song and biggest"
"their second album, ""Steptacular"", which peaked at number one and was eventually certified 4× Platinum. The group's follow-up singles ""After the Love Has Gone"", ""Say You'll Be Mine""/""Better the Devil You Know"", ""Deeper Shade of Blue"" and ""When I Said Goodbye""/""Summer of Love"" continued their top five run. In October 2000, Steps released their third album ""Buzz"", reaching number 4 in the UK charts and being certified double platinum. Its lead single was ""Stomp"", their second number one single. The following single ""It's the Way You Make Me Feel"", reached number two and ""Here and Now""/""You'll Be Sorry"" peaked at"
"Steps (pop group) Steps are a British dance-pop group consisting of Claire Richards, Lee Latchford-Evans, Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer and Ian ""H"" Watkins. Steps were formed in May 1997 by Tim Byrne, Barry Upton and Steve Crosby and released four studio albums, three compilation albums and seventeen singles. Their music has a 1990s dance-pop sound. Their name was based on a marketing premise: that each of their music videos were to be choreographed, and the dance steps were included in the sleeve with most of their singles. Steps achieved a series of charting singles between 1997 and 2001 including two"
"was denied by organizers of the BRIT Awards. A fan-created Steps fanzine, ""Count Me In"", started in 1998. This became known for its Steps Photostory, in which cut-out members of Steps went on a variety of fun adventures. It ran for 13 issues and later issues included interviews with Steps themselves, as well Dermot O'Leary, Pink and other pop culture figures of the time. ""Count Me In"" can be viewed by visiting the British Library archive where all issues are held. In July 1999, Steps released the first single from an all-new album, ""Love's Got a Hold on My Heart""."
"Heartbeat/Tragedy ""Heartbeat / Tragedy"" is the fourth single released by British pop group Steps. ""Heartbeat"", written by Jackie James, was the first ballad released as a single by the group. The single is also known as one of their Christmas songs as it was released near Christmas. Whilst promoting the 2012 Hit Factory Live event, Pete Waterman revealed that the song had sat in a drawer for years before he gave it to the band to record. ""Tragedy"" reached number 1 in the UK and New Zealand. The video for ""Tragedy"", originally a hit by the Bee Gees, contained the"
"band Steps was released as a single in 1998. The music video features the two girls dressed in suits, ties, and gloves as they meet in a high-class European cafe where they chat, giggle, and whisper into each other's ears. These scenes are intercut with scenes of each of the girls being caressed or hugging a male companion in an upscale bedroom. The video ends with the two girls leaving together in a limousine. There is a lesbian subtext to the storyline due to the intimacy between the girls, their masculine outfits, and the ending with the two girls leaning"
"Stomp (Steps song) ""Stomp"" is a song by Steps, released as a single, which became the group's second and last single to hit No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. Debuting at No. 1 in October 2000 and spending 11 weeks on the UK chart, this track was later released in Australia, Japan, and Europe. The song features (with minor alterations in key and modulation) an orchestral riff from ""Everybody Dance"", released by Chic in 1978. Claire, Faye, Lisa and H sing lead vocals. The video was filmed in Chiswick and features group members Lisa and H looking after a"
"Better Best Forgotten ""Better Best Forgotten"" is a song by British pop group Steps, released on 8 March 1999—only a month before the ABBA tribute single ""Thank ABBA for the Music"" was released. It is the final single to be taken from their debut album, ""Step One"". A stripped back ballad version of the track was performed during the 2012 Christmas with Steps tour. Better Best Forgotten features all three girls singing a verse each, with the boys joining in for the choruses. ""Better Best Forgotten"" entered the UK Singles Chart at number two in March 1999, beaten by Boyzone's"
"Once again they narrowly missed the number one spot following a last minute surge by Ricky Martin. After the single's release, Steps went to America to support Britney Spears on her 1999 ...Baby One More Time Tour. A remixed version of ""One for Sorrow"" was included in the film ""Drive Me Crazy"" and released as their debut American single. They were also successful in Europe and Australasia. Steps returned home to release their second album, ""Steptacular"", which was accompanied by ""After the Love Has Gone"". The album charted at number 1 and was eventually certified 4x Platinum, thus becoming their"
"Love You Inside Out ""Love You Inside Out"" is a 1979 hit single by the Bee Gees from their album, ""Spirits Having Flown"". It reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for one week in June 1979, interrupting Donna Summer's ""Hot Stuff"", becoming the third single from the album to do so. It was the ninth and final number-one hit for the Bee Gees in the US. In the UK, the single peaked at No. 13 for two weeks. The song is a slow funk groove number. During recording, the Bee Gees played a prank on their manager Robert"
"weeks in the chart, the first Steps single to do so since ""Better Best Forgotten"". CD Cassette Australian CD single Japanese EP Recording Vocals Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Steptacular"". Recording Vocals Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Buzz"". Say You'll Be Mine (Steps song) ""Say You'll Be Mine"" is a song by Steps, released as the group's eighth single as a double-A-side, along with a cover version of Kylie Minogue's ""Better the Devil You Know"". Steps cover of ""Better the Devil You Know"" was later included as the opening track on their third studio"
"at number four. Further demonstrating the Bee Gees's US chart domination in 1978, ""Stayin' Alive"" was replaced at number one with the group's younger brother Andy Gibb's single, ""Love Is Thicker Than Water"", followed by the Bee Gees's ""Night Fever"" for their longest run, seven weeks. This was then replaced by Yvonne Elliman's ""If I Can't Have You"". Barry Gibb had a hand in writing all four of these songs, becoming the only person in history to write four successive US number-one singles. Besides the version that appeared on the soundtrack album and the edited 45RPM single for Top 40"
"40 on the R&B charts in the same year. In 1978 Valli released a followup album containing the song, ""Frankie Valli... Is the Word"", whose title echoes the chorus of this single, ""Grease Is the Word"". The Bee Gees never recorded a studio version of this song. However, the Bee Gees later performed the song in their tour ""One Night Only"" in 1997 until 1999, and captured on their live offering ""One Night Only"". Grease (song) ""Grease"" is a song written by Barry Gibb and performed by Frankie Valli. ""Grease"" is the title song for the 1978 musical motion picture"
"Gold: Greatest Hits (Steps album) Gold: Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album released by pop group Steps. It reached number one on the UK charts. The lead single from the album was ""Chain Reaction"" a cover of Diana Ross's 1986 hit, the single reached number 2 in the UK charts and was the group's highest selling single since ""Say You'll Be Mine/Better The Devil You Know"". The second single from the album, ""Words Are Not Enough"", a slow ballad was released with a cover of ""I Know Him So Well"" from Abbamania. The single was notably Steps' first"
"tour covering the US and Canada. The Spirits Having Flown tour capitalised on Bee Gees fever that was sweeping the nation, with sold-out concerts in 38 cities. The Bee Gees produced a video for the title track ""Too Much Heaven"", directed by Miami-based filmmaker Martin Pitts and produced by Charles Allen. With this video, Pitts and Allen began a long association with the brothers. The Bee Gees even had a country hit in 1979 with ""Rest Your Love on Me"", the flip side of their pop hit ""Too Much Heaven"", which made the top 40 on the country charts. It"
"of the continued success of the previous single, the CD release was delayed by nearly two months. Nonetheless, Better Best Forgotten could do no wrong and entered the chart at number 2 despite surrendering a midweek lead over the official Comic Relief song by Boyzone. Steps were part of the ensemble that released ""Thank ABBA for the Music"" (a medley of ABBA's ""Take A Chance on Me"", ""Dancing Queen"", ""Mamma Mia"" and ""Thank You for the Music"") in March 1999, as performed at the BRIT Awards. The other artists singing were Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B*Witched, and Billie, known collectively as"
"One (Bee Gees song) ""One"" is the second international single (and lead single in the U.S.) from the Bee Gees' album, ""One"". This was the song that returned the Bee Gees to American radio and would turn out to be their biggest US hit in the 1980s, and their last hit single to reach the US top ten. It peaked at number seven on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in September 1989, and it stayed in the Top 40 for ten weeks. It also topped the American adult contemporary chart that same month, remaining at number one for two weeks."
"Spicks and Specks (song) ""Spicks and Specks"" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry Gibb. When the song was released in September, 1966, the single reached No. 4 on the ""Go-Set"" Australian National Top 40, (No.1 on other Australian charts) and when the song was released in other countries in February, 1967, it reached No. 28 in Germany, No. 2 in The Netherlands and No. 1 in New Zealand. ""Spicks and Specks"" is dated to early July by the memory of Geoff Grant (Geoffrey Streeter) who played the trumpet. Grant recalls working three nights in a row"
"lists, including Wikipedia's List of best-selling albums. ""Spirits Having Flown"" was voted Best Pop/Rock Album of 1979 at the 1980 American Music Awards ceremony. All tracks were written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb. Spirits Having Flown Spirits Having Flown is the fifteenth album released by the Bee Gees. It was the group's first album after their collaboration on the """" soundtrack. The album's first three tracks were released as singles and all reached No. 1 in the US, giving the Bee Gees an unbroken run of six US chart-toppers and tying a record set by The Beatles. It was"
"had migrated from the UK and, in the case of the latter, from continental Europe. Bee Gees had formed in 1960 by the trio of singing Gibb brothers, who had migrated from UK two years earlier, created ""impeccable three-part harmonies"" in a pop and R&B style. In 1963 they signed with Leedon Records which issued their early singles from that year and their debut album, ""The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs"", in November 1965. Their most successful Australian-based single, ""Spicks and Specks"", was issued in September 1966, which reached No. 4 on the ""Go-Set"" Australian National"
"Faye Tozer Faye Louise Tozer (born 14 November 1975) is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and stage actress, famous for being one of the three female co-lead singers of British pop group Steps. Steps were a pop group that achieved a series of charted singles between 1997 and 2001. Their name was based on a simple marketing gimmick: each of their music videos were choreographed, and the dance steps were included with most of their single releases. Steps formed on 7 May 1997 and disbanded on 26 December 2001. In total Steps sold over 25 million records, including 15 million albums,"
"5,6,7,8 ""5,6,7,8"" is a song by British group Steps from their debut studio album, ""Step One"" (1998). It is a techno-pop song written by Barry Upton and Steve Crosby, and produced by Karl Twigg, Mark Topham and Pete Waterman. It was released as their debut single in November 1997 following their being put together after each group member responded to a magazine advert looking for people to audition to be in a pop band. It garnered a negative review from Peter Robinson of ""NME"" and peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart – one of their lowest chart"
"achieved by direct injecting a Sansamp into their Fostex recorder. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997, the EP won two ARIA Awards, ""Best New Talent"" and ""Breakthrough Artist – Single"". Eight Step Rail Eight Step Rail is the debut EP by Australian rock band The Superjesus. The EP was released in May 1996. The track ""I'm Stained"" was later re-recorded for their debut album, ""Sumo"". A re-recorded version of ""Shut My Eyes"" was also later included as a hidden track on ""Sumo"". The big guitar sounds are yet another use of the infamous Sansamp from Tech 21. After the"
"released in 1998. The video is set in the Age of Steam, and was shot on location in the Chiltern Hills, and at the Great Western Preservation Society in Didcot. Christmas Steps (composition) ""Xmas Steps"" or ""Christmas Steps"" is a song by Scottish post-rock group Mogwai. The original version of the song (""Xmas Steps"") is the lead track from the 1998 EP, ""No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew)"", and a slightly different version (""Christmas Steps"") appears on the 1999 album, ""Come On Die Young"". ""Xmas Steps"" is an eleven-minute-long instrumental, in the key of C♯ minor. ""Christmas Steps"""
"by R. Kelly and Jay-Z's hit song ""Honey"". Love You Inside Out ""Love You Inside Out"" is a 1979 hit single by the Bee Gees from their album, ""Spirits Having Flown"". It reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for one week in June 1979, interrupting Donna Summer's ""Hot Stuff"", becoming the third single from the album to do so. It was the ninth and final number-one hit for the Bee Gees in the US. In the UK, the single peaked at No. 13 for two weeks. The song is a slow funk groove number. During recording, the Bee"
"album cover itself was the inspiration behind the group's 2017 album ""Tears on the Dancefloor"". ""Tragedy"", which was recorded for the Bee Gees tribute album, was paired up with ""Heartbeat"" as a double A-side single and also featured as a bonus track on some international editions of the album. The United States version included several tracks from ""Steptacular"", and ""Better the Devil You Know"", while omitting most of the album-only tracks from the UK version of ""Step One"". In this respect, it essentially serves as a Steps “best of” compilation for their UK releases through to ""Deeper Shade of Blue""."