Hits List: Bee Gees
This amazing trio had fans thinking they were the Beatles, first because their sound was similar, and second because of their success in the late 1970's. Of course, no one can come close to the Fab Four, but this group had one of the most amazing chart records of the Rock Era that covered essentially two careers. Here is the complete Hits List from the Bee Gees:
1963: "The Battle of the Blue and the Grey" (#98 Australia)
"Timber!" (#75 Australia)
1964: "Peace of Mind"
"Claustrophobia"
"Turn Around, Look at Me" (#94 Australia)
1965: "Every Day I Have to Cry"
"Wine and Women" (#19 Australia)
"I Was A Lover, A Leader of Men" (#85 Australia)
1966: "I Want Home"
"Monday's Rain"
"Spicks and Specks" (#28 Germany, #5 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands)
1967: "Born a Man" (#86 Australia)
"New York Mining Disaster 1941" (#14, #12 U.K., #19 Germany, #9 Canada, #6 Australia, #13 Netherlands)--underrated.
"To Love Somebody" (#17, #41 U.K., #19 Germany, #9 Canada, #6 Australia, #13 Netherlands)--underrated.
"Holiday" (#16, #18 Canada, #3 Netherlands)
"Massachusetts" (#11, #1 U.K., #1 Germany, #1 Canada, #2 Australia,#1 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)--underrated in U.S.
1968: "World" (#9 U.K.,#1 Germany, #6 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)
"Words" (#15, #8 U.K., #1 Germany, #4 Canada, #13 Australia, #9 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)--underrated.
"Jumbo"/"The Singer Sang His Song" (#57, #25 U.K., #5 Germany, #16 Canada, #20 Australia, #2 Netherlands)
"I've Gotta' Get a Message to You" (#8, #1 U.K., #3 Germany, #3 Canada, #3 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
1969: "I Started a Joke" (#6, #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
"First of May" (#37, #6 U.K., #3 Germany, #14 Canada, #15 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands)
"Tomorrow Tomorrow" (#54, #23 U.K., #6 Germany, #19 Canada, #28 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
"Don't Forget to Remember" (#73, #2 U.K., #9 Germany, #39 Canada, #10 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)
1970: "Let There Be Love" (#16 Netherlands)
"If Only I Had My Mind on Something Else" (#91)
"I.O.I.O." (#94, #49 U.K., #6 Germany, #14 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #9 Netherlands)
1971: "Lonely Days" (#3, #28 Adult, #33 U.K., #25 Germany, #1 Canada, #9 Australia, #10 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
"Melody Fair" (#3 Japan)
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (#1, #1 Canada, #3 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #16 Netherlands)
"When the Swallows Fly" (#20 Netherlands)
1972: "In the Morning" (#36 Japan)
"Don't Wanna' Live Inside Myself" (#53, #29 Netherlands)
"My World" (#16, #19 Adult, #16 U.K., #41 Germany, #11 Canada, #3 Australia, #9 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands)--underrated.
"Israel" (#22 Netherlands)
"Run to Me" (#16, #6 Adult, #9 U.K., #6 Canada, #3 Australia, #5 New Zealand, #27 Netherlands)--underrated.
"Sea of Smiling Faces"
1973: "Alive" (#34, #20 Adult, #28 Canada, #4 Australia, #15 Netherlands)
"I Saw a New Morning" (#94, #38 Australia)
"Wouldn't I Be Someone" (#42 Adult)
1974: "Mr. Natural" (#93, #11 Australia)
"Throw a Penny"
"Charade" (#31 Adult)
1975: "Jive Talkin' (#1, #9 Adult, #5 U.K., #20 Germany, #1 Canada, #14 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #23 Netherlands)
"Nights on Broadway" (#7, #16 Adult, #17 Germany,#2 Canada, #14 New Zealand, #17 Netherlands)--underrated.
1976: "Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)" (#12, #9 Adult, #42 Germany, #2 Canada, #7 New Zealand)
"You Should Be Dancing" (#1, #25 Adult, #5 U.K., #16 Germany, #1 Canada, #2 Australia, #10 New Zealand, #17 Netherlands)
"Love So Right" (#3, #14 Adult, #41 U.K., #38 Germany, #2 Canada, #28 Australia)
1977: "Boogie Child" (#12, #9 Canada, #13 New Zealand)
"Children of the World" (#13 New Zealand)
"Edge of the Universe" (live) (#26, #43 Adult, #16 Canada, #19 New Zealand)--underrated.
"How Deep is Your Love?" (#1, #1 Adult, #3 U.K.,#21 Germany, #1 Canada, #3 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #15 Netherlands)
1978: "Stayin' Alive" (#1, #28 Adult, #4 U.K., #2 Germany, #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)
"Night Fever" (#1, #19 Adult, #1 U.K., #2 Germany, #1 Canada, #7 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
"More Than a Woman" (only released in six countries) (#29 Canada, #39 Adult, #38 Australia)--One of The Top Unknown/Underrated Songs of the Rock Era*.
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"/"With a Little Help from My Friends"
1979: "Too Much Heaven" (#1, #4 Adult Contemporary, #3 U.K., #10 Germany, #1 Canada, #5 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #14 Netherlands)
"Tragedy" (#1, #19 AC, #1 U.K., #2 Germany, #1 Canada, #2 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands)
"Love You Inside Out" (#1, #15 AC, #13 U.K., #21 Germany, #1 Canada, #77 Australia, #17 New Zealand, #35 Netherlands)
"Spirits (Having Flown)" (only released in three countries--#16 U.K., #35 Netherlands, #14 Ireland)--One of The Top Unknown/Underrated Songs of the Rock Era*.
1981: "He's a Liar" (#30, #68 Germany, #33 Canada, #38 Australia, #12 Netherlands)
"Living Eyes" (#45, #58 Germany, #7 Australia)
1983: "The Woman in You" (#24, #31 AC, #81 U.K., #23 Germany, #73 Australia, #21 Netherlands, #2 Spain)
"Someone Belonging to Someone" (#49, #22 Adult, #49 U.K., #55 Germany)
1987: "You Win Again" (#75, #50 AC, #1 U.K., #1 Germany, #10 Australia, #18 New Zealand, #5 Netherlands)
1988: "E.S.P." (#51 U.K.,#13 Germany, #89 Australia, #32 Netherlands)
"Crazy for Your Love" (#79 U.K.)
"Angela" (#52 Germany)
1989: "Ordinary Lives" (#54 U.K.,#8 Germany, #23 Netherlands)
"One" (#7, #1 AC, #71 U.K., #37 Germany, #11 Canada, #7 Argentina)
1990: "Bodyguard" (#9 AC)
1991: "Secret Love" (#5 U.K., #2 Germany,#14 Netherlands, #2 Austria)
"When He's Gone"
"The Only Love" (#31 Germany)
"Happily Ever After"
1993: "Paying the Price of Love" (#74, #23 U.K., #36 Germany, #53 Canada, #13 Netherlands, #5 Belgium)
1994: "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (#4 U.K., #52 Germany, #53 Canada, #34 Netherlands, #1 Brazil)
"How to Fall in Love, Part 1" (#30 U.K.)
"Kiss of Life" (#51 Germany)
1997: "Alone" (#28, #5 U.K., #6 Germany, #20 Canada, #7 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #35 Netherlands)
"I Could Not Love You More" (#14 U.K., #88 Germany)
"Still Waters (Run Deep)" (#57, #18 U.K., #79 Germany)
1998: "Immortality" (with Celine Dion) (#5 U.K., #2 Germany,#28 Canada, #38 Australia, #28 Netherlands, #2 Austria, #8 Switzerland)
2001: "This Is Where I Came In" (#18 U.K., #25 Germany, #76 Australia, #37 Netherlands)
Just an incredible track record, topped only by the Beatles and Elvis Presley and only arguably by Madonna and Mariah Carey. The Bee Gees had 74 songs that were a hit in at least one country, and the vast majority were hits the world over. In the United States, 43 hits, with 15 of those going Top 10 and over half of the Top 10's (8) reaching #1. On the Adult chart, which was a much softer sound during their career, still the Bee Gees had 21 AC hits, with 6 Top 10's and one #1. In their native Australia, the group had 44 hits with 21 going Top 10 and 2 number one's.
1963: "The Battle of the Blue and the Grey" (#98 Australia)
"Timber!" (#75 Australia)
1964: "Peace of Mind"
"Claustrophobia"
"Turn Around, Look at Me" (#94 Australia)
1965: "Every Day I Have to Cry"
"Wine and Women" (#19 Australia)
"I Was A Lover, A Leader of Men" (#85 Australia)
1966: "I Want Home"
"Monday's Rain"
"Spicks and Specks" (#28 Germany, #5 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands)
1967: "Born a Man" (#86 Australia)
"New York Mining Disaster 1941" (#14, #12 U.K., #19 Germany, #9 Canada, #6 Australia, #13 Netherlands)--underrated.
"To Love Somebody" (#17, #41 U.K., #19 Germany, #9 Canada, #6 Australia, #13 Netherlands)--underrated.
"Holiday" (#16, #18 Canada, #3 Netherlands)
"Massachusetts" (#11, #1 U.K., #1 Germany, #1 Canada, #2 Australia,#1 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)--underrated in U.S.
1968: "World" (#9 U.K.,#1 Germany, #6 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)
"Words" (#15, #8 U.K., #1 Germany, #4 Canada, #13 Australia, #9 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)--underrated.
"Jumbo"/"The Singer Sang His Song" (#57, #25 U.K., #5 Germany, #16 Canada, #20 Australia, #2 Netherlands)
"I've Gotta' Get a Message to You" (#8, #1 U.K., #3 Germany, #3 Canada, #3 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
1969: "I Started a Joke" (#6, #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
"First of May" (#37, #6 U.K., #3 Germany, #14 Canada, #15 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands)
"Tomorrow Tomorrow" (#54, #23 U.K., #6 Germany, #19 Canada, #28 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
"Don't Forget to Remember" (#73, #2 U.K., #9 Germany, #39 Canada, #10 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)
1970: "Let There Be Love" (#16 Netherlands)
"If Only I Had My Mind on Something Else" (#91)
"I.O.I.O." (#94, #49 U.K., #6 Germany, #14 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #9 Netherlands)
1971: "Lonely Days" (#3, #28 Adult, #33 U.K., #25 Germany, #1 Canada, #9 Australia, #10 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
"Melody Fair" (#3 Japan)
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (#1, #1 Canada, #3 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #16 Netherlands)
"When the Swallows Fly" (#20 Netherlands)
1972: "In the Morning" (#36 Japan)
"Don't Wanna' Live Inside Myself" (#53, #29 Netherlands)
"My World" (#16, #19 Adult, #16 U.K., #41 Germany, #11 Canada, #3 Australia, #9 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands)--underrated.
"Israel" (#22 Netherlands)
"Run to Me" (#16, #6 Adult, #9 U.K., #6 Canada, #3 Australia, #5 New Zealand, #27 Netherlands)--underrated.
"Sea of Smiling Faces"
1973: "Alive" (#34, #20 Adult, #28 Canada, #4 Australia, #15 Netherlands)
"I Saw a New Morning" (#94, #38 Australia)
"Wouldn't I Be Someone" (#42 Adult)
1974: "Mr. Natural" (#93, #11 Australia)
"Throw a Penny"
"Charade" (#31 Adult)
1975: "Jive Talkin' (#1, #9 Adult, #5 U.K., #20 Germany, #1 Canada, #14 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #23 Netherlands)
"Nights on Broadway" (#7, #16 Adult, #17 Germany,#2 Canada, #14 New Zealand, #17 Netherlands)--underrated.
1976: "Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)" (#12, #9 Adult, #42 Germany, #2 Canada, #7 New Zealand)
"You Should Be Dancing" (#1, #25 Adult, #5 U.K., #16 Germany, #1 Canada, #2 Australia, #10 New Zealand, #17 Netherlands)
"Love So Right" (#3, #14 Adult, #41 U.K., #38 Germany, #2 Canada, #28 Australia)
1977: "Boogie Child" (#12, #9 Canada, #13 New Zealand)
"Children of the World" (#13 New Zealand)
"Edge of the Universe" (live) (#26, #43 Adult, #16 Canada, #19 New Zealand)--underrated.
"How Deep is Your Love?" (#1, #1 Adult, #3 U.K.,#21 Germany, #1 Canada, #3 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #15 Netherlands)
1978: "Stayin' Alive" (#1, #28 Adult, #4 U.K., #2 Germany, #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)
"Night Fever" (#1, #19 Adult, #1 U.K., #2 Germany, #1 Canada, #7 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
"More Than a Woman" (only released in six countries) (#29 Canada, #39 Adult, #38 Australia)--One of The Top Unknown/Underrated Songs of the Rock Era*.
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"/"With a Little Help from My Friends"
1979: "Too Much Heaven" (#1, #4 Adult Contemporary, #3 U.K., #10 Germany, #1 Canada, #5 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #14 Netherlands)
"Tragedy" (#1, #19 AC, #1 U.K., #2 Germany, #1 Canada, #2 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands)
"Love You Inside Out" (#1, #15 AC, #13 U.K., #21 Germany, #1 Canada, #77 Australia, #17 New Zealand, #35 Netherlands)
"Spirits (Having Flown)" (only released in three countries--#16 U.K., #35 Netherlands, #14 Ireland)--One of The Top Unknown/Underrated Songs of the Rock Era*.
1981: "He's a Liar" (#30, #68 Germany, #33 Canada, #38 Australia, #12 Netherlands)
"Living Eyes" (#45, #58 Germany, #7 Australia)
1983: "The Woman in You" (#24, #31 AC, #81 U.K., #23 Germany, #73 Australia, #21 Netherlands, #2 Spain)
"Someone Belonging to Someone" (#49, #22 Adult, #49 U.K., #55 Germany)
1987: "You Win Again" (#75, #50 AC, #1 U.K., #1 Germany, #10 Australia, #18 New Zealand, #5 Netherlands)
1988: "E.S.P." (#51 U.K.,#13 Germany, #89 Australia, #32 Netherlands)
"Crazy for Your Love" (#79 U.K.)
"Angela" (#52 Germany)
1989: "Ordinary Lives" (#54 U.K.,#8 Germany, #23 Netherlands)
"One" (#7, #1 AC, #71 U.K., #37 Germany, #11 Canada, #7 Argentina)
1990: "Bodyguard" (#9 AC)
1991: "Secret Love" (#5 U.K., #2 Germany,#14 Netherlands, #2 Austria)
"When He's Gone"
"The Only Love" (#31 Germany)
"Happily Ever After"
1993: "Paying the Price of Love" (#74, #23 U.K., #36 Germany, #53 Canada, #13 Netherlands, #5 Belgium)
1994: "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (#4 U.K., #52 Germany, #53 Canada, #34 Netherlands, #1 Brazil)
"How to Fall in Love, Part 1" (#30 U.K.)
"Kiss of Life" (#51 Germany)
1997: "Alone" (#28, #5 U.K., #6 Germany, #20 Canada, #7 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #35 Netherlands)
"I Could Not Love You More" (#14 U.K., #88 Germany)
"Still Waters (Run Deep)" (#57, #18 U.K., #79 Germany)
1998: "Immortality" (with Celine Dion) (#5 U.K., #2 Germany,#28 Canada, #38 Australia, #28 Netherlands, #2 Austria, #8 Switzerland)
2001: "This Is Where I Came In" (#18 U.K., #25 Germany, #76 Australia, #37 Netherlands)
Just an incredible track record, topped only by the Beatles and Elvis Presley and only arguably by Madonna and Mariah Carey. The Bee Gees had 74 songs that were a hit in at least one country, and the vast majority were hits the world over. In the United States, 43 hits, with 15 of those going Top 10 and over half of the Top 10's (8) reaching #1. On the Adult chart, which was a much softer sound during their career, still the Bee Gees had 21 AC hits, with 6 Top 10's and one #1. In their native Australia, the group had 44 hits with 21 going Top 10 and 2 number one's.
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