"Love You Inside Out" | ||||
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Single by Bee Gees | ||||
from the album Spirits Having Flown | ||||
B-side | "I'm Satisfied" | |||
Released | April 1979 | |||
Format | 7", 12" | |||
Recorded | 1978 | |||
Genre | Funk, disco | |||
Length |
4:12 3:48 (7" version) |
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Label | RSO | |||
Songwriter(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | |||
Producer(s) | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson | |||
Bee Gees singles chronology | ||||
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"Inside And Out" redirects here. For the track on the Genesis EP, see Spot The Pigeon.
"Love You Inside Out" is a 1979 hit single for 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". 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 Stigwood, sending him a version with the line "backwards and forwards with my cock hanging out" to see if he was paying attention to their work. For the released version, the line is "backwards and forwards with my heart hanging out".
"Love You Inside Out" was a milestone single for the Bee Gees, earning them a permanent place in rock history when it reached number one on the US Billboard charts.
Billboard picked "Love You Inside Out" as one of the best cuts in Spirits Having Flown. The song debuted at #28 in the United Kingdom.
In 1996, the R&B group Total recorded the song on the album track "When Boy Meets Girl" from their self-titled debut in 1996. In 2004, the song was covered by Leslie Feist (under the title "Inside and Out") on her 2004 album Let It Die. It was released as the third single from the album in 2005. "Love You Inside Out" was sampled by Snoop Dogg for his rap single "Ups & Downs" in 2005 on rap group Nemesis' hit "Cantifiguritout". This song was also sampled by R. Kelly and Jay-Z's hit song "Honey".