"(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" is a song penned by Barry Gibb and Blue Weaver and recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977 on the Saturday Night Fever sessions but was not released until Bee Gees Greatest (1979). A different version was released in September 1978 by RSO Records as the third single by Andy Gibb from his second studio album Shadow Dancing. His version was produced by Gibb-Galuten-Richardson.
| "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" | ||||
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| Single by Andy Gibb | ||||
| from the album Shadow Dancing | ||||
| B-side | "One More Look at the Night" | |||
| Released | September 1978 | |||
| Recorded | December 1977 – January 1978; Wally Heider Studios (Los Angeles, California) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:08 (album version) 3:38 (single version) | |||
| Label | RSO Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Gibb-Galuten-Richardson | |||
| Andy Gibb singles chronology | ||||
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Andy Gibb's version
editThe song was Andy Gibb's fifth single to reach the US Top 10; the single reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[1] When Andy Gibb was going to record it, Barry reworked on the song adding the middle eight that was not on the original Bee Gees' version,[2] as Blue Weaver recalls, "When Andy actually went to record it, Barry listened to it [the original version] again and thought, 'Oh, it's not finished', so Barry wrote the whole of the middle-eight.[3]
Allmusic's Amy Hanson described this version of "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" as a "tender ballad" that suited Andy's voice.[2] Cash Box said it has "gentle keyboards, strings, an easy beat and harmonies."[4] It appears on Andy's three greatest-hits albums.
Personnel
edit- Andy Gibb – lead vocals
- Barry Gibb – backing vocals
- Joey Murcia – guitar
- Tim Renwick – guitar
- George Bitzer – Keyboards, synthesizer
- Paul Harris – keyboards
- Harold Cowart – bass
- Joe Lala – percussion
- Ron Ziegler – drums
- Whit Sidener – horns
- Ken Faulk – horns
- Bill Purse – horns
- Neil Bonsanti – horns
- Stan Webb – horns
- Albhy Galuten, Blue Weaver and Barry Gibb – orchestral arrangement
Chart performance
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Weekly chartsedit
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Year-end chartsedit
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Bee Gees' version
edit| "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Bee Gees | |
| from the album Bee Gees Greatest | |
| Released | October 1979 |
| Recorded | February and March 1977 Le Chateau, Herouville, France April 1977 Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida |
| Genre | Soul, soft rock, pop |
| Length | 4:02 |
| Label | RSO |
| Songwriter(s) | Barry Gibb, Blue Weaver |
| Producer(s) | Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson |
The Bee Gees version of the song, the first one created, was recorded in 1977 during the sessions for Saturday Night Fever but was not released until the compilation Bee Gees Greatest in 1979.[14] Barry and Maurice Gibb are the only members of the Bee Gees to appear on the recording.
Barry wrote the lyrics while Weaver composed the melody. Weaver said of this song, "That was me playing around again; It wasn't done for [Saturday Night Fever], it was just something that we did".[3] The stereo mix of an early state of the song exists but was unreleased until now. Samantha Sang, who was visiting France where this version was recorded, asked Barry for a song; not long afterwards, Barry sent Sang "Don't Throw it All Away", but Sang never recorded or released it, choosing instead the new song "Emotion".[15]
During the Bee Gees' One Night Only tour, they performed the song with Andy's vocal mixed in during the second stanza, chorus, bridge and the coda of the song years after Andy died.
Personnel
edit- Barry Gibb – vocals, guitar
- Andy Gibb – background vocals
- Maurice Gibb – bass
- Blue Weaver – keyboards, orchestral arrangement
- Dennis Bryon – drums
- Joe Lala – percussion
Other versions
edit- Jennifer Love Hewitt also covered the song on her 1996 self-titled album.
- Barbra Streisand recorded her rendition of the song in 2005 off her album Guilty Pleasures, which had Barry Gibb on the album cover with her.[16] On Streisand's version, Barry Gibb is heard singing also the chorus.[17]
References
edit- ^ "Shadow Dancing Billboard singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ a b Hanson, Amy. "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away – Andy Gibb". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ a b Hughes, Andrew (2009). The Bee Gees – Tales of the Brothers Gibb. ISBN 9780857120045. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 14, 1978. p. 17. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b c d e Gerard. "Songs Written by the Gibb Family on the International Charts" (PDF). brothersgibb.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "CAN Charts > Andy Gibb". RPM. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
- ^ "CAN AC Charts > Andy Gibb". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "UK Charts > Andy Gibb". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
- ^ "Cashbox Top 100 Singles". December 23, 1978. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ "US Charts > Andy Gibb". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- ^ "(Our Love) Don't Throw it All Away". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
- ^ Brennan, Joseph. "Gibb Songs: 1977". Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Streisand – Guilty Pleasures". Discogs.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ Brennan, Joseph. "Gibb Songs: 2005". Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
