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The best Bee Gees songs

The top 3 according to 119 votes from people: How Deep Is Your Love · Tragedy · Words. (Updated Sep 4, 2024.)

From the sixties ballads to the Saturday Night Fever disco: the Gibb brothers' greatest songs, by critics' picks and streams.

encore_salty · · 16 items · 119 votes · 2 comments

Top 16

  1. 1

    How Deep Is Your Love

    1977. Number one on Billboard's ranking.

    ▲ 13 ▼ 2

    11
  2. 2

    Tragedy

    1979. Number one for Gold Radio.

    ▲ 9 ▼ 0

    9
  3. 3

    Words

    1968. A simple, much-covered ballad.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 0

    8
  4. 4

    I've Gotta Get a Message to You

    1968. A man on death row; their first big US hit.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 0

    7
  5. 5

    Too Much Heaven

    1978. Falsetto harmonies at their best.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  6. 6

    You Should Be Dancing

    1976. The start of their disco era.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  7. 7

    To Love Somebody

    1967. A soul ballad written for Otis Redding.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  8. 8

    How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

    1971. Their first US number one.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  9. 9

    You Win Again

    1987. Their eighties UK number one.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 3

    4
  10. 10

    More Than a Woman

    1977. Another Saturday Night Fever classic.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 2

    4
  11. 11

    Massachusetts

    1967. Their first UK number one.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 2

    4
  12. 12

    Stayin' Alive

    1977. The walk of Saturday Night Fever; their most streamed song.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 1

    4
  13. 13

    New York Mining Disaster 1941

    1967. Their first international single.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  14. 14

    Night Fever

    1978. Eight weeks at number one in the US.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 3

    3
  15. 15

    Jive Talkin'

    1975. The funk comeback.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 2

    3
  16. 16

    Nights on Broadway

    1975. The first song with Barry's famous falsetto.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 3

    -2

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Ethan Brown

How Deep Is Your Love over Stayin' Alive is the right call, it's just perfect

Harsh Iyer

To Love Somebody is my favourite, written for Otis Redding and you can hear it

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