This chart-topping Bee Gees hit ranks right up there with "You Should Be Dancing" as one of the group's most frenetic dance songs. Like "Stayin' Alive," it was written for the film Saturday Night Fever and draws its lyrical inspiration from the film and crafts a tale of a disco fan looking for love on the dancefloor. It also convincingly recreates the euphoria disco fans feel while dancing to their beloved music: "Here I am prayin' for this moment to last/Livin' on the music, so fine." The melody of "Night Fever" brings this euphoric feeling to life by creating a song that brims with hooks, like the clever shift from staccato verses to a mellow pre-chorus bridge and the rhythmic harmonies that fuel the chorus. Appropriately, the Bee Gees' recording keeps the song's rhythmic power front and center with a throbbing rhythm section that is given added texture by scratching rhythm guitar. It also beefs up the song's ear candy quotient with sweet but surging string arrangement and the group's agile, helium-laced falsetto harmonies. The end result sounded just as good on the car radio as did on a dance floor and this duality allowed "Night Fever" to become number one hit on the pop charts and a staple choice at the discothèque. The song was also used to memorable effect in Saturday Night Fever during a scene where the hero's elaborate preparations for a night at the disco are intercut with the frenzy present on the dancefloor. "Night Fever" remains a favorite at disco revival nights because its combination of hip lyrics and an infectious melody truly capture the appeal of disco.
Night Fever Lyrics
Listen to the ground
There is movement all around
There is something goin' down
And I can feel it
On the waves of the air
There is dancin' out there
If it's somethin' we can share
We can steal it
And that sweet city woman
She moves through the light
Controlling my mind and my soul
When you reach out for me
Yeah, and the feelin' is right
Then I get night fever, night fever
We know how to do it
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to show it
Here I am
Prayin' for this moment to last
Livin' on the music so fine
Borne on the wind
Makin' it mine
Night fever, night fever
We know how to do it
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to show it
In the heat of our love
Don't need no help for us to make it
Gimme just enough to take us to the mornin'
I got fire in my mind
I get higher in my walkin'
And I'm glowin' in the dark
I give you warnin'
And that sweet city woman
She moves through the night
Controlling my mind and my soul
When you reach out for me
Yeah, and the feelin' is right
Then I get night fever, night fever
We know how to do it
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to show it
Here I am
Prayin' for this moment to last
Livin' on the music so fine
Borne on the wind
Makin' it mine
Night fever, night fever
We know how to do it
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to show it
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to do it
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to show it
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to do it
I’m a huge 50s, 60s 70s music fan!
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