"You Stepped into My Life" is a song released by the Bee Gees in September 1976 on the album Children of the World. ^[1] It was also released as the B-side of " Love So Right". ^[2] Written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.

In Canada, this song was chosen as the A-side and its flipside was "Love So Right" ^[3] In Scandinavia and UK, it released as a double A side single with "Love So Right". AllMusic's Bruce Eder called this funk number as one of the " soul ballads" on the album Children of the World. ^[4]

Recording

The Bee Gees started to record this song on February 3 at Criteria Studios in Miami. It was finished on May 7 after they recorded and finished "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" and " Boogie Child" the day before in Le Studio in Quebec. ^[5]

Musical structure

The first parts of the song features a funky electric and bass guitar beat by Alan Kendall and Maurice Gibb, and later joined by Blue Weaver through synthesizers and keyboards.

The song is all about a singer became happy when he met his lover; the singer also tells his painful memory before he met his lover, and described her touch to him as an "ecstasy".^{[ citation needed]}

Personnel

• Barry Gibb — lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Maurice Gibb — bass guitar
• Alan Kendall — electric guitar
• Dennis Bryon — drums
• Blue Weaver — synthesizer, keyboards

Cover versions

• Melba Moore recorded a Philly soul version of the song for her 1978 Epic Records album release Melba, produced by McFadden & Whitehead with Jerry Cohen. ^{[6] [7] [8]} The singer and her producers had aimed at scoring Moore a breakout hit with a Bee Gees cover and chose "You Stepped Into My Life", the group's own original version being comparatively low-profile. ^[9] "You Stepped Into My Life" did afford Moore a major club hit and became the second and most successful of her two Billboard Hot 100 singles while remaining a Top 40 shortfall with a #47 peak. The track also reached #17 on the Billboard ranking of R&B singles ^[10]
• Wayne Newton released his version as a single in 1979 on Aries Records; it reached #90 in the U.S.

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