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"Nights on Broadway" 
Single by Bee Gees from the album Main Course B-side "Edge Of The Universe" Released September 1975 Format Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM) Recorded 30 January – 19 February 1975,
Criteria Studios, Miami, FloridaGenre Pop Length 4:32 Label RSO Writer(s) Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb Producer Arif Mardin Bee Gees singles chronology "Jive Talkin'"
(1975)"Nights on Broadway"
(1975)"Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)"
(1976)"Nights on Broadway" is a song by the Bee Gees for the Main Course album in 1975. The second single release from the album, it immediately followed their number-one hit "Jive Talkin'".
"Nights on Broadway" reached number seven on the American Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, giving the Bee Gees back-to-back top 10 hits for the first time in seven years (since 1968).
Covers and sampling
In 1977, Candi Staton released a version of this song that peaked at #6 on the United Kingdom Singles Chart in late Summer of that year.
In 1998, the song was sampled on the DMX track "The Convo" from the album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot.
In 2008, the song was sampled by hip-hop producer Jake One for his song How We Ride for his album White Van Music.
Saturday Night Live uses the song as the theme to its sketch, "The Barry Gibb Talk Show", but with different lyrics.
Chart performance
Chart Peak position Canada 2 United States 7 Netherlands 8 Belgium 12 New Zealand 14 Germany 17 Categories:- 1975 songs
- Bee Gees songs
- Songs about New York
- Songs written by Barry Gibb
- Songs written by Maurice Gibb
- Songs written by Robin Gibb
- Songs produced by Arif Mardin
- 1970s pop song stubs
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