You Stepped into My Life

"You Stepped into My Life" is a song released by the Bee Gees in September 1976 on the album Children of the World.^[2] It was also released as the B-side of "Love So Right".^[3] Written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.

"You Stepped into My Life"
Single by Bee Gees
from the album Children of the World
A-side	"Love So Right"
Released	September 1976
Recorded	3 February 1976, 7 May 1976
Studio	Criteria, Miami, Florida Quebec, Canada
Genre	Disco[1]
Length	3:25
Label	RSO
Songwriter(s)	Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)	Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
Bee Gees flipsides singles chronology
"Subway" (1976) "You Stepped into My Life" (1976) "Lovers" (1976)

In Canada, this song was chosen as the A-side and its flipside was "Love So Right"^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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

"You Stepped into My Life"
Single by Melba Moore
from the album Melba '78
B-side	"There's No Other Like You"
Released	September 1978
Studio	Sigma Sound Studios
Genre	Disco, post-disco
Length	4:00 (single version) 5:04 (album version) 7:48 (John Luongo Remix)
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)	Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen
Melba Moore singles chronology
"Standing Right Here" (1977) "You Stepped into My Life" (1978) "Pick Me Up, I'll Dance" (1978)

• 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.^[7][8][9] 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.^[10] "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 No. 47 peak. The track also reached No. 17 on the Billboard ranking of R&B singles. In 2024, the song was certified platinum for sales of a million copies in the US.^[11]
• Wayne Newton released his version as a single in 1979 on Aries Records; it reached No. 90 in the US.