(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away

Song by Andy Gibb (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away Dontthrowitallawayandygibb.jpg single Andy Gibb Shadow Dancing One More Look at the Night September 1978 December 1977 – January 1978 Wally Heider Studios (Los Angeles, California) Soft rock soul 4:08 (album version) 3:38 (single version) RSO Records Barry Gibb Blue Weaver Gibb-Galuten-Richardson An Everlasting Love 1978 Why 1978 "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" is a song penned by Barry Gibb and Blue Weaver and recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977 on the Saturday Night Fever sessions but was not released until Bee Gees Greatest (1979). A different version was released in September 1978 by RSO Records as the third single by Andy Gibb from his second studio album Shadow Dancing. His version was produced by Gibb-Galuten-Richardson. Andy Gibb's version The song was Andy Gibb's fifth single to reach the US Top 10; the single reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart.Shadow Dancing Billboard singles http://www.allmusic.com/album/shadow-dancing-r38842/charts-awards/billboard-single Allmusic 2012-02-21 When Andy Gibb was going to record it, Barry reworked on the song adding the middle eight that was not on the original Bee Gees' version,http://www.allmusic.com/song/our-love-dont-throw-it-all-away-mt0004820358 (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away – Andy Gibb Hanson Amy Allmusic Rovi Corporation 31 December 2014 as Blue Weaver recalls, "When Andy actually went to record it, Barry listened to it [the original version] again and thought, 'Oh, it's not finished', so Barry wrote the whole of the middle-eight.https://books.google.com/books?id=KugbDQHX0R8C&q=the+bee+gees+biography+how+deep+is+your+love&pg=PT826 The Bee Gees – Tales of the Brothers Gibb Hughes Andrew 2009 9780857120045 11 February 2015 Allmusic's Amy Hanson described this version of "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" as a "tender ballad" that suited Andy's voice. Cash Box said it has "gentle keyboards, strings, an easy beat and harmonies".CashBox Singles Reviews October 14, 1978 17 Cash Box 2022-01-01 https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1978/CB-1978-10-14.pdf It appears on Andy's three greatest-hits albums. Personnel Andy Gibb – lead vocals Barry Gibb – backing vocals Joey Murcia – guitar Tim Renwick – guitar George Bitzer – Keyboards, synthesizer Paul Harris – keyboards Harold Cowart – bass Joe Lala – percussion Ron Ziegler – drums Whit Sidener – horns Ken Faulk – horns Bill Purse – horns Neil Bonsanti – horns Stan Webb – horns Albhy Galuten, Blue Weaver and Barry Gibb – orchestral arrangement Chart performance Weekly charts Chart (1978–1979)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)Australian Charts Book 1970—1992 David Kent 0-646-11917-6 1993 Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W.61Brazil (ABPD)http://www.brothersgibb.org/download/page-3.pdf Songs Written by the Gibb Family on the International Charts brothersgibb.org 31 December 2014 Gerard https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194742/http://www.brothersgibb.org/download/page-3.pdf 23 September 2015 live 7Canada (RPM) Top Singleshttp://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=lom9g0phiq6oodrasp5rdpf9a7&q1=Andy+Gibb&q2=&interval=20 CAN Charts > Andy Gibb RPM 2013-05-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20131113032736/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=lom9g0phiq6oodrasp5rdpf9a7&q1=Andy+Gibb&q2=&interval=20 2013-11-13 dead8Canada (RPM) Adult Contemporaryhttps://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?IdNumber=125&app=rpm CAN AC Charts > Andy Gibb 17 July 2013 RPM 2016-10-065Ireland (IRMA)21Japan (Oricon)27UK Singles (Official Charts Company)http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/andy%20gibb/ UK Charts > Andy Gibb Official Charts Company 2013-05-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20141230170624/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/andy%20gibb/ 2014-12-30 live 32US Cash Box Top 100http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19781223.html Cashbox Top 100 Singles December 23, 1978 23 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160321085846/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19781223.html 21 March 2016 dead 7US Billboard Adult Contemporaryartist p13045 yes US Charts > Andy Gibb Billboard 2013-05-202US Radio & Records10US Billboard Hot 1009 Year-end charts Chart (1978)RankCanada RPM Top Singleshttp://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0070a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=o5r2l6umlaoj7j14trflhtut74 Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada Collectionscanada.gc.ca 2016-10-1393 Chart (1979)RankUS Billboard Hot 100http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1979.htm Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979 Musicoutfitters.com 2016-10-13 2016-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20160714034643/http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1979.htm dead 58 Bee Gees' version (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away Bee Gees Bee Gees Greatest October 1979 February and March 1977 Le Chateau, Herouville, France April 1977 Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida Soul, soft rock, pop 4 02 RSO Barry Gibb, Blue Weaver Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson The Bee Gees version of the song, the first one created, was recorded in 1977 during the sessions for Saturday Night Fever but was not released until the compilation Bee Gees Greatest in 1979.(Our Love) Don't Throw it All Away http://www.allmusic.com/song/our-love-dont-throw-it-all-away-t1798498 Allmusic 2012-01-21 Barry and Maurice Gibb are the only members of the Bee Gees to appear on the recording. Barry wrote the lyrics while Weaver composed the melody. Weaver said of this song, "That was me playing around again; It wasn't done for [Saturday Night Fever], it was just something that we did". The stereo mix of an early state of the song exists but was unreleased until now. Samantha Sang, who was visiting France where this version was recorded, asked Barry for a song; not long afterwards, Barry sent Sang "Don't Throw it All Away", but Sang never recorded or released it, choosing instead the new song "Emotion".http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/77.html Gibb Songs: 1977 Brennan Joseph 31 December 2014 After Andy's death, during the Bee Gees' One Night Only tour, they performed the song with Andy's original lead vocal mixed in during the second verse, chorus, bridge and the coda of the song. Personnel Barry Gibb – vocals, guitar Andy Gibb – background vocals Maurice Gibb – bass Blue Weaver – keyboards, orchestral arrangement Dennis Bryon – drums Joe Lala – percussion Other versions Jennifer Love Hewitt also covered the song on her 1996 self-titled album. Barbra Streisand recorded her rendition of the song in 2005 off her album Guilty Pleasures, which had Barry Gibb on the album cover with her.http://www.discogs.com/Streisand-Guilty-Pleasures/master/161902 Streisand – Guilty Pleasures Discogs.com 31 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20120922010352/http://www.discogs.com/Streisand-Guilty-Pleasures/master/161902 22 September 2012 live On Streisand's version, Barry Gibb is heard singing also the chorus.http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/05.html Gibb Songs: 2005 Brennan Joseph 31 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150102012817/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/05.html 2 January 2015 live References 30em External links eH686Dyy16w Andy Gibb – (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away Category:1970s ballads Category:1978 singles Category:1977 songs Category:1978 songs Category:Songs written by Barry Gibb Category:Songs written by Blue Weaver Category:Andy Gibb songs Category:Bee Gees songs Category:Song recordings produced by Barry Gibb Category:Song recordings produced by Robin Gibb Category:Song recordings produced by Maurice Gibb Category:RSO Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by Albhy Galuten Category:Barbra Streisand songs Category:Pop ballads