Bee Gees - Night Fever

What this video is

Shot in 1978 at the peak of the Saturday Night Fever phenomenon, this promotional clip was produced alongside sister videos for 'Stayin' Alive' and 'How Deep Is Your Love' but was never publicly released at the time, remaining in the vault for 26 years until 2004. The video's location — Collins Avenue's 'Motel Row' in what is now Sunny Isles Beach, Florida — grounds the piece in a vanishing slice of mid-century…

Why it matters

As one of the defining singles of the disco era — spending eight weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978, the most of any single that year — 'Night Fever' represents the commercial and cultural apex of the Bee Gees' late-1970s reinvention as blue-eyed soul and disco architects. The video's…