Shadow dancing Andy Gibb - Shadow dancing Andy Gibb

What this video is

Released in April 1978, 'Shadow Dancing' arrived at the absolute commercial zenith of the RSO Records empire, when the label held an unprecedented grip on the Billboard Hot 100. Written collaboratively by all four Gibb brothers while Barry, Robin, and Maurice were filming the ill-fated Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band film in Los Angeles, the song became Billboard's number-one single of the entire year of…

Why it matters

A definitive artifact of the disco-pop crossover genre, 'Shadow Dancing' demonstrates the Gibb family's mastery of a Latin-inflected Miami groove. Its production — strings, horns, and disco-funk guitar — represents the commercial peak of the RSO/Criteria Studios sound that dominated global pop in…