"Jive Talkin'" is a song by the Bee Gees, which hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top-five on the UK singles chart in the summer of 1975. Largely recognized as the group's "comeback" song, it was their first U.S. top ten hit since "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" in 1971.

The song was originally called "Drive Talking". The song's rhythm was modeled after the sound a car would make crossing the bridge from Biscayne Bay into Miami also known as the infamous Rickenbacker Causeway. Note: It was probably NOT the Rickenbacker as that goes from Key Biscayne to Miami, while The Bee Gees live on Miami Beach. The causeways going to and from there would most likely be The MaCarthur Causeway or The Julia Tuttle. The sound of the car's tires were making a "Chicka, Chicka, Chicka," sound, which was used vocally before the group sings the title of the song.[citation needed] Producer Arif Mardin wished to market the song toward the teen market, and suggested the change to "Jive Talkin'" (the phrase "jive talkin'", slang for "telling lies", was a popular colloquialism at the time).[citation needed] Barry Gibb wrote the song and then had to fix the lyrics upon completion because he had assumed "jive talkin'" referred to "speaking in jive", a then-popular term for African-American Vernacular English.[citation needed] All actual "talking jive" references were fixed so they meant "lying".[citation needed]

Upon its release to radio stations, the single was delivered in a plain white cover, with no immediate indication of what the song's name was or who sang it. The DJs would only find out what the song was and who played it when it was placed on the turntable; RSO did provide the song with a label on the record itself. It was the second time in the band's career that this strategy had been employed to get airplay for their music, after a similar tactic had popularized their debut US single New York Mining Disaster 1941 in 1967.

The disco-oriented sound was a departure from the pop ballads the Bee Gees had become known for. The single sold over a million copies in the United States alone, and sold in excess of a hundred thousand copies in Canada. While not a top seller in the United Kingdom, it did mark the first time in three years that a Bee Gees single had charted there.

Two years after its release as a single the song was included on the Bee Gees-dominated soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jive_Talkin'

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