# Warm Ride

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1980 song by Andy Gibb

"Warm Ride" Song by Bee Gees from the album Bee Gees Greatest Released September 2007 Recorded February – April 1977 Genre Disco Length 3:16 Label Rhino, Reprise Songwriter Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb Producers Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson

"Warm Ride" Song by Andy Gibb from the album After Dark[1] Released February 1980 Recorded November 1979 Studio Criteria Studios, Miami Genre Pop Length 3:30 Label RSO Songwriters Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb Producer Gibb-Galuten-Richardson

"**Warm Ride**" is a song written by [Barry](/source/Barry_Gibb), [Robin](/source/Robin_Gibb) and [Maurice Gibb](/source/Maurice_Gibb), and recorded by the [Bee Gees](/source/Bee_Gees) and during the 1977 *[Saturday Night Fever](/source/Saturday_Night_Fever_(soundtrack))* sessions in France. The Bee Gees original, if unfinished, recording remained unreleased until 2007 when it was mixed and included on a reissue of *[Bee Gees Greatest](/source/Bee_Gees_Greatest)*. The song was an outtake from the soundtrack.[2]

## Personnel

- [Barry Gibb](/source/Barry_Gibb) – lead vocals, [guitar](/source/Guitar)

- [Robin Gibb](/source/Robin_Gibb) – vocals

- [Maurice Gibb](/source/Maurice_Gibb) – vocals, [bass](/source/Bass_guitar)

- [Blue Weaver](/source/Blue_Weaver) – [keyboards](/source/Electronic_keyboard), [synthesiser](/source/Synthesiser), [piano](/source/Piano)

- [Dennis Bryon](/source/Dennis_Bryon) – [drums](/source/Drum_kit)

- [Joe Lala](/source/Joe_Lala) – [percussion](/source/Percussion_instrument)

## Cover versions

- The song was recorded by [Rare Earth](/source/Rare_Earth_(band)), for whom it was originally written by the Bee Gees. The song reached number 39 on the US [Hot 100](/source/Hot_100),[3] and number 68 on the Australian charts.[4]

- [Graham Bonnet](/source/Graham_Bonnet)'s version was released as a single and reached number 2 in [Australia](/source/Australia) in August 1978.[4]

- [Andy Gibb](/source/Andy_Gibb)'s version of the song was recorded in 1979 and released in 1980 on his last studio album, *[After Dark](/source/After_Dark_(Andy_Gibb_album))*. It was the last song recorded for the album with backing vocals done by older brother Barry Gibb.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["www.allmusic.com"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/after-dark-mw0000031818). *allmusic.com*. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Gibb Songs 1977](http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/77.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Whitburn, Joel](/source/Joel_Whitburn) (2013). *Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012*. Record Research. p. 690.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Kent_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Kent_4-1) [Kent, David](/source/David_Kent_(historian)) (1993). *Australian Chart Book 1970–1992* (illustrated ed.). St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p. 246. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-646-11917-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-646-11917-6).

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