Back in 1978, music fans couldn’t turn on a radio or step into a disco without hearing the Bee Gees music.
But among all their chart-topping hits, “More Than a Woman” holds a special place in music history. Not just for its incredible groove, but for leaving an entire generation of listeners convinced that Barry Gibb was serenading a hairless lady.
“More Than a Woman” was listed by U Discover Music as one of the most Misquoted Song Lyrics of All Time. The lyric in its correct form is “More Than a Woman,” the song’s title. However, for decades, fans believed Gibb was singing “Bald-headed woman.”
Gibb’s soaring falsetto and the fast disco rhythm blended the vowel sounds. Therefore, for many listeners, the lyrics changed from “More than a” to “Bald-headed.”
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However, the hilariously misheard lyrics haven’t diminished the song’s place in popular culture. When film producer Robert Stigwood approached the Bee Gees to write music for a movie he was working on called Saturday Night Fever, nobody could have predicted the magic that would occur next.
U Discover Music reported that the group wrote five songs for the film soundtrack in one weekend. The disco gems are “Night Fever,” “Stayin’ Alive,” “More Than a Woman,” “How Deep Is Your Love,” and “If I Can’t Have You.”
“More Than a Woman” soundtracked the film’s romantic highlight, when Tony Manero (John Travolta) danced with Stephanie Mangano (Karen Lyn Gorney), and they realized they had feelings for one another.
Additionally, the song with one of the most misheard lyrics in music history was recorded by the R&B group Tavares for the film soundtrack. U Discover Music shared that the Bee Gees version was left unfinished until the studio decided to use both versions on the soundtrack LP.
“The film studio then decided that both versions of ‘More Than a Woman’ would appear on the soundtrack album, so in September 1977, the Bee Gees hastily put the finishing touches on their song at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, before mixing it,” the site reported.
At the end of the day, a misheard lyric is proof of how deeply a song weaves itself into popular culture. “More Than a Woman” remains a towering achievement in pop songwriting.
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