I Just Want to Be Your Everything - wikipedia I Just Want to Be Your Everything `` I Just Want to Be Your Everything '' Single by Andy Gibb from the album Flowing Rivers B - side `` In the End '' Released April 1977 Format 7 '' Recorded Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida October 1976 Genre Disco Length 3 : 45 ( album version ) 3 : 32 ( single edit ) Label RSO Songwriter ( s ) Barry Gibb Producer ( s ) Gibb - Galuten - Richardson Andy Gibb singles chronology `` Words and Music '' ( 1975 ) `` I Just Want to Be Your Everything '' ( 1977 ) `` ( Love Is ) Thicker Than Water '' ( 1977 ) `` Words and Music '' ( 1975 ) `` I Just Want to Be Your Everything '' ( 1977 ) `` ( Love Is ) Thicker Than Water '' ( 1977 ) `` I Just Want to Be Your Everything '' is a song recorded by Andy Gibb, initially released in 1977. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, starting on the week ending 30 July 1977, and again for the week ending 17 September 1977. It was Gibb 's first single released in the United Kingdom and United States. His previous single, `` Words and Music '' was only released in Australia. It is ranked number 26 on Billboard 's 55th anniversary All Time Top 100 list. The song became a gold record. Contents 1 Writing and recording 2 Release 3 Personnel 4 Chart performance 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 4.3 All - time charts 5 Connie Smith 's version 5.1 Chart performance 6 Other versions 7 References 8 External links Writing and recording `` I Just Want to Be Your Everything '' was written by Barry Gibb in Bermuda as well as `` ( Love Is ) Thicker Than Water '' with Andy Gibb credited as co-writer on the latter. It was recorded in October 1976 ; the sessions were produced mainly by Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson and with Barry on this track and `` ( Love Is ) Thicker than Water '' ; Galuten also played keyboards and piano. Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh contributed guitar on this song. The track is a fairly dramatic love song, with the singer declaring his unending passion and stating that without her, he would die. Andy reveals, `` ' I Just Want to Be Your Everything ' was one of the most meaningful of all form, you know ''. He later recalls on Barry Gibb 's writing style : `` So, once we discussed it all and got the deal together, me and Barry locked ourselves in a bedroom and Barry just started writing. When Barry writes, it is very hard to collaborate with him, because he is so quick. And before I knew it he was starting to do the chorus of ( ' I Just Want to Be Your Everything ' ), and I thought, ' Wow what a hook ! '. He 's an expert at his craft. Within about 20 minutes, he 'd written a number one record ; and then we went right into another one, ( ' ( Love Is ) Thicker than Water ' ) Two mixes were prepared for the song, the more popular mix was released on the album & as the single version and the earlier mix was used for promotional uses. The promotional version had an additional keyboard that at times competed with the lead vocal. The drummer 's high - hat count during both breakdowns was completely mixed out and Gibb 's harmony vocal is more prevalent during add - libs. Release The song spent a cumulative four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song first reached the top of the chart on July 30 for the first of three consecutive weeks. Then, The Emotions went to No. 1 with `` Best of My Love '' on August 20 for the first of four straight weeks. However, the song maintained strong popularity, remaining in the Top 10 before returning to No. 1 for one final week on September 17. `` Everything '' then fell out of the top spot for good, being replaced once again by `` Best of My Love. '' The song spent a then record sixteen weeks in the top ten of the Billboard chart, a record it would hold until The Bee Gees spent seventeen weeks in the top ten with their song `` How Deep is Your Love '' starting near the end of 1977. `` I Just Want to be Your Everything '' was Gibb 's longest - running chart single. It enjoyed one of the longest runs in the Billboard Hot 100 to that time ; its 31 - week run spanned from the end of April through the end of November. Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1977. The song also appeared on the Soul Singles chart, peaking at number 19. Personnel Andy Gibb -- vocals Barry Gibb -- background and harmony vocals Joey Murcia -- electric guitar Joe Walsh -- electric guitar Paul Harris -- keyboards Albhy Galuten -- synthesizer Harold Cowart -- bass Ron Ziegler -- drums Nelson `` Flaco '' Padrón -- percussion Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1977 - 78 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) Brazilian Singles Chile Singles Canada ( RPM ) Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 24 Spain ( PROMUSICAE ) 13 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 26 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 8 US Billboard Hot Soul Singles 19 US Cash Box US Radio & Records US Record World Year - end charts Chart ( 1977 ) Rank Australia Canada New Zealand 9 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Easy Listening 21 All - time charts Chart ( 1958 -- 2015 ) Rank US Billboard Hot 100 27 Connie Smith 's version `` I Just Want to Be Your Everything '' Single by Connie Smith from the album New Horizons Released October 1977 Format 7 '' Recorded 1977 Genre Country, Country pop Length 3 : 16 Label Monument Records Songwriter ( s ) Barry Gibb Connie Smith singles chronology `` Coming Around '' ( 1977 ) `` I Just Want to Be Your Everything '' ( 1977 ) `` Lovin ' You Baby '' ( 1978 ) `` Coming Around '' ( 1977 ) `` I Just Want to Be Your Everything '' ( 1977 ) `` Lovin ' You Baby '' ( 1978 ) The best - known cover version of `` I Just Want to Be Your Everything '' was recorded by American country music artist Connie Smith. Released in the autumn of 1977, Smith 's version, according to AMG reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine, was `` relatively faithful '' to Gibb 's version and -- given its disco - influenced sound -- also a departure from her honky - tonk songs of the 1960s and early 1970s. `` I Just Want to Be Your Everything '' peaked at # 14 on Billboard Magazine 's Hot Country Songs chart in 1978, becoming her last significant hit, as her further hits for Monument Records, such as `` Lovin ' You Baby '' and `` They 'll Never Be Another for Me, '' peaked in progressively lower positions on the country chart between 1978 and 1979. Chart performance Chart ( 1978 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot Country Singles 14 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 23 Other versions Bunny Maloney recorded this song in a reggae version in 1979, produced by Harry Mudie on Gull Records, released only in the United Kingdom backed by `` Ethiopia ''. Thea Austin recorded this song ( 1997 ), on the single release includes the extended mix, club dub, Irene Eats Thunderpass Dub ( mixed by DJ Irene and Thunderpuss ) and Barry Harris Tribal Trip ( mixed by Barry Harris ) on Priority Records. The Best Pessimist recorded this song in 2009 and released on the album of the same name. Kimberley Locke of American Idol covered this song during season 2, for the Bee Gees themed week ( Top 4 ). Jason Castro of American Idol covered this song during season 7, for the 70s themed week. In the early 80 's, Cuban duet Maggie Carlés and Luis Nodal ( Maggie y Luis ) covered the song under the name `` Solo por ti '' ( Only for you ), keeping the rhythm, but with different lyrics written by them. References Jump up ^ Bronson, Fred ( 2 August 2012 ). `` Hot 100 55th Anniversary : The All - Time Top 100 Songs ''. Billboard. Retrieved 9 August 2013. Jump up ^ `` Island Ignited Bee Gees ' Musical `` Fever '' ``. Bernews. Retrieved 11 June 2013. 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External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` I Feel Love '' by Donna Summer Australia ARIA Singles Chart number - one single 17 October 1977 -- 28 November 1977 ( seven weeks ) Succeeded by `` You 're in My Heart '' by Rod Stewart Preceded by `` I 'm in You '' by Peter Frampton Canadian RPM number - one single 6 August 1977 -- 20 August 1977 ( three weeks ) Succeeded by Whatcha Gonna Do ? by Pablo Cruise Preceded by `` Looks Like We Made It '' by Barry Manilow `` Best of My Love '' by The Emotions Billboard Hot 100 number - one single 30 July 1977 -- 13 August 1977 ( three weeks ) 17 September 1977 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Best of My Love '' by The Emotions `` Best of My Love '' by The Emotions Preceded by `` I 'm in You '' by Peter Frampton Cash Box Top 100 number - one single 30 July 1977 -- 13 August 1977 ( three weeks ) Succeeded by `` Best of My Love '' by The Emotions Andy Gibb Studio albums Flowing Rivers Shadow Dancing After Dark Singles `` Words and Music '' `` I Just Want to Be Your Everything '' `` ( Love Is ) Thicker Than Water '' `` Shadow Dancing '' `` An Everlasting Love '' `` ( Our Love ) Do n't Throw it All Away '' `` Why '' `` Desire '' `` I Ca n't Help It '' `` Time Is Time '' `` Me ( Without You ) '' `` All I Have to Do Is Dream '' Compilations Andy Gibb 's Greatest Hits Andy Gibb ( Hits Collection ) 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection Mythology Other songs `` Warm Ride '' `` Rest Your Love on Me '' `` Arrow Through the Heart '' Related articles Bee Gees RSO Records Polydor Records Solid Gold ( TV series ) Warner Music Group Universal Music Group Book Connie Smith singles Albums Singles 1960s 1964 `` Once a Day '' 1965 `` Then and Only Then '' `` I Ca n't Remember '' `` If I Talk to Him '' 1966 `` Nobody But a Fool ( Would Love You ) '' `` Ai n't Had No Lovin ' '' `` The Hurtin 's All Over '' 1967 `` I 'll Come Runnin ' '' `` Cincinnati, Ohio '' `` Burning a Hole in My Mind '' `` Baby 's Back Again '' 1968 `` Run Away Little Tears '' `` Cry, Cry, Cry '' 1969 `` Ribbon of Darkness '' `` Young Love '' ( with Nat Stuckey ) `` You and Your Sweet Love '' 1970s 1970 `` I Never Once Stopped Loving You '' `` Louisiana Man '' `` Where Is My Castle '' 1971 `` Just One Time '' `` I 'm Sorry If My Love Got in Your Way '' 1972 `` Just for What I Am '' `` If It Ai n't Love ( Let 's Leave It Alone ) '' `` Love Is the Look You 're Looking For '' 1973 `` Ai n't Love a Good Thing '' `` I Never Knew ( What That Song Meant Before ) '' `` I 've Got My Baby on My Mind '' `` Why Do n't You Love Me '' 1976 `` ( Till ) I Kissed You '' `` So Sad ( To Watch Good Love Go Bad ) '' `` I Do n't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore '' 1977 `` I Just Want to Be Your Everything '' 1980s 1985 `` A Far Cry from You '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Just_Want_to_Be_Your_Everything&oldid=794938788 '' Categories : 1977 singles Songs written by Barry Gibb Andy Gibb songs Connie Smith songs Song recordings produced by Barry Gibb Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles RSO Records singles Monument Records singles 1976 songs Disco songs Funk songs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2017 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Português Edit links This page was last edited on 10 August 2017, at 23 : 50. 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Question: who wrote i want to be your everything
Answer: Barry Gibb