You Stepped into My Life

"You Stepped into My Life" is a song released by the Bee Gees in September 1976 on the album Children of the World. It was also released as the B-side of "Love So Right". Written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.

In Canada, this song was chosen as the A-side and its flipside was "Love So Right" In Scandinavia and UK, it released as a double A side single with "Love So Right". AllMusic's Bruce Eder called this funk number as one of the "soul ballads" on the album Children of the World.

Recording
The Bee Gees started to record this song on February 3 at Criteria Studios in Miami. It was finished on May 7 after they recorded and finished "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" and "Boogie Child" the day before in Le Studio in Quebec.

Musical structure
The first parts of the song features a funky electric and bass guitar beat by Alan Kendall and Maurice Gibb, and later joined by Blue Weaver through synthesizers and keyboards.

The song is all about a singer became happy when he met his lover; the singer also tells his painful memory before he met his lover, and described her touch to him as an "ecstasy".

Personnel

 * Barry Gibb — lead vocals, acoustic guitar
 * Maurice Gibb — bass guitar
 * Alan Kendall — electric guitar
 * Dennis Bryon — drums
 * Blue Weaver — synthesizer, keyboards

Cover versions

 * Melba Moore recorded a Philly soul version of the song for her 1978 Epic Records album release Melba, produced by McFadden & Whitehead with Jerry Cohen.  The singer and her producers had aimed at scoring Moore a breakout hit with a Bee Gees cover and chose "You Stepped Into My Life", the group's own original version being comparatively low-profile. "You Stepped Into My Life" did afford Moore a major club hit and became the second and most successful of her two Billboard Hot 100 singles while remaining a Top 40 shortfall with a #47 peak. The track also reached #17 on the Billboard ranking of R&B singles. In 2024, the song was certified platinum for sales of a million copies in the USA.
 * Wayne Newton released his version as a single in 1979 on Aries Records; it reached #90 in the U.S.