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I have used two different source videos to create this one. That's because the best-quality one I could find was not complete; it missed the beginning and ending. The source video I used for the footage between the 0:04 and 2:00 time-points is here: [ Ссылка ]
The source video I used for the footage that occurs before and after that is here: [ Ссылка ]

I have replaced the audio track with a high-quality one, and this involved adjusting the speed of both source videos in order to get the footage to sync to the HQ audio track I am using. I will now say what alterations I made to each of the two source videos.

Here is what alterations I made to the footage used between 0:04 and 2:00. For this footage, I only had to slow it down very slightly, as it was almost at the right speed. I also adjusted the colours by decreasing their intensity quite a lot and making them a lot lighter.

Here is what alterations I made to the footage used before 0:04 and after 2:00. This footage required slowing down a bit more in order for it sync to the HQ audio track I am using. It also had the picture running late compared to the sound, so I fixed that. I also cropped the edges of the video picture, just enough to clean them up. I also adjusted the colours by increasing their intensity and slightly increasing the difference between the light and dark areas. I have also upscaled the resolution from 480p to 1080p, as this increases the bitrate, which slightly improves picture quality at all the different viewing settings the viewer can select and allows for the highest quality audio, but please be aware that playing the video at the 1080p setting is not going to make it look as good as a true 1080p video.

I have also added optional subtitles for the lyrics.

This song was written by the Bee Gees: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. Although the Bee Gees' own version of it is just as well known as this one, they actually wrote it for Tavares, and both versions were released for the first time as tracks on the same album: the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack album. Both versions were also featured in the film. The Bee Gees had not been asked to write a song for Tavares; they did it simply because they were big fans of the group, and they then informed the group's manager that they had written a song for them. (Info Source: [ Ссылка ])

This version by Tavares was produced by Freddie Perren. The lead vocalist is Antone "Chubby" Tavares. According to Wikipedia, the playing credits for the 1978 Tavares album "Future Bound", which included this track, are as follows:

James Gadson – drums
Chuck Rainey – bass
Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes
Bob Bowles, Jim Nau – guitars
Bob Zimmitti, Freddie Perren – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – congas
Freddie Perren – vibraphone, synthesizer, harpsichord

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Further credits for this particular track are given by the Discogs website as follows:

Arranged By [Horns, Strings] – Wade Marcus
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Freddie Perren

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According to Wikipedia, this single reached No. 7 in the UK, No. 29 in Canada, No. 32 in their native USA, and No. 34 in the Netherlands. Also according to Wikipedia, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album "is one of the best-selling albums in history, and remains the second-biggest-selling soundtrack of all time, after The Bodyguard, selling over 40 million copies worldwide."

For more information on this song and track, see these pages:
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An official presentation of the lyrics to this song is to be found printed on the inner sleeve of the Future Bound album, a picture of which can be seen here:
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Presented as optional subtitles in the video and as a pinned comment below is my own transcript of the lyrics, for which I have used that official presentation as a guide.

For my other videos featuring songs written by the Bee Gees, see this playlist:

My Bee Gees Videos
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