"Paying the Price of Love" is the first single from the Bee Gees' 20th studio album, Size Isn't Everything (1993). The song was released in August 1993 by Polydor Records, reaching the top 10 in Belgium and Portugal, and the top 40 in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, it charted on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 74, and peaked within the top 30 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The promotional video for the song, directed by Andy Delaney and Monty Whitebloom, shows the brothers performing the song as holograms on a futuristic version of MTV.
Critical reception Alan Jones from Music Week gave the song three out of five. He wrote, "Potently re-emerging at what seems like more regular intervals than Haley's [sic] Comet, the Bee Gees should be launched into another chart orbit by this, their first single for Polydor since the early Seventies. The brothers' sense of strong melodic material is still intact, as is Barry's falsetto. Keith Cohen's sparse house/jack remix should put this on the dancefloor and, with radio already taking the bait, a substantial hit is not out of the question."
Track listings
UK 7-inch and cassette single European CD single Japanese mini-CD single "Paying the Price of Love" – 4:12 "My Destiny" – 3:42
UK CD single "Paying the Price of Love" "Jive Talkin'" "Night Fever" "How Deep Is Your Love"
US 12-inch single A1. "Paying the Price of Love" (Jellybean mix 1) – 6:09 A2. "Paying the Price of Love" (Jellybean mix 2) – 6:09 B1. "Paying the Price of Love" (The Ocean Drive mix) – 6:08 B2. "Decadance" (classic house mix) – 8:42
US maxi-CD single "Paying the Price of Love" – 4:12 "Paying the Price of Love" (Jellybean mix 1 edit) – 4:05 "Paying the Price of Love" (Jellybean mix 1) – 6:09 "Paying the Price of Love" (The Ocean Drive mix) – 6:08 "Decadance" (classic house mix) – 8:42
Australian CD single "Paying the Price of Love" (7-inch mix) "Paying the Price of Love" (KC mix) "My Destiny" "Paying the Price of Love" (The Ocean Drive mix)
Personnel Barry Gibb – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Robin Gibb – harmony and backing vocals Maurice Gibb – backing and harmony vocals, keyboards Alan Kendall – lead guitar Tim Moore – keyboards, synthesizer, programming Tim Cansfield – lead guitar George "Chocolate" Perry – bass guitar Trevor Murrell – drums Luis Jardim – percussion
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1993–1994)Peakposition Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 34Europe (European Hit Radio) 5Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) 23Portugal (AFP) 4UK Airplay (Music Week) 11US Cash Box Top 100 70
Year-end charts Chart (1993)PositionBelgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 55Europe (European Hit Radio) 22
Release history RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)United Kingdom9 August 1993PolydorAustralia13 September 1993CD Misprinted as the previous week, 6 September.Japan26 September 1993Mini-CD
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