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<h2 id="background">Background</h2> <p>The songs on the <i>Guilty</i> album were a collaboration between Streisand and all the members of the <a href="/facts/Bee_Gees/J7zwBuFe">Bee Gees</a>, including Barry's brothers, <a href="/facts/Robin_Gibb/m2KQosn6">Robin</a> and <a href="/facts/Maurice_Gibb/lz1ff2m4">Maurice Gibb</a>. But Barry Gibb played the largest role of the brothers on the album, co-writing and co-producing all of the tracks, appearing on the album cover embracing Streisand, and singing two duets with her. Co-producer Karl Richardson was quoted describing Barry Gibb's contribution to this song: "He did the demo first. Barbra sang to the demo, then he came back and replaced a couple of things after he had heard what she was doing."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="personnel">Personnel</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Barbra_Streisand/esWJV0ac">Barbra Streisand</a> – lead vocals</li> <li><a href="/facts/Barry_Gibb/NI7rXFpV">Barry Gibb</a> – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pete_Carr/w8zyDS4a">Pete Carr</a> – guitar</li> <li>George Bitzer – <a href="/facts/Grand_piano/lRI60lQK">Grand piano</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Tee/4u9bkHRM">Richard Tee</a> – electric piano</li> <li>Harold Cowart – bass guitar</li> <li><a href="/facts/Steve_Gadd/rQfc1dSG">Steve Gadd</a> – drums</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bernard_Lupe/T2EsGb2G">Bernard Lupe</a> – drums</li> <li>Peter Graves – trombone</li> <li>Ken Faulk – trumpet</li></ul> <h2 id="charts">Charts</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Chart (1981)</th><th>Peakposition</th></tr><tr><td>U.S. <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/facts/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)/JmBSByRU">Adult Contemporary</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>U.S. <a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td><td>10</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year-end chart (1981)</th><th>Rank</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1981/NLXuX5WS">US Top Pop Singles (<i>Billboard</i>)</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td><td>85</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="gleeversion"><i>Glee</i> version</h2> <p>Popular American television series <i><a href="/facts/Glee_(TV_series)/tBNbRYns">Glee</a></i> covered this song in 2011 with fictional character <a href="/facts/Blaine_Anderson/goCJ1Hfp">Blaine Anderson</a> (as played by <a href="/facts/Darren_Criss/tIlr4bXV">Darren Criss</a>). This was featured on their soundtrack album <i><a href="/facts/Glee:_The_Music_Presents_the_Warblers/gRhayWWL">Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers</a></i>. No episode of the series had featured this version, as it only appeared in the album. </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications) <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 812. <a href="/wiki/Joel_Whitburn" target="_blank">/wiki/Joel_Whitburn</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Number One Awards – Billboard's 1981 Year-End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 51. December 26, 1981. p. YE-9. Retrieved 5 April 2020. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT60" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=BCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT60</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>