Paying the Price of Love

1993 single by Bee Gees

"Paying the Price of Love"

Single by Bee Gees

from the album Size Isn't Everything

B-side

"My Destiny"

Released

9 August 1993 (1993-08-09)

Genre

Disco^[1]

Length

4:12

Label

Polydor

Songwriter(s)

Barry
Robin
Maurice Gibb

Producer(s)

Bee Gees
Femi Jiya

Bee Gees singles chronology

"Happy Ever After"
(1991)

"Paying the Price of Love"
(1993)

"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
(1993)

"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, 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,^[2] 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."^[3]

Track listings

UK 7-inch and cassette single^[4]^[5]
European CD single^[6]
Japanese mini-CD single^[7]

"Paying the Price of Love" – 4:12
"My Destiny" – 3:42

UK CD single^[8]

"Paying the Price of Love"
"Jive Talkin'"
"Night Fever"
"How Deep Is Your Love"

US 12-inch single^[9]

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^[10]

"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^[11]

"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)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[12]	24
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[13]	5
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[14]	53
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[15]	30
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[16]	34
Europe (European Hit Radio)^[17]	5
France (SNEP)^[18]	42
Germany (Official German Charts)^[19]	36
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)^[20]	23
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[21]	13
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[22]	19
Portugal (AFP)^[23]	4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[24]	22
UK Singles (OCC)^[25]	23
UK Airplay (Music Week)^[26]	11
US Billboard Hot 100^[27]	74
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[28]	35
US Cash Box Top 100^[29]	70

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[30]	55

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	9 August 1993	7-inch vinyl CD cassette	Polydor	^[31]
Japan	26 September 1993	Mini-CD	Polydor	^[32]

References

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^ Jones, Alan (7 August 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream – Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 12. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2347." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2348." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Music Week. 7 August 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "ペイイング・ザ・プライス・オブ・ラブ | ビージーズ" [Paying the Price of Love | Bee Gees] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

Bee Gees singles

Discography

1960s

1963	"The Battle of the Blue and the Grey" / "The Three Kisses of Love" "Timber!" / "Take Hold of That Star"
1964	"Peace of Mind" / "Don't Say Goodbye" "Turn Around, Look at Me" / "(Theme From) The Travels of Jamie McPheeters"
1965	"Everyday I Have to Cry" / "You Wouldn't Know" "Wine and Women" / "Follow the Wind" "I Was a Lover, a Leader of Men" / "And the Children Laughing"
1966	"I Want Home" / "Cherry Red" "Monday's Rain" / "All of My Life" "Spicks and Specks" / "I Am the World"
1967	"Born a Man" / "Big Chance" "New York Mining Disaster 1941" / "I Can't See Nobody" "To Love Somebody" / "Close Another Door" "Holiday" / "Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You" "Massachusetts" / "Barker of the UFO" "World" / "Sir Geoffrey Saved the World"
1968	"Words" / "Sinking Ships" "Jumbo" / "The Singer Sang His Song" "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" / "Kitty Can" "I Started a Joke" / "Kilburn Towers"
1969	"First of May" / "Lamplight" "Tomorrow Tomorrow" / "Sun in My Morning" "Don't Forget to Remember" / "The Lord"

1970s

1970	"If Only I Had My Mind on Something Else" / "Sweetheart" (US) "I.O.I.O." / "Sweetheart" "Lonely Days" / "Man for All Seasons"
1971	"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" / "Country Woman" "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself" / "Walking Back to Waterloo"
1972	"My World" / "On Time" "Run to Me" / "Road to Alaska" "Alive" / Paper Mache, Cabbages and Kings"
1973	"Saw a New Morning" / "My Life Has Been a Song" "Wouldn't I Be Someone" / "Elisa"
1974	"Mr. Natural" / "It Doesn't Matter Much to Me" "Charade" / "Heavy Breathing"
1975	"Jive Talkin'" / "Wind of Change" "Nights on Broadway" / "Edge of the Universe"
1976	"Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)" / "Country Lanes" "You Should Be Dancing" / "Subway" "Love So Right" / "You Stepped into My Life"
1977	"Boogie Child" / "Lovers" "Edge of the Universe (live)" / "Words (live)" "How Deep Is Your Love" / "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" (live) "Stayin' Alive" / "If I Can't Have You"
1978	"Night Fever" / "Down the Road (live)" "Too Much Heaven" / "Rest Your Love on Me"
1979	"Tragedy" / "Until" "Love You Inside Out" / "I'm Satisfied"

1980s

1981	"He's a Liar" "Living Eyes" / "I Still Love You"
1983	"The Woman in You" / "Stayin' Alive" "Someone Belonging to Someone" / "I Love You Too Much" (instrumental)
1987	"You Win Again" / "Backtafunk" "E.S.P." / "Overnight"
1989	"Ordinary Lives" / "Wing and a Prayer" "One" / "Flesh and Blood"

1990s

1990	"Bodyguard" / "Will You Ever Let Me"
1991	"Secret Love" / "Party with No Name" "When He's Gone" / "True Confessions" "The Only Love" / "You Win Again" (live)
1993	"Paying the Price of Love" / "My Destiny" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" / "Decadance"
1994	"How to Fall in Love, Part 1" / "Fallen Angel"
1997	"Alone" / "Rings Around the Moon" "I Could Not Love You More" / "Love Never Dies" (EUR) "Still Waters (Run Deep)" / "Love Never Dies"

2000s

2001	"This Is Where I Came In" / "Just in Case"

Other countries

1968	"And the Sun Will Shine" / "Really and Sincerely" (France)
1970	"Let There Be Love" / "Really and Sincerely" (Netherlands)
1971	"When the Swallows Fly" / "Give Your Best" (Netherlands) "Morning of My Life" / "To Love Somebody"
1972	"Israel" / "Dearest" (Netherlands)
1988	"Crazy for Your Love" / "You Win Again (Remix)" "Angela" / "You Win Again (Remix)" (Germany, Netherlands)