The story of the "impossible" song

The Bee Gees composed other songs for other well-known musicians, notably Frankie Valli's "Grease" from the film of the same name. The producer invited Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees to write a song called "Grease" with an innovative idea concerning the meaning of the term "brilliant". Gib later disclosed that he offered the music to Vali for a specific reason.

In reality, after believing it was impossible, Barry Gibb wrote a song on genius. "Grease" started out as a Broadway musical. When it was adapted for the big screen, the directors inserted a new song called "Grease" for the opening titles. The genesis of the song's composition began with the producer of "Grease," Roger Stigwood Gibb.

- He asked me "if you would come up with a song called "Brilliant" - said Gib to Entertainment Weekly. - I said: "How do you write a song called "Grease"?I don't understand in which direction to even start.And Robert said, “Just Grease du-du-du-du-du, Grease du-du-du-du-du.So it wasn't very useful.

Gib figured out what to do though.

- I went to the pier and wandered around thinking: Well, brilliantine is symbolic of that period with the Greasers and all that - he revealed. - And that's really my time. My favorite time is the late 50s. And so it suddenly occurred to me to write about brilliant as a word, because that word represented time. That's how Grease became a word.

The combination of old-fashioned aspects (a 1950s backdrop and vintage tunes) with current ones contributed to the film's success (a 1970s star cast and a song written by the Bee Gees). Gib stated why he chose to give Vali such a "dynamite" tune rather than keep it for his band.

- They needed someone who was relevant in the period in which the film takes place - said Gib. - Frankie Veli is probably my favorite pop singer of all time. And he was really big at that point, in the mid-'60s. It was an instant choice. However, Veli had the choice to participate in the film in a very different way.

According to Stereogum, Veli had the option of singing the film's title song or performing the iconic song "Beauty School Dropout" in a scene. He selected the former, and it paid off. Veli's rendition of "Grease" peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, demonstrating how a single Bee Gees song can captivate people even when performed by another artist.

Post by Bryan C.