Tragedy is a musical single of the group Bee Gees , published in.
Overview
The single reaches the top of the charts in the UK inand repeated the feat the following month at the Billboard Hot 100 , ranking of sales of singles in the United States . While not being responsible in Saturday Night Fever ( Saturday Night Fever ), it was then added to the musical score of the musical version of the West End theater . The song dislodged Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive from first place in the US for two weeks before the song returned to number one for another week.
Reception
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Rankings and certifications
Rankings
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia ( Kent Music Report ) | 2 |
| Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 1 | 2 |
| Belgium (Flanders Ultratop 50 Singles ) 2 | 3 |
| Brazil (Singles Chart) | 1 |
| Canada ( RPM Disco Singles ) 3 | 7 |
| Canada ( RPM Top Singles ) 4 | 1 |
| Chile | 2 |
| China | 2 |
| Europe ( Eurochart Hot 100 Singles ) 5 | 1 |
| Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) | 7 |
| France ( SNEP ) 6 | 1 |
| Germany ( Media Control AG ) 7 | 2 |
| Ireland ( Irish Singles Chart ) 8 | 1 |
| Italy ( FIMI ) 9 | 1 |
| Japan ( Oricon ) | 32 |
| Netherlands ( Nederlandse Top 40 ) 10 | 4 |
| Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 11 | 5 |
| New Zealand ( RIANZ ) 12 | 1 |
| Norway ( VG-lista ) 13 | 4 |
| South Africa ( South African Chart) 14 | 2 |
| Spain ( PROMUSICAE ) 15 | 1 |
| Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 16 | 6 |
| Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 17 | 2 |
| United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 18 | 1 |
| United States (Billboard Hot 100) 19 | 1 |
| United States (Billboard Hot Dance Club Play) 19 | 22 |
| United States (Billboard Hot R & B Singles) 19 | 44 |
| United States ( Record World Singles) 5 | 1 |
Certifications
| Country | certification | Certified sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada ( Music Canada ) 20 | Gold | 5,000 |
| Platinum | 150,000 | |
| France ( SNEP ) 21 | Gold | 500,000 |
| United Kingdom (BPI) 22 | Gold | 500,000 |
| United States (RIAA) 23 | Platinum | 2,000,000 |
Notes and references
- ↑ ( de ) Austrian-charts.com – Bee Gees – Tragedy [ archive ] . Ö3 Austria Top 40 . Hung Medien.
- ↑ ( nl ) Ultratop.be – Bee Gees – Tragedy [ archive ] . Ultratop 50 . Ultratopand Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ↑ ” Tragedy in Canadian Singles Chart Disco ” [ archive ] , Library and Archives Canada (accessed on 2 June 2013 )
- ↑ ” Tragedy in Canadian Top Singles Chart ” [ archive ] , Library and Archives Canada (accessed June 2, 2013 )
- ↑ a and b Steve Hawtin et al., ” Song title 301 – Tragedy ” [ archive ] , Tsort.info (accessed July 7, 2013 )
- ↑ ” All Songs No. 1 of the 70s ” [ archive ] , Infodisc.fr,(accessed June 2, 2013 )
- ↑ ( de ) Charts.de – Bee Gees – Tragedy [ archive ] . GfK Entertainment . PhonoNet GmbH.
- ↑ ” Tragedy in Irish Chart ” [ archive ] , IRMA (accessed June 2, 2013 ) 2 dresult when searching “Tragedy”
- ↑ ” The best-selling singles of 1979 in Italy ” [ archive ] , HitParadeItalia (it) (accessed June 2, 2013 )
4. Tragedy – The Bee Gees [# 1] - ↑ ( nl ) Nederlandse 40 Top – Bee Gees search results [ archive ] . Nederlandse Top 40 . Stichting Nederlandse Top 40.
- ↑ ( nl ) Dutchcharts.nl – Bee Gees – Tragedy [ archive ] . Single Top 100 . Hung Medien.
- ↑ ( in ) Charts.org.nz – Bee Gees – Tragedy [ archive ] . RIANZ . Hung Medien.
- ↑ ( in ) Norwegiancharts.com – Bee Gees – Tragedy [ archive ] . VG-lista . Hung Medien.
- ↑ John Samson, ” Tragedy in South African Chart ” [ archive ] (accessed on2 June 2013 )
- ↑ Danyel Smith Billboard 23 june 1979 , Nielsen Business Media, Inc., (ISSN 0006-2510 , read online [ archive ] ).
- ↑ ( in ) Swedishcharts.com – Bee Gees – Tragedy [ archive ] . Singles Top 60 . Hung Medien.
- ↑ ( in ) Swisscharts.com – Bee Gees – Tragedy [ archive ] . Schweizer Hitparade . Hung Medien.
- ↑ ” 1979 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive – 3rd March 1979 ” [ archive ] , Official Charts Company (accessed June 2, 2013 )
- ↑ a , b and c ” Spirits Having Flown awards on Allmusic ” [ archive ] , Allmusic (accessed June 2, 2013 )
- ↑ http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Tragedy&sa=Bee+Gees&smt=0 [ archive ]
- ↑ ” Golden Singles: ” [ archive ] , on Infodisc.fr (accessed March 29, 2012 )
- ↑ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx [ archive ]
- ↑ https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Tragedy%22 [ archive ]