Tragedy

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"Tragedy" is a song released by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb, and included on their fifteenth album, Spirits Having Flown (1979). The single was released in February 1979 by RSO Records, reaching number one in several charts including the UK in February 1979 and repeating the feat the following month on the US Billboard Hot 100. In 1998, it was covered by British pop group Steps, whose version also reached number one in the UK. Both versions also went to number one in New Zealand. In 2024, it was used in the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, as well as its trailer. Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb wrote this song and "Too Much Heaven" in an afternoon off from making the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band movie, in which they were starring. In the same evening, they wrote "Shadow Dancing", which was performed by Andy Gibb (and reached number one in the US). The explosion sound effect at the song's climax has been the subject of much interest. In 2019, co-producer Karl Richardson told writer Grant Walters of Albumism how they processed the raw sound of Barry Gibb cupping his hands over and blowing air into a studio microphone to make it sound like an authentic "boom": "It was a thing called a product generator. It was a new toy that someone...you know, we were in tune with all the [Audio Engineering Society] shows—you know, 'what's the new stuff coming out?' And I guess we just got a sample of it.