“Jive Talkin'” was the lead single from The Bee Gees’s album Main Course.
The original song title was “Drive Talking.” The rhythm of the song was modeled after the sound that their car made while crossing the Julia Tuttle Causeway every day from Biscayne Bay to Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida.
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[Chorus]
It's just your jive talkin', you're telling me lies, yeah
Jive talkin', you wear a disguise
Jive talkin', so misunderstood, yeah
Jive talkin', you're really no good
[Verse 1]
Oh, my child, you'll never know
Just what you mean to me
Oh, my child, you got so much
You gonna take away my energy
[Chorus]
With all your jive talkin', you're telling me lies, yeah
Good lovin' still gets in my eyes
Nobody believe what you say
It's just your jive talkin' that gets in the way (Oh my)
[Verse 2]
Oh, my love, you're so good
Treating me so cruel
There you go with your fancy lies
Leavin' me lookin' like a dumbstruck fool
[Chorus]
With all your jive talkin', you're telling me lies, yeah
Jive talkin', you wear a disguise
Jive talkin', so misunderstood, yeah
Jive talkin', you just ain't no good
You know that love talkin' is all very fine, yeah
Jive talkin' just isn't a crime
And if there's somebody you'll love till you die
Then all that jive talkin' just gets in your eye, yeah (Woo)
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Jive talkin', you're telling me lies, yeah
Good lovin' still gets in my eyes
Nobody believe what you say
It's just your jive talkin' that gets in the way
You know that love talkin' is all very fine, yeah
Jive talkin' just isn't a crime
And if there's somebody you'll love till you die
Then all that jive talkin' just gets in your eye, yeah, yeah
[Outro]
Oh, jive talkin'
Jive talkin', yeah
Oh, jive talkin', yeah
Jive Talkin’ was written by Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb & Barry Gibb.
Jive Talkin’ was produced by Arif Mardin.