1978 Romantic Soft Rock Hit Is Making a Major Comeback After 48 Years
It used to be that a song's status as an enduring classic was measured by radio play and record sales, but since the advent of streaming and social media, there are more ways than ever for hit tunes to keep getting rediscovered by new generations of fans.
One timeless track that's made a major comeback recently via TikTok is the 1978 Bee Gees classic, "More Than a Woman." The romantic track was written by brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb for the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, which featured two versions of the song - one by the Bee Gees and a cover version by the R&B group Tavares. While it was never released as a single, "More Than a Woman" nevertheless went on to become one of the Bee Gees' most beloved songs of all time...and it just keeps getting more popular.
According to Ultimate Guitar, "More Than a Woman" started trending on TikTok in late 2025, with the official Bee Gees website reporting "hundreds of thousands of new videos on TikTok made with its audio," including a recent remix by British musician SG Lewis.
Why is "More Than a Woman" such a perfect fit for social media? The upbeat vibe and romantic lyrics probably have something to do with it:
"Here in your arms I found my paradise / My only chance for happiness / And if I lose you now, I think I would die / Oh, say you'll always be my baby, we can make it shine / We can take forever, just a minute at a time"
While the song was written by all three Gibb brothers, it's a fitting representation of Barry's long and successful marriage to his wife, Linda Gray Gibb. Married in 1970, the couple went on to welcome five children and they're still going strong all these years later.
"Linda, along with me, has seen everything you can see if you're a pop group on the rise," Barry told The Roxborogh Report in 2012.
"She never missed anything and that's something to take great comfort from. We can talk to each other about any single instance in our lives and what happened to the group and she was there. We share all that and we've got five wonderful children and we've got six wonderful grandchildren so what can you ask for."
Barry went on to call his wife "a tower of strength."
"And she's always right behind me and she's either going to give me a tap on the head or a kick up the ass. And both of those things work! Because she will say, 'You know you've gotta get yourself together, you've gotta pull yourself out of this and you've gotta get into your music and you've gotta get back into what you were doing, no matter what.'"
In other words, Linda has been "more than a woman" to Barry...she's been a lifelong inspiraton.
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This story was originally published April 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM.