• The song was originally written for Yvonne Elliman, but ended up being recorded by the Bee Gees for the soundtrack to 'Saturday Night Fever' at Robert Stigwoods behest. They wrote 'If I Can't Have You,' for Yvonne and it topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart as well.
• Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, & Maurice Gibb share writing credits on the song. The Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, and Karl Richardson produced the track.
• The single was released in 1977 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart on December 24th, 1977.
• The pop group 'Take That' covered the song in 1996 and this version topped the UK Singles chart for 3 weeks.
• This song won a 1977 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance By A Group.