harmony and backing vocals, keyboard with Alan Kendall – lead guitar Steve Gibb - guitar Comic Relief version On March 8, 2009, Welsh actors Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon, in character as Vanessa Jenkins and Bryn West from the hit BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey, released a version of the song as a single for Comic Relief. Sir Tom Jones also features on the song, performing the final verse and chorus, whilst Robin Gibb appears on the single as a backing vocalist. Re-titled "(Barry) Islands in the Stream", in reference to the Barry Island setting of Gavin & Stacey, it entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart on March 15, 2009. This meant the Gibb Brothers had achieved number one songs in five successive decades, the first songwriters to achieve this feat. It also made Tom Jones, at the age of 68, the oldest person to have a UK number one song, until the record was taken in 2020 by Captain Tom Moore for his involvement in "You'll Never Walk Alone" at the age of 99. The video was filmed in Barry Island, Las Vegas and the Nevada desert, with both Gibb and Jones appearing in the video alongside Jones and Brydon. Nigel Lythgoe also makes a cameo appearance as a talent competition judge. Track listing CD single "(Barry) Islands in the Stream" – 3:56 "Wisemen" – 3:14 "Somethin' Stupid" – 2:48 "Islands in the Stream" (music video) – 4:21 DVD single "(Barry) Islands in the Stream" (full-length video) – 8:56 "(Barry) Islands in the Stream" (making of the video) – 14:30 Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts See also List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1983 References The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits 1983 songs 1983 singles 2009 singles Bee Gees songs Barry Gibb songs Dolly Parton songs Kenny Rogers songs Kikki Danielsson songs Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles Number-one singles in Australia Number-one singles in Austria Number-one singles in Scotland RPM Top Singles number-one singles UK Singles Chart number-one singles Songs written by Barry Gibb Songs written by Maurice Gibb Songs written by Robin Gibb Song recordings produced by Albhy Galuten RCA Records Nashville singles Polydor Records singles Comic Relief singles Male–female vocal duets Songs about islands