BEE GEES - TO LOVE SOMEBODY

TO LOVE SOMEBODY

BEE GEES

SONGWRITERS: BARRY GIBB & ROBIN GIBB

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: BEE GEES’1ST

LABEL: POLYDOR RECORDS

GENRE: BAROQUE POP

YEAR: 1967

The Bee Gees were a pop music group formed in 1958. Their lineup consisted of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as prominent performers of the disco music era in the mid-to-late 1970s. The group sang recognisable three-part tight harmonies; Robin's clear vibrato lead vocals were a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound during the mid-to-late 1970s and 1980s. The Bee Gees wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists.

To Love Somebody" is a song written by Barry and Robin Gibb. Produced by Robert Stigwood, it was the second single released by the Bee Gees from their international debut album, Bee Gees 1st, in 1967. The single reached No.17 in the United States and No.41 in the United Kingdom. The song's B-side was "Close Another Door". The single was reissued in 1980 on RSO Records with "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" as its flipside. The song ranked at number 94 on NME magazine's "100 Best Tracks of the Sixties". It was a minor hit in the UK and France. It reached the top 20 in the US. It reached the top 10 in Canada.

In a 2017 interview with Piers Morgan's Life Stories, Barry was asked "of all the songs that you've ever written, which song would you choose?" Barry said that "To Love Somebody" was the song that he'd choose as it has "a clear, emotional message".

The song has been recorded by many other artists, including Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Roberta Flack, Jimmy Somerville, Michael Bolton, Billy Corgan, Rod Stewart and Michael Bublé.

There's a light

A certain kind of light

That never shone on me

I want my life to be

Lived with you

Lived with you

There's a way

Everybody say

To do each and every little thing

But what does it bring

If I ain't got you, ain't got you, baby

(CHORUS)

You don't know what's like

Baby, you don't know what's like

To love somebody

To love somebody

The way I love you

In my brain

I see your face again

I know my frame of mind

You ain't got to be so blind

I'm blind, so so so blind

I'm a man, can't you see

What I am

I live and breathe for you

But what good does it do

If I ain't got you, ain't got you, baby

(CHORUS)