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)
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