- My World (Bee Gees song)
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"My World" Single by The Bee Gees B-side "On Time" Released January 1972 Format 7" single Recorded October 13, 1971
IBC Studios, LondonGenre Pop Length 4:20 Label UK: Polydor, USA/CA: Atco Writer(s) Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb Producer Robert Stigwood, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb The Bee Gees singles chronology "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself"
(1971)"My World"
(1972)"Run To Me"
(1972)"My World" was recording and released while The Bee Gees were recording their new album To Whom It May Concern during the winter of 1972. This single reached #16 on the USA charts and #16 and #41 on the U.K. and Germany charts, respectively. The B side, "On Time," was rerecorded by Maurice Gibb for the soundtrack of the 1984 film A Breed Apart.
As Robin Gibb states in the liner notes of Tales from the Brothers Gibb, "One rollicking little jaunt that me and the lads came up with in downtown Birmingham, England, whilst doing a television show called Golden Shot, the ensuing results being that it went on to be a huge top 20 hit in the UK and the US that left the three of us 'drooling' with pleasure."
Originally released as a single only, it was later available on the LP, Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2 in 1973. The song has a fantastic play of words in the refrain part: "My world is our world, and this world is your world, and your world is my world, and my world is your world is mine".
It is the last single that Geoff Bridgford played the drums with The Bee Gees.
Personnel
- Barry Gibb - vocals, guitar
- Robin Gibb - vocals
- Maurice Gibb - vocals, bass, piano, guitar, organ
- Alan Kendall - guitar
- Geoff Bridgford - drums
- Bill Shepherd - orchestral arrangement
- Mike Claydon, Damon Lyon-Shaw, Richard Manwaring, Andy Knight - engineer
Chart performance
Chart Peak position Hong Kong 1 Italy 2 Australia 3 Netherlands 8 New Zealand 9 Belgium 11 Canada 11 Ireland 14 Spain 14 United States 16 United Kingdom 16 Japan 27 Germany 41 Categories:- Bee Gees songs
- 1971 songs
- Songs written by Barry Gibb
- Songs written by Robin Gibb
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