I've Gotta Get a Message to You

Infobox Single
Name = I've Gotta Get A Message To You

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Artist = Bee Gees
from Album = Idea
B-side = "Kitty Can"
Released =July 1968
Format = 7"
Recorded = IBC Studios, London 1968
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = UK: Polydor, USA/CA: Atco
Writer = Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb/Maurice Gibb
Producer = Robert Stigwood
Chart position = * #1 (UK, Ireland)
* #8 (USA)
[ Reviews = ] *
Last single = "Jumbo"
(1968)
This single = "I've Gotta Get A Message To You"
(1968)
Next single = "I Started a Joke"
(1968)"I've Gotta Get a Message to You" is a song recorded by the Bee Gees in 1968, which became their second #1 single on the UK Singles Chart, and reached #8 in the U.S. charts.

The song is about a man who, condemned to die in the electric chair, begs the prison chaplain to pass a final message on to his wife. Robin Gibb, who wrote the lyrics, said that the man's crime was the murder of his wife's lover. He came up with the idea following a row with his wife and originally conceived the song with Percy Sledge in mind.citequote

The song appeared on the US edition of the Bee Gees' third album Idea. The Vince Melouney track "Such A Shame" appeared instead in the UK but both songs feature on the CD edition released circa 1991.

It was only #1 for a week, being replaced by The Beatles' single of "Hey Jude".

The song has been covered by Cleopatra and the band Moxy Fruvous on their albums "You Will Go to the Moon" and "Live Noise".