- World (Bee Gees song)
Infobox Single
Name = World
Artist =Bee Gees
Album = Horizontal
B-side = "Sir Geoffrey Saved the World"
Released = December1967 (UK)
Format =vinyl record
Recorded = IBC Studios, London 1967
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = UK:Polydor 56220
USA: Atco
Writer =Barry Gibb /Robin Gibb /Maurice Gibb
Producer =
Chart position =* #9 (UK)
* #15 (USA)
[ Reviews = ] *
Last single = "Massachusetts"
(1967 )
This single = "World"
(1967 )
Next single = "Words"
(1968 )"World" is the second UK single from the
Bee Gees second album "Horizontal", released in 1967 in theUnited Kingdom . Though it was a big hit inEurope ,Atco Records did not issue it as a single in theUnited States . Atco had issued a third single from "Bee Gees' 1st ", "Holiday", instead of "Massachusetts", and now in effect issued the delayed "Massachusetts" instead of "World", using its B side "Sir Geoffrey Saved the World".Lead vocals are split between
Barry Gibb (choruses, second verse) andRobin Gibb (first verse, one chorus in closing). The band are Barry Gibb (rhythm guitar),Maurice Gibb (two pianos and bass guitar), Robin Gibb (organ),Vince Melouney (lead guitar), andColin Petersen (drums), with a bit of orchestra at the end arranged by Bill Shepherd.
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