I.O.I.O.

Infobox Single
Name = I.O.I.O.


Artist = Bee Gees
Album = Cucumber Castle
Released = 1970
Format = vinyl record 45"
Recorded = IBC Studios, London 1969
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = UK: Polydor, USA/CA: Atco
Writer = Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb
Producer = Robert Stigwood, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb
Chart position =

• #94 (USA), #6 (NZ), #49 (UK)

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Last single = "Don't Forget to Remember"
(1969)
This single = "I.O.I.O."
(1970)
Next single = "If I Only Had My Mind On Something Else"
(1970)"I.O.I.O." is the second single from the Bee Gees album, "Cucumber Castle". Maurice Gibb described this as "Barry's African jaunt" as the opening has African-type percussion that leads into Barry Gibb singing the verse, joined by Maurice in the chorus. The single was not successful on either side of the Atlantic (although it did reach #6 on the New Zealand singles chart). The Bee Gees were drifting further away from mainstream rock and into pop-ballad territory which would dominate their sound until 1975.

Sample of lyrics

:You know I love getting up in the morning:When the sun first strikes the trees:All the morning birds that sing above:Still bring back memories:Of a girl who stood beside me:When the rights I did were wrong:But she went back down the river:Just when I thought I could be strong:When I thought I could be strong, so I sing