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"The Singer Sang His Song"
Single by the Bee Gees
A-side
ReleasedMarch 1968
Recorded8 January 1968
Genre Baroque pop
Length3:07 (Original version)
3:19 (1990 mixed version)
Label Polydor (United Kingdom)
Atco (United States)
Songwriter(s) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Producer(s) Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees
The Bee Gees singles chronology
" Sinking Ships"
(1968)
"The Singer Sang His Song"
(1968)
" Kitty Can"
(1968)

"The Singer Sang His Song" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin and released in early 1968 as a single along with Jumbo. In some countries the song was the B-side of Jumbo but in others they were promoted as a double A-side.

Recording and mixing

This track was only issued as a single and not included on a studio album at the time, so by standard practice at the time, it was not mixed to stereo. The song was recorded on 8 January 1968, the same day the song "Down to Earth" was recorded, which was included on their third international album Idea and " Chocolate Symphony", now included on the expanded version of Idea released in 2007. [1]

The song was unavailable until 1990 when it was mixed in stereo for the first time and extended to 3:19 for inclusion on the Tales from the Brothers Gibb boxset. A remastered version featured on the deluxe edition of Idea released in 2006. Its promotional video was filmed in black and white, which featured a man and woman running in a park interspersed with The Bee Gees performing on stage. It reached #25 in the UK.

Release

Maurice Gibb explained about this song:

The only time Robert was wrong when he said to release "Jumbo" as the A-side instead of the flipside "The Singer Sang His Song." We thought that was going to be the A-side, but Atlantic convinced Robert, and Robert had been convinced by Vince and Colin 'cause they liked playing a bit more bluesy stuff, Robert said 'never again will I let anybody talk me into anything'. [2]

The band's manager Robert Stigwood also explained about this song:

I also now realise it was a mistake to release it [Jumbo] as an A-side in Britain because the public still want big, emotional ballads from the boys. [2]

In a Billboard magazine interview with the Bee Gees, Maurice said of the song, "I love 'The Singer Sang His Song' from way back [in 1968]. But the songs are like our kids, and you feel funny favoring one to the other". [3]

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. ^ Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1968".
  2. ^ a b Hughes, Andrew (2009). The Bee Gees: Tales of the Brothers Gibb. p. 322. ISBN  9780857120045.
  3. ^ "The Bee Gees: 35 Years of Music". Billboard. 24 March 2001. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Songs Written by the Gibb Family on the International Charts" (PDF). brothersgibb.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Bee Gees - The Singer Sang His Song". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Bee Gees - Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 January 2015.