"The Singer Sang His Song" | ||||
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Single by the Bee Gees | ||||
A-side |
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Released | March 1968 | |||
Recorded | 8 January 1968 | |||
Genre | Baroque pop | |||
Length | 3:07 (Original version) 3:19 (1990 mixed version) | |||
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Polydor (United Kingdom) Atco (United States) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | |||
Producer(s) | Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees | |||
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"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.
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.
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]
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