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| track_no = 7
| track_no = 7
| Format = [[7"]]
| Format = [[7"]]
| Recorded = 30 March, 25 April 1976 <br> [[Criteria Studios]], [[Miami]], [[Florida]]
| Recorded = 30 March 1976 <small>(Criteria Studios)</small> <br/> 25 April 1976<small>(Le Studio)</small>
| Genre = [[R&B]], [[Soul music|soul]]
| Genre = [[R&B]], [[Soul music|soul]]
| Length = 4:01
| Length = 4:01
| Label = [[RSO Records|RSO]]
| Label = [[RSO Records|RSO]]
| Writer = [[Barry Gibb|Barry]] & [[Robin Gibb]]
| Writer = [[Barry Gibb]], [[Robin Gibb]]
| Producer = Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, [[Maurice Gibb]], [[Albhy Galuten]], Karl Richardson
| Producer = Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, [[Maurice Gibb]], [[Albhy Galuten]], Karl Richardson
| prev = "[[Boogie Child]]"
| prev = "[[Boogie Child]]"
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{{Refimprove|date=October 2008}}
{{Refimprove|date=October 2008}}
"'''Love Me'''" is a song recorded by the [[Bee Gees]], released on the 1976 album ''[[Children of the World]]''. It was also included on the compilation album ''Love from the Bee Gees'' released only in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bee-Gees-Love-From-The-Bee-Gees/release/1531045 |title=Bee Gees - Love from the Bee Gees |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=31 May 2013}}</ref>
"'''Love Me'''" is a [[Barry Gibb|Barry]] and [[Robin Gibb]] composition which was an international hit in 1976-77 for [[Yvonne Elliman]].

==Background==
It was written by [[Barry Gibb|Barry]] and [[Robin Gibb]] featuring Robin on lead with his [[falsetto]] (with Barry on the [[middle eight]] evidenced on the outro. This makes this song a curio among latterday group's tracks, as during the mid and late 1970s Barry sang most of the group's leads. Robin also sing falsetto for the second time on the group's 1979 song "Living Together" on the album ''[[Spirits Having Flown]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.discogs.com/Bee-Gees-Spirits-Having-Flown/release/2955643 |title=Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=31 May 2013}}</ref>As well as on his solo material "Remedy" from the 1985 album ''[[Walls Have Eyes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Robin-Gibb-Walls-Have-Eyes/master/13605 |title=Robin Gibb - Walls Have Eyes |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=31 May 2013}}</ref>

With Robin, Barry also sang the lead on the track's middle-eight.
{{cquote|''Never even try to see things her way''/''It's hard on a woman when love ain't no love at all''/''And when she walks away, and she probably will''/''You're gonna be sorry, begging her, please''.}}


It was started to record in March 30, 1976 in [[Criteria Studios]], Miami and finished in April 25 in [[Le Studio]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]] same day as "I Think I'm Losing You" (unreleased).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/76.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1976 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |accessdate=31 May 2013}}</ref>
"Love Me" was originally recorded by the Gibbs' group the [[Bee Gees]] on their 1976 album ''[[Children of the World]]'', the track featuring Robin Gibb on lead with his falsetto evidenced on the outro. This makes "Love Me" a curio among latterday Bee Gees' tracks, as during the mid and late 1970s Barry Gibb sang most of the group's leads. (Robin did get one full blown falsetto lead vocal a couple years later on the ''[[Spirits Having Flown]]'' album with the song "Living Together". He also used his falsetto on parts of the chorus of a song called "Remedy" from his 1985 solo album "Walls Have Eyes")


==Yvonne Elliman's version==
==Yvonne Elliman's version==
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| Released = October 1976
| Released = October 1976
| Format = [[7"]]
| Format = [[7"]]
| Recorded = 1976
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| Length = 3:22
| Length = 3:22
| Label = [[RSO Records|RSO]]
| Label = [[RSO Records|RSO]]
| Writer = [[Barry Gibb]], [[Robin Gibb]]
| Producer = [[Freddie Perren]]
| Producer = [[Freddie Perren]]
| Chronology =
| Chronology =
| Last single = "[[Walk Right In]]"<br>(US)<br>"[[Best of My Love (Eagles song)|Best of My Love]]"<br>(UK)<br>(1975)
| Last single = "[[Walk Right In]]"<br>(1975)
| This single = '''Love Me'''<br>(1976)
| This single = '''Love Me'''<br>(1976)
| Next single = "[[Hello Stranger]]"<br>(1977)
| Next single = "[[Hello Stranger]]"<br>(1977)
}}
}}

As recorded by [[Yvonne Elliman]] - who like the Bee Gees was on the roster of RSO Records - "Love Me" became an international hit in 1976-77: reaching #14 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], Elliman's version of "Love Me" was a Top Ten hit in the UK (#6), Ireland (#9), New Zealand (#3) and South Africa (#3) also achieving hit status in Australia (#15), Canada (#11) and the Netherlands (#16). The parent album for Elliman's version was also entitled ''Love Me''.
[[Yvonne Elliman]]'s version was more successful than the Bee Gees' as her version reached #14 in the United States, #6 in the United Kingdom, #9 in Ireland, #3 in New Zealand and South Africa, #15 in Australia, #11 in Canada and #16 in Netherlands.

====Charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Charts (1976/1977)
!Peak<br>position
|-
|[[United Kingdom]] [[UK Singles Chart|Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|6
|-
|United States [[Billboard Hot 100]]
|align="center"|14
|-
|[[South Africa]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|9
|-
|[[Australia]] [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|15
|-
|Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Singles Chart
|align="center"|11
|-
|[[Netherlands]] [[Dutch Top 40]] Charts
|align="center"|16
|-
|[[New Zealand]] [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Charts
|align="center"|3
|-
|}


==Martine McCutcheon's version==
==Martine McCutcheon's version==
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| Length = 3:44
| Length = 3:44
| Label = [[Innocent Records|Innocent]]
| Label = [[Innocent Records|Innocent]]
| Writer = [[Barry Gibb]], [[Robin Gibb]]
| Producer =
| Producer =
| Last single = "[[I've Got You (Martine McCutcheon song)|I've Got You]]"<br />(1999)
| Last single = "[[I've Got You (Martine McCutcheon song)|I've Got You]]"<br />(1999)
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==Other versions==
==Other versions==
"Love Me" was also recorded by [[Janie Fricke]] for her 1981 album ''Sleeping With Your Memory'' and cantopop artist [[Prudence Liew]] for her 1994 album ''[[Thoughts in the Night, Dreams During the Day]]''.
"Love Me" was also recorded by [[Janie Fricke]] for her 1981 album ''Sleeping With Your Memory'' and cantopop artist [[Prudence Liew]] for her 1994 album ''[[Thoughts in the Night, Dreams During the Day]]''.



==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 11:12, 31 May 2013

"Love Me"
Song

"Love Me" is a song recorded by the Bee Gees, released on the 1976 album Children of the World. It was also included on the compilation album Love from the Bee Gees released only in the UK.[1]

Background

It was written by Barry and Robin Gibb featuring Robin on lead with his falsetto (with Barry on the middle eight evidenced on the outro. This makes this song a curio among latterday group's tracks, as during the mid and late 1970s Barry sang most of the group's leads. Robin also sing falsetto for the second time on the group's 1979 song "Living Together" on the album Spirits Having Flown.[2]As well as on his solo material "Remedy" from the 1985 album Walls Have Eyes.[3]

With Robin, Barry also sang the lead on the track's middle-eight.

Never even try to see things her way/It's hard on a woman when love ain't no love at all/And when she walks away, and she probably will/You're gonna be sorry, begging her, please.

It was started to record in March 30, 1976 in Criteria Studios, Miami and finished in April 25 in Le Studio, Quebec, Canada same day as "I Think I'm Losing You" (unreleased).[4]

Yvonne Elliman's version

"Love Me"
Song
B-side"(I Don't Know Why) I Keep Hangin' On"

Yvonne Elliman's version was more successful than the Bee Gees' as her version reached #14 in the United States, #6 in the United Kingdom, #9 in Ireland, #3 in New Zealand and South Africa, #15 in Australia, #11 in Canada and #16 in Netherlands.

Charts

Charts (1976/1977) Peak
position
United Kingdom Singles Chart 6
United States Billboard Hot 100 14
South Africa Singles Chart 3
Irish Singles Chart 9
Australia ARIA Singles Chart 15
Canadian RPM Singles Chart 11
Netherlands Dutch Top 40 Charts 16
New Zealand RIANZ Charts 3

Martine McCutcheon's version

"Love Me"
Song
B-side"Talking in Your Sleep"

Martine McCutcheon remade "Love Me" for her 1999 debut album You Me & Us from which the track - serving as the BBC Children in Need single for 1999 - was issued as the third single. It was released as a double A-side single along with "Talking in Your Sleep" and peaked at number 6 in the United Kingdom. It was re-released on 22 November in the week building up to the Children in Need event.

McCutcheon performed the song at the Children in Need telethon on 26 November 1999. She was supported by 100 children between the age of eight and thirteen, who were selected through nationwide auditions. The successful children had the chance to spend a day in a recording studio with McCutcheon, before serving as backing singers for the song on live television.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Love Me" (radio mix)- 3:44
  2. "Talking in Your Sleep" (radio edit) - 4:06

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 6

Other versions

"Love Me" was also recorded by Janie Fricke for her 1981 album Sleeping With Your Memory and cantopop artist Prudence Liew for her 1994 album Thoughts in the Night, Dreams During the Day.


References

  1. ^ "Bee Gees - Love from the Bee Gees". Discogs. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown". Discogs. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Robin Gibb - Walls Have Eyes". Discogs. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  4. ^ Brennan, Joseph. "Gibb Songs: 1976". Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Martine's Children in Need boost". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 September 1999. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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