Love Me (Bee Gees song)
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"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
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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.
Chart performance
Weekly singles charts
Charts (1976–77) | Peak position |
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Australia ARIA | 15 |
Canadian RPM | 11 |
Irish Singles Chart | 9 |
Netherlands Dutch Top 40 | 16 |
New Zealand RIANZ | 3 |
South Africa | 3 |
UK Singles Chart | 6 |
United States Billboard Hot 100 | 14 |
United States Cash Box Top 100 | 10 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1976) | Rank |
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Canada [5] | 125 |
UK [6] | 52 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [7] | 112 |
Chart (1977) | Rank |
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U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary [8] |
Martine McCutcheon's version
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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.[9]
Track listing
- "Love Me" (radio mix)- 3:44
- "Talking in Your Sleep" (radio edit) - 4:06
Charts
Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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UK Singles (OCC)[10] | 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
- ^ "Bee Gees - Love from the Bee Gees". Discogs. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown". Discogs. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Robin Gibb - Walls Have Eyes". Discogs. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ Brennan, Joseph. "Gibb Songs: 1976". Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5173b&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=0qma6de45hrj1e6b458aihkb20
- ^ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1976.shtml
- ^ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1976.htm
- ^ MBAJ&printsec=frontcover Billboard, December 24, 1977.
- ^ "Martine's Children in Need boost". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 September 1999. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
External links
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