DESCRIPTION:
From '' In The Midnight Hour ''
Label: Revue Records ‎-- RS-7205
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1968

Tracklist
A1 Take Me For A Little While
A2 The Real Thing
A3 I'm A Whole New Thing
A4 On The Good Ship Lollipop
A5 Somewhere
B1 Keep On Running
B2 First Love
B3 Tweedle Dee
B4 To Love Somebody
B5 In The Midnight Hour

Vocals -- Jessie Smith, Robbie Montgomery, Vanetta Fields

Arranged By -- Jerry Goldstein
Producer -- Jerry Goldstein

'The Mirettes were the formally known as the Ikettes, this is their 1st Lp after leaving Ike Turner.'

Revue Records is an affiliate of Universal City Records, a division of MCA Records.

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"To Love Somebody" is the second single released by the Australian band Bee Gees from their third album, Bee Gees 1st.
It was written by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb, Produced by Robert Stigwood. The song's B-side was "Close Another Door".

This single was reissued in 1980 on RSO Records with "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" as its flipside.

Origins and lyrics

At the request of Robert Stigwood, the band's manager, Barry and Robin Gibb wrote "To Love Somebody", a soulful ballad in the style of Sam & Dave or The Rascals, for Otis Redding.
The Bee Gees recorded "To Love Somebody" at IBC Studios, London in March 1967 and released it as a single in mid-July 1967 in the U.S..
Redding died in an aeroplane crash later that year, before having a chance to record the song.
The song was recorded around April 1967 with "Gilbert Green" and "End of My Song" at the IBC Studios in London, England.

Robin said, "Everyone told us what a great record they thought it was. Other groups all raved about it but for some reason people in Britain just did not seem to like it". Barry said "I think the reason it didn't do well here was because it's a soul number, Americans loved it, but it just wasn't right for this country".

Barry Gibb explained in a June 2001 interview with Mojo magazine:
It was for Robert. I say that unabashedly. He asked me to write a song for him, personally.
It was written in New York and played to Otis but, personally, it was for Robert.
He meant a great deal to me. I don't think it was a homosexual affection but a tremendous admiration for this man's abilities and gifts.

The simple title refrain of the chorus, You don't know what it's like, Baby, you don't know what it's like, To love somebody...the way I love you is at once heartbreaking and triumphant, a self-pitying put-down to an unrequited love.
There's...a certain kind of light that never shines on me, You ain't got to be so glad, I'm a man, can't you see what I am?, I live and breathe for you, But what good does that do, If I ain't got you?.

Cover versions

One of the most famous Gibb compositions, "To Love Somebody" has been covered by many artists, most notably:

Johnny O'Keefe
Busty Brown & The Upsetters
Clay Aiken
The Animals (1968)
P. P. Arnold (1968)
B3
Jimmy Barnes
Blue Rodeo
Michael Bolton
James Carr
Eagle-Eye Cherry (on Y tu mamá también soundtrack)
Joe Cocker
The Black Crowes
Leonard Cohen
Billy Corgan feat. Robert Smith found on the 2005 album TheFutureEmbrace
Billy "Crash" Craddock from 1989's Back on Track
Roberta Flack on the 1971 album Quiet Fire
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Gallon Drunk
Tom Jones
Janis Joplin on the 1969 album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
Ronan Keating feat. Brian McFadden
Sandy Lam on the 1997 album Wonderful World
Lulu (November 1967)
Miguel Mateos, plays in live shows
The Mighty Sparrow
Little Milton on the 1998 Malaco album For Real
Mule
Gram Parsons
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap on their 1968 album, Woman, Woman
Damien Rice & Ray LaMontagne
Billy Joe Royal
Silver Ginger 5
Nina Simone on the album To Love Somebody, and reached #5 in UK.
Simply Red
Slobberbone
Jimmy Somerville covered the song and his version reached #8 in the UK.
Jordin Sparks
Dusty Springfield
Rod Stewart with Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Bonnie Tyler on the 1988 album Hide Your Heart
Hank Williams, Jr. on the 1979 album Family Tradition
Kim Carnes on the album Rest on Me
Ima on the album Precious

Movie soundtracks

"To Love Somebody" has been used in several movies including:

I Love You Phillip Morris
Y Tu Mamá También
Melody
The Wrong Man
My Entire Life
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