“To Love Somebody” by Bee Gees

Barry and Robin Gibb wrote "To Love Somebody", and in 1967 it became the second single lifted from Bee Gees' 1st, the group's international debut. It's the Bee Gees going straight for the gut with a big, aching slab of blue-eyed soul, Bill Shepherd arranging and Robert Stigwood producing alongside Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, with Ossie Byrne credited as co-producer.

America took it to No. 17 and Canada put it in the top 10, but Britain stopped it at No. 41, with "Close Another Door" on the B-side. RSO reissued it in 1980 with "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" on the flip, and NME later placed it 94th among the best tracks of the '60s. Barry gave his own verdict in 2017: asked to pick one song from everything he had written, he chose this one for the clarity of its emotional message.

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