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Let There Be Love (Bee Gees song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Let There Be Love'" is a dramatic ballad by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and released as the opening track on their 1968 album 'Idea'. In 1970 it was issued as a single in the Netherlands, peaking at no. 14 in March during a four-week chart run. In 1968 the group performed (lip-synced) the song on a European TV station, and the clip has been played on 192TV in the Netherlands.
"Let There Be Love" features on the 1973 compilation 'Best of Bee Gees Vol. 2'.
Background
Barry Gibb recalls:
"'Let There Be Love'" was written next to St. Paul's Cathedral in a penthouse apartment that we rented when we first arrived in England. That song was written in that penthouse 'round about midnight. Me and my then-girlfriend, who is my wife now, we'd just fallen in love, and it was that type of mood I was in that night."
The 2006 deluxe remaster has a mono mix of an earlier state of the recording, with different lead vocal sung entirely by Barry and some instrumental differences and faded at 3:34.
Personnel
* Barry Gibb vocals, guitar
* Robin Gibb vocals, organ,
* Maurice Gibb bass, piano, organ, mellotron, harmony vocals
* Colin Petersen drums
* Bill Shepherd orchestral arrangement
Cover versions
* P.P. Arnold recorded this song on 9 June 1969 same day as "Bury Me Down By the River", another track by the Bee Gees. The session was produced by Barry Gibb.
* Tom Jones covered the song and released it as the closing track on the album 'Tom' in 1970. It was arranged by Johnnie Spence, engineered by Bill Price and produced by Peter Sullivan.
References
Category:1968 songs
Category:Baroque pop songs
Category:Bee Gees songs
Category:Songs written by Barry Gibb
Category:Songs written by Maurice Gibb
Category:Songs written by Robin Gibb
Category:Song recordings produced by Robert Stigwood
Category:Song recordings produced by Barry Gibb
Category:Song recordings produced by Robin Gibb
Category:Song recordings produced by Maurice Gibb
Category:1960s ballads
Category:Pop ballads
Category:Song recordings produced by Peter Sullivan (record producer)
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