"Cherry Red" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by

Barry Gibb Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb (born 1 September 1946) is a British musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He rose to worldwide fame as a member of the Bee Gees, one of the most commercially successful groups in the history of popula ...

, released as the B-side of "

I Want Home "I Want Home" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry Gibb and released as a single in Australia in early 1966, backed with " Cherry Red". Their last single on Leedon had not been a hit, so the credit "Barry Gibb and the Bee Gees" used on ...

" in March 1966, and has become one of the famous Bee Gees songs in the

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and

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. The song's opening chord was E followed by Barry singing ''Where are you?''. "Cherry Red" is a

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featuring a harmony by Barry and Robin. It was recorded around February 1966 in Festival Studios, Sydney, during the same time as "I Want Home".

Colin Petersen Frederick Colin Petersen (born 24 March 1946) is an Australian drummer, record producer and former child actor. He played as a member of the bands Steve and the Board, the Bee Gees and Humpy Bong. In August 1969, he left the Bee Gees and he wa ...

thinks he played drums on the two tracks.

Release

Unlike many of the Bee Gees' Australian tracks, this single reached charts outside of Australia, in the Philippines, Brazil and São Paulo, all of which it reached top ten in.

Personnel

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and

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* Robin Gibb — lead and harmony vocal *

Maurice Gibb Maurice Ernest Gibb (; 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a British musician. He achieved fame as a member of the pop group Bee Gees. Although his elder brother Barry Gibb and fraternal twin brother Robin Gibb were the group's main lea ...

— guitar, organ *

— drums

Chart performance

References

{{authority control Bee Gees songs 1966 songs 1966 singles Songs written by Barry Gibb Leedon Records singles Festival Records singles