"My World" is a 1972 single released by the Bee Gees. It was originally released as a non-album single on 14 January 1972 worldwide. but was later included on the compilation ''

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'' in 1973. The flip side of the single was " On Time", a country rock number composed by

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. "My World" reached the Top 20 in both US and UK.

Writing and recording

"My World" was written in the backstage of ITV's '' The Golden Shot'' with some of the same musical ideas as "

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". Maurice said "Whether something is a soft ballad or an uptempo thing, we would record it if we thought it was going to make a good single". By October 13, the band recorded had "My World" along with unreleased tracks, "What Could Have Been Done" and "Goodbye Blue Sky". The song is played through twice.

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explains "My World": "it's not from the album, followed along some of the same musical ideas as '

'". As Robin Gibb states in the liner notes of ''

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'', "One rollicking little jaunt that me and the lads came up with in downtown

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, whilst doing a television show called ''Golden Shot'', the ensuing results being that it went on to be a huge top 20 hit in the UK and the US that left the three of us 'drooling' with pleasure." '' Record World'' said that the song "builds over so carefully with haunting refrain." It was the last single released by the band with Geoff Bridgford as well as the single cover as he left in March that year.

Release

The music video featured the group in a recording studio. Barry Gibb was shown without his trademark beard, like he does in the group's later videos for "

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" and the alternate videos of " How Deep Is Your Love" and "

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" as well as the video for his 1984 solo single " Fine Line". "My World" also reached #15 in '' Cash Box'' in two weeks.

Personnel

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lead vocal The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

* Robin Gibb – lead vocal *

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backing vocal A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used ...

, bass,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

, guitar *Geoff Bridgford – drums *

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– guitar

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

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