"You Wouldn't Know" is a song 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 ...
which was recorded by the
Bee Gees and released as the B-side of their version of "
Everyday I Have to Cry" and later included on the album ''
The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs
''The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs'' is the debut studio album by the Bee Gees. Credited to Barry Gibb and the Bee Gees, it was released in November 1965 on the Australian Leedon label (1967's '' Bee Gees' 1st'' would be their ''in ...
'' (1965). The album of the same name was released in Europe by Tring Records and features the Bee Gees songs from 1963 to 1966.
Recording and structure
It was recorded in February 1965 around the same time as "Everyday I Have to Cry". The version of this song on ''Brilliant from Birth'' (1998) is faded 7 seconds early at 1:59 and you can hear
Robin Gibb shouting and laughing on the fadeout. It was the first song on which
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 ...
is credited playing
organ.
The song starts with a guitar strumming, the riff and an organ and then Barry starts to sing the line "Come a bit close to me, let me be kissed, Come on and give to me what I have missed, I love you woman, I know that I'll get you somehow". And then Robin and Maurice sing harmony on the chorus: "You wouldn't know if I hadn't told you so, You wouldn't know if I hadn't told you so, oh".
Personnel
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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 ...
lead vocal, guitar
*
Robin Gibb harmony and backing 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 ...
harmony and backing vocal, organ, guitar
* Uncrediteddrums, bass guitar
References
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Bee Gees songs
1965 songs
Songs written by Barry Gibb