Never_Say_Never_Again_(song)

Never Say Never Again (song)

Never Say Never Again (song)

1969 song by Bee Gees

"Never Say Never Again" is a song by the Bee Gees, It was written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb in 1968 and released on the album Odessa in 1969.[1]

Quick Facts Song by Bee Gees, from the album Odessa ...

Writing and recording

Robin recalled that he wanted to write a song with the line, 'I declared war on Spain. According to Robin: "Instead, Barry wanted something so normal it was ridiculous. He said my words were so unromantic. But what could be more normal than a man in love wanting to declare war on anything that was to him unlovely?".[2]

Unlike the other songs on the album, this song was recorded quickly. The Sketches for Odessa disc, released with the album's 2009 remastered edition, has an alternate mono mix from December 7, 1968 with a distorted electric guitar part that is not on the multitrack master and a different lead vocal take.[3] At the beginning of the song, the chord was A.

Personnel

Cover versions

  • Tangerine Peel covered "Never Say Never Again" released it as a single on MGM Records.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1969".
  2. [2]
    Hughes, Andrew (2009). The Bee Gees - Tales Of The Brothers Gibb. ISBN 9780857120045. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  3. [3]
    Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1968".
  4. [4]
    Melinda Bilyeu; Hector Cook; Andrew Môn Hughes (January 2011). The Bee Gees. ISBN 9780857128942. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Tangerine Peel - Never Say Never Again". Discogs. 14 March 1969. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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