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Bee Gees

I'Ve Gotta Get A Message To You

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“I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You” is a song recorded by the Bee Gees in 1968, which became their second #1 single on the UK Singles Chart, and reached #8 in the U.S. charts. The song is about a man who, condemned to die in the electric chair, begs the prison chaplain to pass a final message on to his wife. Robin Gibb, who wrote the lyrics, said that the man’s crime was the murder of his wife’s lover. He came up with the idea following a row with his wife and originally conceived the song with Percy Sledge in mind. The song appeared on the US edition of the Bee Gees’ third album Idea. The Vince Melouney track “Such A Shame” appeared instead in the UK but both songs feature on the CD edition released circa 1991. It was only #1 for a week, being replaced by The Beatles’... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on ... I've just got to get a message to you, hold on, hold on

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More songs by Bee Gees (See Charts): Alive, Alone, I Could Not Love You More, Wish You Were Here, Come On Over, Cucumber Castle, Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!, Give A Hand, Take A Hand, I.o.i.o., and Don'T Forget To Remember.

Popular in Rock (See Charts): Bohemian Rhapsody, Stairway To Heaven, Beat It, Give In To Me, Wherever You Will Go, Stigmatized, Nothing'S Changed, Hotel California, Imagine, and Nothing Else Matters.

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