Words ( Bee Gees song ) - wikipedia Words ( Bee Gees song ) `` Words '' Single by Bee Gees B - side `` Sinking Ships '' Released January 1968 Format 7 '' single Recorded 3 October 1967 Genre Pop ballad Length 3 : 13 Label Polydor ( United Kingdom ) Atco ( United States ) Songwriter ( s ) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb Producer ( s ) Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees Bee Gees UK singles chronology `` World '' ( 1967 ) `` Words '' ( 1968 ) `` Jumbo '' ( 1968 ) `` World '' ( 1967 ) `` Words '' ( 1968 ) `` Jumbo '' ( 1968 ) Bee Gees US singles chronology `` Massachusetts '' ( 1967 ) Massachusetts 1967 `` Words '' ( 1968 ) Words1968 `` Jumbo '' ( 1968 ) Jumbo 1968 Audio sample file help For Birdy song, see Beautiful Lies ( Birdy album ). Words is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb. The song reached No. 1 in Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands. `` Words '' was the Bee Gees third UK top 10 hit, reaching number 8, and in a UK television special on ITV in December 2011 it was voted fourth in `` The Nation 's Favourite Bee Gees Song ''. The song has been recorded by many other artists, including hit versions by Rita Coolidge in 1978 and Boyzone in 1996. This was Boyzone 's fifth single and their first number one hit in the UK. Contents 1 Writing 2 Recording 3 Release 4 Personnel 5 Charts 5.1 Weekly charts 5.2 Year - end charts 6 Cover versions 6.1 Boyzone version 6.1. 1 Track listing 6.1. 2 Charts 7 References 8 External links Writing Barry Gibb explains : ' Words ' was written by me at Adams Row when I was staying at Robert ( Stigwood ) 's place, A lot of people began to cover that song, so over the years it 's become a bit like ' To Love Somebody '. I did n't know it was n't on an album -- that 's strange how it used to work in those days. We used to bang singles out one after another. -- Barry Gibb Robin Gibb : `` ' Words ' reflects a mood, It was written after an argument. Barry had been arguing with someone, I had been arguing with someone, and happened to be in the same mood. ( The arguments were ) about absolutely nothing. They were just words. That is what the song is all about ; words can make you happy or words can make you sad ''. Barry said in 1996 on the VH1 Storytellers television show that it was written for their manager, Robert Stigwood. Recording Words was recorded on 3 October 1967 along with `` World '' and the unreleased track `` Maccleby 's Secret '' at the IBC Studios in London. The song featured vocals from only Barry and became his solo spot in concert for the remainder of the Bee Gees ' career. The recording sessions for `` Words '' were especially memorable for two members of the group, Barry explained : `` I remember the ( first ) session so clearly. Robin and I were in the studios at 9'o'clock in the morning, and Robin kept on falling asleep over the piano. I wanted him to write the piano part of the song and play it because I 'm not much of a pianist, but he just could n't keep his eyes open, so I ended up doing it myself ''. `` Words '' was also the showcase for a new piano sound, as Maurice explained : `` We accidentally discovered the sound on ' Words '. When we were recording ( it ), after everyone had gone to lunch, I was sitting at the piano mucking about and I wrote a riff. I went upstairs and switched on the mike for the piano, and then I started playing about with the knobs in front of me. When I played the tape back, I had all these incredible compressed piano noises. Mike Claydon at IBC Studios, who engineered all our records, then said ' What the hell was that ? ' when he heard the piano sound. ' Come up here and listen to that sound '. It was just compression, but he did n't know what to call it then. I think he called it ' limited '. It made the piano sound like it was about 40 pianos playing at the same time and very, very thick. In ' Words ' it was very beautiful but that sound on it made it sound like the LA Symphony on it. If you listen to all our records, the piano sound is on it. According to sound engineer Damon Lyon - Shaw : `` I was the one that actually devised it, Mike Claydon was the one who took the credit for it, but i was actually piddling around at the time as his junior. On the mixer at the time, we had compressors, Maurice was playing at piano at the time, just piddling around ( and ) I started feeding the piano into a series of these compressors and then screwed them up until he got his lovely metallic sort of sucking sound, and that was the birth of that sound, Maurice, assumed it was Michael, so he took the credits. Another sound engineer John Pantry offered to put things in a proper perspective : `` Well, Damon did n't make the compressor / limiter, and my memory is that we all used to use that sound once we discovered what it did to piano notes. As to who got there first is open to debate. The sound was unique because it was a home - made device that was made by a guy called Denis King ''. NOTE : None of the above people were responsible for inventing a compressed piano sound in pop music. The Beatles had used this and George Martin is on record as calling it his `` wound up piano sound '' which he used on the bass notes heard in `` Anytime at All '' and others. `` Lady Madonna '' is one of their more famous examples of compressed piano. Release The B - side for `` Words '' was `` Sinking Ships '', one of very few songs by the Bee Gees to feature all three brothers on lead vocals : Barry and Robin Gibb in the verses and Maurice Gibb on the song 's chorus. The group performed this song on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1968, with Barry Gibb on vocals, Maurice Gibb on bass, Robin Gibb on piano, Vince on guitar and Colin on drums. On that performance Vince is playing Gibson ES - 335, and Maurice is playing Rickenbacker 4001. Some backing vocals near the end are heard only on the mono mix used on the single, some compilations, and the Studio Albums 1967 -- 1968 box set. Mixes for `` Words '' suffered many different problems. Since it was originally used only as a single, no stereo mix was made until Atlantic wanted one for the Best of Bee Gees album in 1969, where it made its first appearance on LP. A stereo mix with the piano, bass and drums mixed down and the vocals pushed forward was made, which fans were dissatisfied with. Polydor in the UK instead chose to use the mono mix on their version of the album. In 1990, Bill Inglot prepared an improved stereo mix. While doing so, he noticed that two short sections of backing vocal near the end of the song were on the mono mix but not on the four - track master, as if Barry added them while the mono mix was made. The Studio Albums 1967 -- 1968 used the original mono mix. As stated on the original single release, the song was featured in the film The Mini Mob ( 1968 ), where it was sung by Georgie Fame in an arrangement by Bill Shepherd. `` Words '' debuted at No. 67 in Cashbox in the United States in the week of 20 January 1968. It was the Bee Gees ' second UK Top 10 single after `` Massachusetts ''. Personnel Barry Gibb -- lead vocal, acoustic guitar Maurice Gibb -- piano, bass Vince Melouney -- electric guitar Colin Petersen -- drums Bill Shepherd -- orchestral arrangement Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1968 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 13 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Canada ( RPM ) Chile 19 Germany ( Media Control Charts ) Ireland ( IRMA ) 14 Italy ( FIMI ) 11 Japan ( Oricon ) 19 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 9 Spain ( PROMUSICAE ) 15 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) Norway ( VG - lista ) 7 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 8 US Billboard Hot 100 15 US Cash Box 19 US Record World 20 Year - end charts Chart ( 1968 ) Position Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 20 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 11 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 18 Norway ( VG - lista ) 7 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 10 Cover versions This section needs additional citations for verification. 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( January 2015 ) 1967 : in the British film The Mini Mob performed by Georgie Fame ( Filmmaker Robert Amram recalls getting the promised song with just days to spare in the shooting schedule ) 1968 : Lill Lindfors in Swedish as `` Nu '' acting as B - side for the single `` Jag är från topp till tå ''. 1968 : Sandie Shaw on her album The Sandie Shaw Supplement 1968 : Glen Campbell on his US No. 1 album Wichita Lineman 1969 : Cilla Black on her album Surround Yourself with Cilla 1970 : Engelbert Humperdinck recorded the song on his album We Made It Happen 1970 : Elvis Presley performed the song in his concerts in the late - 1960s and was released on the live album Elvis in Person at the International Hotel 1970 ( ca. ) : Cliff Richard, 1973 : Roy Orbison on his album Milestones 1978 : Susie Allanson 's version reached No. 8 on the country charts 1978 : Rita Coolidge 's version reached the Top 40 in the UK, peaking at No. 25 2006 Shawn Colvin recorded a cover in May while mixing These Four Walls and included it on the album Boyzone version `` Words '' Single by Boyzone from the album A Different Beat Released US : 2 October 1996 UK : 7 October 1996 Format CD Recorded 1995 Length 4 : 02 Songwriter ( s ) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb Boyzone singles chronology `` Coming Home Now '' ( 1996 ) `` Words '' ( 1996 ) `` A Different Beat '' ( 1996 ) `` Coming Home Now '' ( 1996 ) `` Words '' ( 1996 ) `` A Different Beat '' ( 1996 ) `` Words '' became the first single from Irish Boyband Boyzone 's album A Different Beat. The single was their seventh single overall, becoming their first number one hit in the UK. It received a Gold certification. Track listing CD1 Words ( radio edit ) -- 3 : 55 The Price of Love -- 3 : 11 Words ( alternative mix ) -- 3 : 53 CD2 ( in limited edition digipak ) Words ( radio edit ) -- 3 : 55 The Price of Love -- 3 : 11 What Can You Do For Me -- 2 : 59 Words ( alternative mix ) -- 3 : 53 Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1996 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 96 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia ) 16 Europe ( Eurochart Hot 100 ) 6 France ( SNEP ) 31 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 7 Iceland ( Tonlist ) 11 Ireland ( IRMA ) Japan ( Oricon ) 12 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 18 Norway ( VG - lista ) 14 Scotland ( Official Charts Company ) Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) Taiwan ( IFPI ) United Kingdom ( The Official Charts Company ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1996 ) Position Belgian ( Flanders ) Singles Chart 67 Europe ( Eurochart Hot 100 ) 34 UK Singles Chart 16 Chart ( 1997 ) Position Europe ( Eurochart Hot 100 ) 75 References Jump up ^ `` The Nation 's Favourite Bee Gees Song ''. 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External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Mighty Quinn '' by Manfred Mann German Media Control number - one single ( Bee Gees version ) 13 -- 27 April 1968 Succeeded by `` Mama '' by Heintje Preceded by `` Mien waar is mijn feestneus '' by Toon Hermans Netherlands Dutch Top 40 number - one single ( Bee Gees version ) 2 -- 16 March 1968 Succeeded by `` Kom uit de bedstee m'n liefste '' by Egbert Douwe Preceded by `` Judy in Disguise '' by John Fred & His Playboy Band Swiss Music Charts number - one single ( Bee Gees version ) 12 -- 25 March 1968 Succeeded by `` Lady Madonna '' by The Beatles Preceded by `` How Bizarre '' by OMC Irish IRMA number - one single ( Boyzone version ) 5 October 1996 ( 5 weeks ) Succeeded by `` Rat Trap '' by Dustin & Bob Geldof Preceded by `` Breakfast at Tiffany 's '' by Deep Blue Something Scottish Singles Chart ( Boyzone version ) 13 October 1996 ( 1 week ) Succeeded by `` Say You 'll Be There '' by Spice Girls Preceded by `` Setting Sun '' by Chemical Brothers UK Singles Chart number - one single ( Boyzone version ) 13 October 1996 ( 1 week ) Succeeded by `` Say You 'll Be There '' by Spice Girls Bee Gees Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb Colin Petersen Vince Melouney Alan Kendall Dennis Bryon Blue Weaver Studio albums The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs Spicks and Specks Bee Gees ' 1st Horizontal Idea Odessa Cucumber Castle 2 Years On Trafalgar To Whom It May Concern Life in a Tin Can Mr. Natural Main Course Children of the World Spirits Having Flown Living Eyes E.S.P. One High Civilization Size Is n't Everything Still Waters This Is Where I Came In Extended plays The Bee Gees New York Mining Disaster 1941 Soundtracks Melody Saturday Night Fever Live albums Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live One Night Only Compilation albums Turn Around, Look at Us Rare, Precious and Beautiful Rare, Precious and Beautiful, Volume 2 Best of Bee Gees Inception / Nostalgia Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2 Bee Gees Gold Bee Gees Greatest Tales from the Brothers Gibb The Very Best of the Bee Gees Their Greatest Hits : The Record Number Ones Love Songs The Ultimate Bee Gees Mythology Timeless : The All - Time Greatest Hits Videography Idea Cucumber Castle The Bee Gees Special One for All Tour One Night Only The Ultimate Bee Gees In Our Own Time Tours The Bee Gees ' concerts in 1967 and 1968 2 Years On Tour Trafalgar Tour Mr. Natural Tour Main Course Tour Children of the World Tour Spirits Having Flown Tour One for All World Tour High Civilization World Tour One Night Only World Tour Articles Discography List of songs recorded List of unreleased material A Kick in the Head Is Worth Eight in the Pants The Barry Gibb Talk Show IBC Studios Hither Green rail crash Bands The Rattlesnakes Humpy Bong The Fut The Bloomfields Tin Tin The Groove Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs Toe Fat Amen Corner One World Project People Hugh Gibb Andy Gibb Steve Gibb Spencer Gibb Robert Stigwood Arif Mardin Ossie Byrne Steve Kipner Albhy Galuten Book Bee Gees singles discography 1960s 1963 `` The Battle of the Blue and the Grey '' / `` The Three Kisses of Love '' `` Timber ! '' / `` Take Hold of That Star '' 1964 `` Peace of Mind '' / `` Do n't Say Goodbye '' `` Claustrophobia '' / `` Could It Be '' `` Turn Around, Look at Me '' / `` ( Theme From ) The Travels of Jamie McPheeters '' 1965 `` Every Day I Have to Cry '' / `` You Would n't Know '' `` Wine and Women '' / `` Follow the Wind '' `` I Was A Lover, A Leader of Men '' / `` And the Children Laughing '' 1966 `` I Want Home '' / `` Cherry Red '' `` Monday 's Rain '' / `` All of My Life '' `` Spicks and Specks '' / `` I Am the World '' 1967 `` Born a Man '' / `` Big Chance '' `` New York Mining Disaster 1941 '' / `` I Ca n't See Nobody '' `` To Love Somebody '' / `` Close Another Door '' `` Holiday '' / `` Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You '' `` Massachusetts '' / `` Barker of the UFO '' `` World '' / `` Sir Geoffrey Saved the World '' 1968 `` Words '' / `` Sinking Ships '' `` Jumbo '' / `` The Singer Sang His Song '' `` I 've Gotta Get a Message to You '' / `` Kitty Can '' `` I Started a Joke '' / `` Kilburn Towers '' 1969 `` First of May '' / `` Lamplight '' `` Tomorrow Tomorrow '' / `` Sun in My Morning '' `` Do n't Forget to Remember '' / `` The Lord '' 1970s 1970 `` If Only I Had My Mind on Something Else '' / `` Sweetheart '' ( US ) `` I.O.I.O. '' / `` Sweetheart '' `` Lonely Days '' / `` Man for All Seasons '' 1971 `` How Can You Mend a Broken Heart '' / `` Country Woman '' `` Do n't Wanna Live Inside Myself '' / `` Walking Back to Waterloo '' 1972 `` My World '' / `` On Time '' `` Run to Me '' / `` Road to Alaska '' `` Alive '' / Paper Mache, Cabbages and Kings '' 1973 `` Saw a New Morning '' / `` My Life Has Been a Song '' `` Would n't I Be Someone '' / `` Elisa '' `` Mr. Natural '' / `` It Does n't Matter Much to Me '' `` Throw a Penny '' / `` I Ca n't Let You Go '' `` Charade '' / `` Heavy Breathing '' `` Jive Talkin ' '' / `` Wind of Change '' `` Nights on Broadway '' / `` Edge of the Universe '' 1976 `` Fanny ( Be Tender with My Love ) '' / `` Country Lanes '' `` You Should Be Dancing '' / `` Subway '' `` Love So Right '' / `` You Stepped Into My Life '' 1977 `` Boogie Child '' / `` Lovers '' `` Edge of the Universe ( live ) '' / `` Words ( live ) '' `` How Deep Is Your Love '' / `` Ca n't Keep a Good Man Down '' ( live ) `` Stayin ' Alive '' / `` If I Ca n't Have You '' 1978 `` Night Fever '' / `` Down the Road ( live ) '' `` Too Much Heaven '' / `` Rest Your Love on Me '' 1979 `` Tragedy '' / `` Until '' `` Love You Inside Out '' / `` I 'm Satisfied '' 1980s 1981 `` He 's a Liar '' `` Living Eyes '' / `` I Still Love You '' `` The Woman in You '' / `` Stayin ' Alive '' `` Someone Belonging to Someone '' / `` I Love You Too Much '' ( instrumental ) `` You Win Again '' / `` Backtafunk '' `` E.S.P. '' / `` Overnight '' `` Ordinary Lives '' / `` Wing and a Prayer '' `` One '' / `` Flesh and Blood '' 1990s `` Bodyguard '' / `` Will You Ever Let Me '' 1991 `` Secret Love '' / `` Party with No Name '' `` When He 's Gone '' / `` True Confessions '' `` The Only Love '' / `` You Win Again '' ( live ) `` Happy Ever After '' / `` Evolution '' `` Paying the Price of Love '' / `` My Destiny '' `` For Whom the Bell Tolls '' / `` Decadance '' `` How to Fall in Love, Part 1 '' / `` Fallen Angel '' `` Kiss of Life '' / `` 855 - 7019 '' `` Alone '' / `` Rings Around the Moon '' `` I Could Not Love You More '' / `` Love Never Dies '' ( EUR ) `` Still Waters ( Run Deep ) '' / `` Love Never Dies '' 2000s `` This Is Where I Came In '' / `` Just in Case '' Other countries 1968 `` And the Sun Will Shine '' / `` Really and Sincerely '' ( France ) 1970 `` Let There Be Love '' / `` Really and Sincerely '' ( Netherlands ) 1971 `` When the Swallows Fly '' / `` Give Your Best '' ( Netherlands ) `` Morning of my Life '' / `` To Love Somebody '' 1972 `` Israel '' / `` Dearest '' ( Netherlands ) `` Sea of Smiling Faces '' / `` Please Do n't Turn Out the Lights '' 1977 `` Children of the World '' / `` Boogie Child '' ( Australia ) `` Crazy for Your Love '' / `` You Win Again ( Remix ) '' `` Angela '' / `` You Win Again ( Remix ) '' ( Germany, Netherlands ) Boyzone Keith Duffy Mikey Graham Ronan Keating Shane Lynch Stephen Gately Studio albums Said and Done A Different Beat Where We Belong Brother BZ20 Dublin to Detroit Compilation albums By Request Ballads -- The Love Song Collection Key to My Life : Collection Back Again... No Matter What B - Sides & Rarities Love Me for a Reason -- The Collection Singles `` Working My Way Back to You '' `` Love Me for a Reason '' `` Key to My Life '' `` So Good '' `` Father and Son '' `` Coming Home Now '' `` Words '' `` A Different Beat '' `` Is n't It a Wonder '' `` Picture of You '' `` Mystical Experience '' `` Picture of You '' `` Baby Can I Hold You '' `` All That I Need '' `` No Matter What '' `` I Love the Way You Love Me '' `` When the Going Gets Tough '' `` You Needed Me '' `` Every Day I Love You '' `` Love You Anyway '' `` Better '' `` Gave It All Away '' `` Love Is a Hurricane '' `` Love Will Save the Day '' `` Light Up the Night '' Books The Tree of Seasons Discographies Boyzone Ronan Keating Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Words_(Bee_Gees_song)&oldid=820837805 '' Categories : 1968 singles 1968 songs 1978 singles 1996 singles Atco Records singles Bee Gees songs Boyzone songs Irish Singles Chart number - one singles Number - one singles in Germany Number - one singles in Scotland Number - one singles in Switzerland Polydor Records singles Rita Coolidge songs Song recordings produced by Robert Stigwood Songs written by Barry Gibb Songs written by Maurice Gibb Songs written by Robin Gibb Susie Allanson songs UK Singles Chart number - one singles Lill Lindfors songs Hidden categories : CS1 Swedish - language sources ( sv ) Use British English from March 2014 Use dmy dates from March 2014 Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Articles needing additional references from January 2015 All articles needing additional references Singlechart usages for Australia Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart usages for Wallonia Singlechart usages for France Singlechart usages for Germany Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart usages for Norway Singlechart usages for Scotland Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Sweden Singlechart usages for Swiss All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk nynorsk Português Svenska Tagalog Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 16 January 2018, at 22 : 13. 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Question: who wrote the song words by the bee gees
Answer: Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb