personnel kenny rogers -- vocals barry gibb -- background vocals , guitar , arranger maurice gibb -- guitar , bass , synthesizer tim renwick -- guitar george terry -- guitar george bitzer -- piano , synthesizer albhy galuten -- piano , synthesizer , arranger ron ziegler -- drums joe lala -- percussion barry gibb version the original barry gibb version was released in late 2006 in itunes on the eyes that see in the dark demos the song has a choppy verse , and this song 's style like miami than nashville , and gibb 's version has a pop-rock and new wave style .