Never Say Never Again (Bee Gees song)

"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]

"Never Say Never Again"
Song by Bee Gees
from the album Odessa
ReleasedMarch 1969 (1969-03)
RecordedOctober 1968
Length3:28
LabelPolydor (United Kingdom)
Atco (United States)
Songwriter(s)Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees
Odessa track listing
17 tracks
Side one
  1. "Odessa (City on the Black Sea)"
  2. "You'll Never See My Face Again"
  3. "Black Diamond"
Side two
  1. "Marley Purt Drive"
  2. "Edison"
  3. "Melody Fair"
  4. "Suddenly"
  5. "Whisper Whisper"
Side three
  1. "Lamplight"
  2. "Sound of Love"
  3. "Give Your Best"
  4. "Seven Seas Symphony"
  5. "With All Nations (International Anthem)"
Side four
  1. "I Laugh in Your Face"
  2. "Never Say Never Again"
  3. "First of May"
  4. "The British Opera"

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