| "Let There Be Love" | |
|---|---|
 The Dutch release of the single. | |
| Single by Bee Gees | |
| from the album Idea | |
| B-side | "Really and Sincerely" (Netherlands) |
| Released | September 1968 (album) 1970 (Netherlands) |
| Recorded | 12 June or 21 June 1968 IBC Studios, London |
| Genre | Baroque pop |
| Length | 3:28 (mono) 3:32 (stereo) |
| Label | Polydor (United Kingdom) Atco (United States) |
| Songwriter(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb |
| Producer(s) | Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees |
"Let There Be Love" is a dramatic ballad by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and released as the opening track on their 1968 album Idea. In 1970 it was issued as a single in the Netherlands, peaking at no. 14 in March during a four-week chart run.[1] In 1968 the group performed (lip-synced) the song on a European TV station, and the clip has been played on 192TV in the Netherlands.[2]
"Let There Be Love" features on the 1973 compilation Best of Bee Gees Vol. 2.
Background
Barry Gibb recalls:
"'Let There Be Love'" was written next to St. Paul's Cathedral in a penthouse apartment that we rented when we first arrived in England. That song was written in that penthouse 'round about midnight. Me and my then-girlfriend, who is my wife now, we'd just fallen in love, and it was that type of mood I was in that night."[3]
The 2006 deluxe remaster has a mono mix of an earlier state of the recording, with different lead vocal sung entirely by Barry and some instrumental differences and faded at 3:34.
Personnel
- Barry Gibb — vocals, guitar
- Robin Gibb — vocals, organ,
- Maurice Gibb — bass, piano, organ, mellotron, harmony vocals
- Colin Petersen — drums
- Bill Shepherd — orchestral arrangement
Cover versions
- P.P. Arnold recorded this song on 9 June 1969 same day as "Bury Me Down By the River", another track by the Bee Gees. The session was produced by Barry Gibb.
- Tom Jones covered the song and released it as the closing track on the album Tom in 1970. It was arranged by Johnnie Spence, engineered by Bill Price and produced by Peter Sullivan.[4]
References
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Bee Gees - Let There Be Love". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "192 TV rare clips". Missingepisodes.proboards.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ Sandoval, Andrew. "Bee Gees - Idea at Album Liner Notes". Album Liner Notes. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "Tom Jones - Tom". Discogs.com. 1970. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
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