![]() Barry feels Bill Shepherd's orchestral score is perhaps the arranger's finest: "We never expected him to do that. "Massachusetts" was recorded on 9 August 1967, along with "Sir Geoffrey Saved the World", at the IBC Studios in London and finished on 17 August. The Bee Gees had never actually been to Massachusetts when they recorded the song they just liked the sound of the name as it was unusual, containing a lot of S's. During a chance meeting in London between the Seekers' lead singer Judith Durham and Maurice Gibb, Durham learned that "Massachusetts" was originally intended for her group and in 2003 the Seekers recorded the song as a tribute to Maurice following his death earlier that year. Upon arriving in London from Australia (following in the path of the Seekers, who had arrived several years earlier) the Bee Gees had been unsuccessful in getting the song to the group, so they recorded it themselves. The song was originally intended for The Seekers. All three of us were there when the song was born. I don't know if we finished it, but I think that's where the memories collide. I think we were strumming basically the whole thing, and then I think we went on a boat round New York. Regis with Robert, going to the suite, and while the bags were being brought in we were so high on being in New York, that's how 'Massachusetts' began. There are two different memories, Robin remembers us doing it in a boat going around New York City. ![]() The idea of the lights having gone out in Massachusetts was to suggest that everyone had gone to San Francisco. ![]() The song was intended as an antithesis to flower power anthems of the time such as " Let's Go to San Francisco" and " San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" in that the protagonist had been to San Francisco to join the hippies but was now homesick. The song was written in the Regis Hotel, New York City during a tour of the United States. In a UK television special on ITV in December 2011, it was voted third (behind " How Deep Is Your Love" and " You Win Again") in " The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song". When the brothers wrote the song, they had never been to Massachusetts. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and eventually sold over five million copies worldwide. 1 in twelve other countries, peaked at No. 1 hits in the UK Singles Chart, reached No. The song became the first of the group's five No. It later appeared on their 1968 album, Horizontal. Robin Gibb sang lead vocals on this song and it would become one of his staple songs to perform during both Bee Gees concerts and his solo appearances. " (The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb and released in 1967.
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