Run to Me (Bee Gees song)

"Run to Me" is a song by the Bee Gees. It was the lead single and released on 7 July 1972^[1] and first track on the group's 1972 album To Whom It May Concern. The song reached the UK Top 10 and the US Top 20.

Written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. Lead vocals by Barry Gibb on the verses and Robin Gibb on the chorus.

Writing and recording

Robin Gibb recalls in The Mail on Sunday on 1 November 2009:

We wrote this is at our manager Robert Stigwood's house in Beverly Hills. He was a great visionary and championed our beliefs and chemistry as brothers. Lyrically, this song chronicles the wishes of a man who longs to be noticed by a broken-hearted girl.^[2]

Robin also recalls, "We recorded 'Run to Me' and Andy Williams cut it on his LP. If Andy Williams came up to us and said write a song and we wrote 'Run to Me' for him, he probably wouldn't have recorded it. But we recorded it and then he recorded it."^[3]

"Run to Me" was recorded on 12 April 1972 at London's IBC Studios same day as "Bad Bad Dreams" and "Please Don't Turn Out The Lights". It was very much in the mold of the last two successful singles, "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself" and "My World". The song has a straight verse-chorus number with vocal by both Barry and Robin. Maurice sings in a very low key along with Robin in the chorus which is barely audible, something he rarely did in concert when they performed this song.^[4]

Release and live performances

"Run to Me" saw the Bee Gees return to the UK Top 10 after a three-year absence, climbing to #9 while in the US it reached #16. The first Bee Gees single without drummer Geoff Bridgford as he left the band in January that year.

A promotional video for this song was filmed in black and white, features Barry and Robin stands in front of Maurice's grand piano holding only a microphone.^[5]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
Argentina Singles Chart^[6]	10
Australia (Go-Set)^[7]	3
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[8]	3
Bangkok^[9]	1
Brazil^[10]	2
Canada (RPM)^[11]	6
Denmark^[12]	10
France (SNEP)^[12]	85
Ireland (IRMA)^[12]	7
Italy (FIMI)^[12]	5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[13]	28
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[12]	5
South Africa (Springbok Radio)^[14]	3
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[14]	8
UK (Official Charts Company)^[15]	9
US Billboard Hot 100^[16]	16
US Billboard Easy Listening Charts	6
US Cash Box Top 100 ^[17]	11
US Record World ^[14]	9

Year-end charts

Chart (1972)	Position
Canada RPM Top Singles^[18]	91
US Cash Box ^[19]	97

Cover versions

Dionne Warwick and Barry Manilow charted #12 US AC and #86 UK with their version released in 1985 and included on Warwick's studio album Finder of Lost Loves.
Anita Meyer and Lee Towers made it a top 10 hit late 1985.
Oscar de la Hoya from his 2000 self-titled album, his version peaked at number twenty-three on the Adult Contemporary, while the Spanish version "Ven a Mi" peaked at number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart.

Less notable covers include those by Sarah Vaughan, Jerry Vale, Brenda Lee, Marie Osmond, and Barry Manilow.

Personnel

Barry Gibb – lead vocal, guitar
Robin Gibb – lead and harmony vocal
Maurice Gibb – harmony vocal, bass, piano, guitar
Clem Cattini – drums
Alan Kendall – guitar
Bill Shepherd – orchestral arrangement

References

↑ "45cat - The Bee Gees - Run to Me/Road to Alaska". 45cat. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
↑ "Bee Gees - "Run to Me"". Songfacts. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
↑ Hughes, Andrew. The Bee Gees - Tales of the Brothers Gibb. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
↑ Brennan, Joseph. "Gibb Songs: 1972". Retrieved 11 January 2014.
↑ "1972 Bee Gees - Run to Me (Good Sound)". YouTube. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ "Billboard Hits of the World". Billboard. December 23, 1972. p. 45. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
↑ "Go-Set Australian Charts". Go-Set. October 7, 1972. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc)|format= requires |url= (help). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
↑ "Billboard Hits of the World". Billboard. September 23, 1972. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
↑ "Billboard Hits of the World". Billboard. November 18, 1972. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
↑ "RPM 100 Singles". RPM. October 7, 1972. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 "Songs Written by the Gibb Family on the International Charts - Part 2" (PDF). brothersgibb.org. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ "Bee Gees - Run To Me". dutchcharts.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
1 2 3 "Songs from the Year 1972". tsort.info. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ "BEE GEES - UK CHART HISTORY". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ "Bee Gees - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ "Cashbox Top 100". Cashbox Archives. September 30, 1972. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ http://tsort.info/music/yr1972.htm
↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1972YESP.html

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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" / "Don'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 Wouldn'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 Can't See Nobody" "To Love Somebody" / "Close Another Door" "Holiday" / "Red Chair, Fade Away "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" "Don'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" "Don'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" "Wouldn't I Be Someone" / "Elisa"

1974	"Mr. Natural" / "It Doesn't Matter Much to Me" "Throw a Penny" / "I Can't Let You Go" "Charade" / "Heavy Breathing"

1975	"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" / "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" (live) "Stayin' Alive" / "If I Can'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"

1983	"The Woman in You" / "Stayin' Alive" "Someone Belonging to Someone" / "I Love You Too Much" (instrumental)

1987	"You Win Again" / "Backtafunk" "E.S.P." / "Overnight"

1989	"Ordinary Lives" / "Wing and a Prayer" "One" / "Flesh and Blood"

1990s

1990	"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"

1993	"Paying the Price of Love" / "My Destiny" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" / "Decadance"

1994	"How to Fall in Love, Part 1" / "Fallen Angel" "Kiss of Life" / "855-7019"

1997	"Alone" / "Rings Around the Moon" "I Could Not Love You More" / "Love Never Dies" (EUR) "Still Waters (Run Deep)" / "Love Never Dies"

2000s

2001	"This Is Where I Came In" / "Just in Case"

Other countries

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 Don't Turn Out the Lights"

1977	"Children of the World" / "Boogie Child" (Australia}

1988	"Crazy for Your Love" / "You Win Again (Remix)" "Angela" / "You Win Again (Remix)" (Germany, Netherlands)

Dionne Warwick

Studio albums	Presenting Dionne Warwick (1963) Anyone Who Had a Heart (1964) Make Way for Dionne Warwick (1964) The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick (1965) Here I Am (1965) Here Where There Is Love (1966) On Stage and in the Movies (1967) The Windows of the World (1967) The Magic of Believing (1968) Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls (1968) Promises, Promises (1968) Soulful (1969) I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1970) Very Dionne (1970) Dionne (1972) Just Being Myself (1973) Then Came You (1975) Track of the Cat (1975) Love at First Sight (1977) Dionne (1979) No Night So Long (1980) Friends in Love (1982) Heartbreaker (1982) How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983) Finder of Lost Loves (1985) Friends (1985) Reservations for Two (1987) Dionne Sings Cole Porter (1990) Friends Can Be Lovers (1993) Aquarela do Brazil (1994) Dionne Sings Dionne (1998) Dionne Sings Dionne, Vol. 2 (2000) My Favorite Time of the Year (2004) My Friends & Me (2006) Why We Sing (2008) Only Trust Your Heart (2011)

Live albums	Dionne Warwick in Paris (1966) Hot! Live and Otherwise (1981) Christmas in Vienna II (1993)

Compilation albums	The Love Collection (2008)

Singles	"Don't Make Me Over" "Wishin' and Hopin'" "Anyone Who Had a Heart" "Walk On By" "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" "A House Is Not a Home" "Reach Out for Me" "Who Can I Turn To?" "Are You There (With Another Girl)" "Message to Michael" "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" "Alfie" "The Windows of the World" "I Say a Little Prayer" "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" "This Girl's in Love with You" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" "Make It Easy on Yourself" "The Good Life" "Then Came You" (with Spinners) "By the Time I Get to Phoenix/I Say a Little Prayer" (with Isaac Hayes) "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "I'll Never Love This Way Again" "Déjà Vu" "No Night So Long" "Heartbreaker" "All the Love in the World" "Run to Me" (with Barry Manilow) "That's What Friends Are For" (with Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder) "Love Power" (with Jeffrey Osborne) "It's All Over" (with Dieter Bohlen as Blue System) "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (with TheHipHopNationUnited)

Record labels	Arista Concord Rhino River North Scepter Warner Bros.

Related articles	Discography Solid Gold (TV series)

Book:Dionne Warwick

Barry Manilow singles

1970s	"Mandy" (1974) "Sandra" (1974) "It's a Miracle" (1975) "Could It Be Magic" (1975) "I Write the Songs" (1975) "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" (1976) "This One's for You" (1976) "Weekend in New England" (1976) "Looks Like We Made It" (1977) "Daybreak" (1977) "It's Just Another New Year's Eve" (1977) "Can't Smile Without You" (1978) "Even Now" (1978) "Copacabana" (1978) "Ready to Take a Chance Again" (1978) "Somewhere in the Night" (1978) "Ships" (1979) "When I Wanted You" (1979)

1980s	"I Don't Want to Walk Without You" (1980) "Bermuda Triangle" (1980) "I Made It Through the Rain" (1980) "The Old Songs" (1981) "Somewhere Down the Road" (1981) "Let's Hang On!" (1982) "Oh Julie" (1982) "Memory" (1982) "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (1982) "Read 'Em and Weep" (1983) "When October Goes" (1984) "Run to Me" (1985) "I'm Your Man" (1986) "Keep Each Other Warm" (1989)

1990s	"If I Can Dream" (1990) "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (1997)

2000s	"River" (2003) "Unchained Melody" (2006) "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (2006)

2010s	"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (2012)

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