Love Me (Bee Gees song)

"Love Me"
Song by The Bee Gees from the album Children of the World
Released	September 1976
Recorded	March 30 and April 25, 1976, Criteria Studios, Miami
Genre	R&B, Soul
Length	4:01
Label	RSO
Writer	Barry & Robin Gibb
Producer	The Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson

"Love Me" is a Barry and Robin Gibb composition which was an international hit in 1976-77 for Yvonne Elliman.

"Love Me" was originally recorded by the Gibbs' group the The Bee Gees on their 1976 album Children of the World, the track featuring Robin Gibb on lead with his falsetto evidenced on the outro. This makes "Love Me" a curio among latterday Bee Gees' tracks as from the mid-1970s Barry Gibb sang most of the group's leads. (Robin did get one full blown falsetto lead vocal a couple years later on the Spirits Having Flown album with the song "Living Together" and on parts of the chorus from his solo album "Walls Have Eyes" with the song "Remedy".)

1 Yvonne Elliman version
2 Martine McCutcheon version
- 2.1 Track listing
- 2.2 Charts
3 Other versions
4 References

Yvonne Elliman version

"Love Me"

Single by Yvonne Elliman

from the album Love Me

B-side

"(I Don't Know Why) I Keep Hangin' On"

Released

October 1976

Format

Recorded

1976

Genre

easy listening

Length

3:22

Label

RSO

Writer(s)

Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb

Producer

Freddie Perren

Yvonne Elliman singles chronology

"Walk Right In"
(US)
"Best of My Love"
(UK)
(1975)

Love Me
(1976)

"Hello Stranger"
(1977)

As recorded by Yvonne Elliman - who like the Bee Gees was on the roster of RSO Records - "Love Me" became an international hit in 1976-77: reaching #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, Elliman's version of "Love Me" was a Top Ten hit in the UK (#6), Ireland (#9), New Zealand (#3) and South Africa (#3) also achieving hit status in Australia (#15), Canada (#11) and the Netherlands (#16). The parent album for Elliman's version was also entitled Love Me.

Martine McCutcheon version

"Love Me"

Single by Martine McCutcheon

from the album You Me & Us

B-side

"Talking in Your Sleep"

Released

8 November 1999

Format

CD single

Recorded

1999

Genre

Pop, Ballad

Length

3:44

Label

Innocent

Writer(s)

Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb

Martine McCutcheon singles chronology

"I've Got You"
(1999)

"Love Me" /
"Talking in Your Sleep"
(1999)

"I'm Over You"
(2000)

Children in Need chronology

"Especially for You"
(1998)

"Love Me"
(1999)

"Never Had a Dream Come True"
(2000)

Martine McCutcheon remade "Love Me" for her 1999 debut album You Me & Us from which the track - serving as the BBC Children in Need single for 1999 - was issued as the third single. It was released as a double A-side single along with "Talking in Your Sleep" and peaked at number 6 in the United Kingdom. It was re-released on 22 November in the week building up to the Children in Need event.

McCutcheon performed the song at the Children in Need telethon on 26 November 1999. She was supported by 100 children between the age of eight and thirteen, who were selected through nationwide auditions. The successful children had the chance to spend a day in a recording studio with McCutcheon, before serving as backing singers for the song on live television.^[1]

Track listing

"Love Me" (radio mix)- 3:44
"Talking in Your Sleep" (radio edit) - 4:06

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)^[2]	6

Other versions

"Love Me" was also recorded by Janie Fricke for her 1981 album Sleeping With Your Memory.

References

^ "Martine's Children in Need boost". BBC News (British Broadcasting Corporation). 27 September 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/458695.stm. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company.

Children in Need

Telethons

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Presenters

Current	Fearne Cotton Tess Daly Alesha Dixon Terry Wogan

Former	Matt Allwright Peter Andre Sue Cook Jill Dando Natasha Kaplinsky Sue Lawley Andi Peters Esther Rantzen Gaby Roslin

Charity singles

"Almost Seems (Too Late to Turn)" (1985)
"Heroes" (1986)
"Children in Need" (1988)
"Almost Seems (Too Late to Turn" (1989)
"You Better Believe It" (1995)
"Perfect Day" (1997)
"Especially for You" (1998)
"Love Me" (1999)
"Never Had a Dream Come True" (2000)
"Have You Ever" (2001)
"Don't Let Me Down" / "You and I" (2002)
"I'm Your Man (2003)
"I'll Stand by You" (2004)
"A Night to Remember" (2005)
"Downtown" (2006)
"Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" (2007)
"Do Ya/Stay with Me" (2008)
"The Official BBC Children in Need Medley" (2009)
"Love You More" (2010)
"Teardrop" (2011)

The Bee Gees

Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb

Studio albums

The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs (1965)
Spicks and Specks (1966)
Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
Horizontal (1968)
Idea (1968)
Odessa (1969)
Cucumber Castle (1970)
2 Years On (1970)
Trafalgar (1971)
To Whom It May Concern (1972)
Life in a Tin Can (1973)
A Kick In The Head Is Worth Eight In The Pants (1973) (unreleased)
Mr. Natural (1974)
Main Course (1975)
Children of the World (1976)
Spirits Having Flown (1979)
Living Eyes (1981)
E.S.P. (1987)
One (1989)
High Civilization (1991)
Size Isn't Everything (1993)
Still Waters (1997)
This Is Where I Came In (2001)

Singles

1960s	"The Battle of the Blue and the Grey" (1963) "Timber!" (1963) "Peace Of Mind" (1964) "Claustrophobia" (1964) "Turn Around, Look at Me" (1964) "Every Day I Have To Cry" (1965) "Wine and Women" (1965) "I Was A Lover, A Leader Of Men" (1965) "I Want Home" (1966) "Monday's Rain" (1966) "Spicks and Specks" (1966) "Born A Man" (1967) "New York Mining Disaster 1941" (1967) "To Love Somebody" (1967) "Holiday" (1967) "Massachusetts" (1967) "World" (1967) "Words" (1968) "And The Sun Will Shine" (1968) "Jumbo/The Singer Sang his Song" (1968) "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (1968) "I Started a Joke" (1968) "First of May" (1969) "Tomorrow, Tomorrow" (1969) "Don't Forget to Remember" (1969)

1970s	"Let There Be Love" (1970) "If I Only Had My Mind on Something Else" (1970) "I.O.I.O." (1970) "Lonely Days" (1970) "Melody Fair" (1971) "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" (1971) "When The Swallows Fly" (1971) "In The Morning" (1971) "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself" (1971) "My World" (1972) "Israel" (1972) "Run to Me" (1972) "Sea Of Smiling Faces" (1972) "Alive" (1972) "Saw a New Morning" (1973) "Wouldn't I Be Someone" (1973) "Mr. Natural" (1974) "Throw a Penny" (1974) "Charade" (1974) "Jive Talkin'" (1975) "Nights on Broadway" (1975) "Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)" (1976) "You Should Be Dancing" (1976) "Love So Right" (1976) "Boogie Child" (1977) "Children Of The World" (1977) "Edge of the Universe" (1977) "How Deep Is Your Love" (1977) "Stayin' Alive" (1977) "Night Fever" (1978) "More Than A Woman" (1978) "Too Much Heaven" (1978) "Tragedy" (1979) "Love You Inside Out" (1979) "Spirits (Having Flown)" (1979)

1980s	"He's a Liar" (1981) "Living Eyes" (1981) "Paradise" (1981) "The Woman in You" (1983) "Someone Belonging to Someone" (1983) "Life Goes On" (1983) "You Win Again" (1987) "E.S.P." (1987) "Crazy For Your Love" (1988) "Angela" (1988) "Ordinary Lives" (1989) "One" (1989)

1990s	"Bodyguard" (1990) "Secret Love" (1991) "When He's Gone" (1991) "The Only Love" (1991) "Happy Ever After" (1991) "Paying the Price of Love" (1993) "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1993) "How to Fall in Love, Part 1" (1994) "Kiss Of Life" (1994) "Alone" (1997) "I Could Not Love You More" (1997) "Still Waters (Run Deep)" (1997)

2000s	"This Is Where I Came In" (2001)