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Cherry Red (song)

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A-side
  
"I Want Home"

Format
  
7"

Genre
  
Merseybeat

Released
  
March 1966

Recorded
  
February 1966

Length
  
3:07

"Cherry Red" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry Gibb, released as the B-side of "I Want Home" in March 1966, and has become one of the famous Bee Gees songs in the Philippines and Brazil. The song's opening chord was E followed by Barry singing Where are you?.

Contents

"Cherry Red" is a ballad featuring a harmony by Barry and Robin. It was recorded around February 1966 in Festival Studios, Sydney, during the same time as "I Want Home". Colin Petersen thinks he played drums on the two tracks.

Release

Unlike many of the Bee Gees' Australian tracks, this single reached charts outside of Australia, in the Philippines, Brazil and São Paulo, all of which it reached top ten in.

Personnel

  • Barry Gibb — lead and harmony vocal, guitar
  • Robin Gibb — lead and harmony vocal
  • Maurice Gibb — guitar, organ
  • Colin Petersen — drums

    • References

    Cherry Red (song) Wikipedia
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