Single:
Massachusetts entered the Australian singles chart* on 7 October 1967 and peaked at #2. The song was #14 on the Top 100 of 1967.
Album:
The song is on Horizontal which entered the Australian albums chart* on 13 April 1968 and peaked at #8.
Songwriters:
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
Producers:
Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees
Record label of Australian release:
Spin
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Massachusetts from the One for All tour, a Bee Gees concert video recorded live in Melbourne at the National Tennis Centre (Melbourne Park), in November 1989:
Wikipedia:
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.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_(Bee_Gees_song)
Songfacts:
The Bee Gees wrote and had their first UK #1 with this song in 1967, but it wasn’t until some years later, during a chance meeting in London between the Seekers lead singer Judith Durham and Maurice Gibb, that Judith learned the amazing truth that Massachusetts was originally intended to fulfill The Bee Gees’ dream of writing a hit for The Seekers.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/bee-gees/massachusetts
Lyrics:
Feel I’m goin’ back to Massachusetts
Something’s telling me I must go home
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
The day I left her standing on her own
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