Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, CBE (born 1 September 1946) is a singer, songwriter, producer and both the eldest and last surviving Gibb brother.
He was born in the Isle of Man to English parents, the second-eldest of five siblings. With his younger brothers, twins Robin and Maurice, he formed the Bee Gees, one of the most successful pop groups of all time. Their younger brother Andy was also a popular singer. The trio got their start in Australia, and found their major success when they returned to England.
Known for his high-pitched falsetto singing voice, Gibb shares the record with John Lennon and Paul McCartney for consecutive Billboard Hot 100 Number Ones as a writer with six. The book of Guinness World Records lists Barry Gibb as the second most successful songwriter in history behind Paul McCartney.
Barry Gibb was born to Barbara and Hugh Gibb (d. 1992) in the Isle of Man. He has an older sister, Lesley (b. 1945), and had three younger brothers, fraternal twins Robin (1949–2012) and Maurice (1949–2003), and Andy (1958–1988). He and his family moved to Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Manchester in 1953. When he was 12 years old, his family moved to Brisbane, Australia, settling in one of the city's poorest suburbs, Cribb Island. The suburb was later bulldozed to make way for Brisbane Airport. It was in Australia that Gibb and his brothers Robin and Maurice started performing as the Bee Gees. The Gibb family returned to England in 1967. Shortly afterward, the Bee Gees became international stars.
You took a mystery and made me want it
You got a pedestal and put me on it
You made me love you out of feeling nothing
Something that you do
And I was there and not dancing with anyone
You took a little, then you took me over
You set your mark on stealing my heart away
Crying, trying, anything for you
I? m in the middle of a chain reaction
You give me all the after midnight action
I wanna get you where I can let you make all that love to me
I? m on a journey for the inspiration
To anywhere and there ain? t no salvation
I need you to get me nearer to you
So you can set me free
We talk about love, love, love
We talk about love
We talk about love, love, love
We talk about love
You make me tremble when your hand moves lower
You taste a little and you swallow slower
Nature has a way of yielding treasure
Pleasure made for you, oh
You gotta plan, your future is on the run
Shine a light for the whole world over
You never find your love if you hide away
Crying, dying, all you gotta do is
Get in the middle of a chain reaction
You get a medal when you? re lost in action
I wanna get your love all ready for the sweet sensation
Instant radiation
You let me hold you for the first explosion
We get a picture of our love in motion
My arms will cover, my lips will smother you
With no more left to say
We talk about love, love, love
We talk about love
You let me hold you for the first explosion
My arms will cover, my lips will smother you
All you gotta do is get in the middle of a chain reaction
You get a medal when you? re lost in action
Now I like the way you move
Anyway that you make it work
And you offer something new
And the doorway is open for me
Now a man needs a woman
And I know that for me is true
And life, we got too much reality
There's gotta be other things to do
Me electrify you
Simply mystify you
Very strange but nice
Now somebody wrong
And somebody right
And somebody knows it's neither one thing or the other
It's a fine line between taking and giving
It's a fine line
It's fine line between dancing and making love
It's a fine line
I can see the possibility
Anyway that you wanna be
We all got secret emotions
Anytime after the midnight hour
Now love, don't get short on the action
Anyway you got the energy
My heart is a part of the plans you made
You're the star of my sexual fantasy
Me electrify you
Simply mystify you
Hope you stay all night
I'll have you for dinner or breakfast in bed
Either way I get you
For the worse or for the better
It's a fine line between taking and giving
It's a fine line
It's a fine line between dancing and making love
It's a fine line
It's wild, it's weird, it's what we think about
This ain't no strip club, shame on you 'cos
You know somebody that got a bead on what you need
Don't sacrifice your love
You analyze, don't minimize
What only you can rise above
Now, I know that, don't you think
I know your watching me
You got no claim to make
Well, that's no excuse
And know the truth
You got brain drain, long as there's a game to play
Sad, but there's only one fool to blame
It's a fine line between taking and giving
It's a fine line
It's a fine line between dancing and making love
It's a fine line
You don't think my love should tie you down
I say love can turn your groove around
Watch me please you
Watch me play your game
Someday love will make your water flow
She says she loves me and you say you don't
And life has no meaning if you won't
She's one in a million
A million to one
And love makes us so much stronger
We hide the sun
It's undercover, you'll discover
We have lived a lie
I never meant a thing to you
All I did was waste your time
If it hurts, don't let it
Someone loves you
You will find the way
She says she loves me and you say you don't
And life has no meaning if you won't
The one road to heaven is hell when she's gone
And love makes us so much stronger
We hide the sun
It's wrong to go on blaming someone you don't even know
One song was all she sang to me
All her words were soft and low
If it hurts, don't let it
Someone loves you
You will find the way
She says she loves me and you say you don't
And life has no meaning if you won't
She's one in a million
A million to one
And love makes us so much stronger
In the history of humans, I have found
No stranger to the strange
It's the dream of your choice
That fate could not change
It's a mystery that is the universe
Ten times the speed of sound
Don't be concerned, I will take care of you
Take you from mercury to mars
Just state what you need
And jane will be there for you
We're on a journey to the stars
We never stop short of our destination
Eyeballing the constellation
I am your driver and I'm proud to say
In a word, your flight will be smooth
I am your driver, it's your lucky day
We be gone
Together we move, together we move
Apart from black holes, body rolls
Ready for the danger
I'll get you home again
We got a green light, hang on tight
You can rearrange your bags in the aisle
The airline with a smile
We never stop short of our destination
Eyeballing the constellation
I am your driver and my speed is great
I'm a stone, born to be smooth
I am your driver, I take you away
We be gone
Together we move (how can we lose)
All aboard the "merry widow" I have found
Our ship can race the wind
Chase it and win for she was a pioneer
Like others before, she lead the line
And there's been good times, some were bad
Some were just appalling
It's all in the scheme of things, I suppose
It all comes down to what is real or what your dream is
One show of shows
Just follow your nose
You'll never stop short of your destination
Eyeballing the constellation
I am your driver and I'm proud to say
In a word, your flight will be smooth
I am your driver, it's your lucky day
We be gone
She's gone
I'm a victim of love
And I reach for her cry
There's no perception of time
She's out of my world and I'm alone
The city sleeps, she comes and she goes
She loves another one
And I got no chance, no time
Ain't nothing stops the rain but the sunshine
I can see nobody, tell me where my angel goes
I say the devil knows
I'm lost
No sky above me
No earth below me
Show me where tomorrow is and teach me to see
Someone else may cry for me, could be
Show me where tomorrow is 'cos I don't know
Show me where tomorrow is 'cos I don't know
Show me where tomorrow is
Suspicion
The lies on your lips and your tenderness
I lie in wait for the gift of her pain
She'll never be mine and I'm all alone
And through a stranger, lives can change
And hearts can overcome
But I need her face, so young
Ain't nothing stops the fire and it burns on
Too late now she tells me
We cannot live this lie
She came home to say goodbye
I'm lost
No sky above me
No earth below me
Show me where tomorrow is and teach me to see
Someone else may cry for me, could be
Show me where tomorrow is, 'cos I don't know
Show me, I must go on
Whatever the heart must take
I'll keep my love alive
And all you got is freedom
It ain't enough
I'm lost
No sky above me
No earth below me
Show me where tomorrow is and teach me to see
Someone else may cry for me, could be
Show me where tomorrow is, 'cos I don't know
It's the midnight hour and I wish you were here
Somebody following me, I just can't sleep alone
I figure it's the way I am, or a thing that
Happened to me somewhere in my childhood
I'm all that I could ever be in your arms
It's like I can't imagine life without you
But all my women cry
And all my heroes die, or we could try a little
Moonlight madness
We could do the strangest things
Try a little moonlight madness
Let someone in your dreams
Or we could try a little moonlight madness
Living on the same old lies
We should not try to find the meaning
Let history decide
Whether it's right or wrong to give you
What I may give you
How we learn to do the things, we never do
Let me try a little moonlight madness
On you
I cry with a smile and I laugh with a tear
I struggle but the body won't move
And the quicksand pulls me down
I wanna be the man that you think I am
I follow in the steps of the one
Who knows the darkness well
And you can get me by your side
By talking to me with your eyes
Not breaking promises
I'm howling at the moon
I'm howling, howling at the moon
Or we could try a little
Moonlight madness
We could do the strangest things
Try a little something different
The mystery remains
Whether it's right or wrong to love each other
Yearning in the brain for something new
Let me try a little moonlight madness
Try a little moonlight madness
Try a little moonlight madness
On you
On the dark side of the street
Just about midnight on the way
To the bright side when she calls
She turned out the light
I'm just a beginner when it comes
>from a number on the wall
All god's children need someone to love
And you know I found mine
I've been waiting for the one
After her you will see me gone
I got a question answered anyway
She turned out to be a lesson in love
A lesson in love
Bad girls cross the line
Get it for nothing anytime
I am a victim of the blues
She don't know the truth
Nobody told her how to cry
She got a back against the wall
All god's children need someone to love
And you know, baby, you know I found mine
She can show me I'm the one
After me she'll be on the run
And lightning strikes in my bedroom
The satisfaction was to me a lesson in love
If you give your love for the first time
A lesson in love
You could learn from me
It's gonna be
All god's children need someone to love
And you know, baby, you know I found mine
She can show me I'm the one
After me she'll be on the run
And lightning strikes in my bedroom
The satisfaction was to me a lesson in love
If you give your love for the first time
A lesson in love
You could learn from me
It's gonna be
A lesson in love
There are ways and means for your pleasure
A lesson in love
Now just you wait and see
It's gonna be
A lesson in love
If you give your love for the first time
A lesson in love
You could learn from me
A lesson in love
There she was
She dragged my heart around
No desire to hurt you girl
I gave it all before I found
The damage had been done
Burning love
I was too weak to fight
Searching fingers in the night
I should have been a stronger man
But I was overcome
Someone can steal your dream
You know love is blind
I can't lose you now
Or I lose my mind
Hold me like you know
Stay inside my soul
It's my love and your love goes to show
That's right, that's right
You blame it on temptation
It happens all the time
That's right, that's right
You blame it on temptation
It happens all the time
I was wrong
So wrong to make you cry
All your friends may tell you why
You and I should say goodbye
The way that people do
Jealous words
Don't let them kill the flame
I won't let you forget my name
And no one feels the same way
That I feel for you
Live for you all my life
Live your night and day
With you on my side
I can't lose my way
I'll be a shoulder for you
Be a man of steel
Women's gone
That was just a dream
And you are real
That's right, that's right
You blame it on temptation
It happens all the time
That's right, that's right
Only you can save me
Save me from temptation eyes
Live for you all my life
Live your night and day
With you on my side
I can't lose my way
I'll be a shoulder for you
I'll be your man of steel
That women's gone
She was just a dream
And you are real
That's right, that's right
You blame it on temptation
It happens all the time
That's right, that's right
Only you can save me
Not many days when the summer is gone
And the water is dry, the silence of war
You can never go home
You can not ever go home
So many lights in the heaven I saw
When the living were dead and the mother instead
Keeps her little boy warm
Keeping her little boy warm
Fools never knowing
Never knew which storm was blowing
No one left to save the day
Only night last forever
All the truth don't change my weather
Let me live, let me hide away
And all my world has torn apart
No glow of love, no beating heart
There is danger on the earth tonight
And I'm alone
When the hunter comes
When the hunter comes
Down from the cities and the valleys of woe
And the rivers of blood and the army of souls
They will never grow old
Nor will they ever be cold
So many nights with love in my arms
When lay down beside you
Who can tell when the moment is gone
Never be over and done
Fools never trying
Never knew which child was crying
You're the reason for the rain
It's the road that you followed
Make it so, there's no tomorrow
Only people are that insane
And all my love is nothing more
Than feelings that I had before
There are strangers on the earth tonight
And I'm alone
When the hunter comes
When the hunter comes
When the hunter comes
There'll be no return
Should be die to learn
When the hunter comes
When the hunter comes
I've never been sorry for the way I was raised
The enemy fewer and the love that I made was the symbol on the times
A celebration of the wine I made a memory in you.
I'll still be the reader of the letters you write
I've never been lonely for the rest of my life
there's a corner in my heart
we can never be apart
we can never be apart.
Look tomorrow
you be gone tomorrow
we can dance the night away
I can bestow to you all my love on your wedding day.
Shine
shine
for how much longer you'll be mine
There'll be no words to be broken.
You mean no world to me someone else that we both call love in your eyes
I believe together you'll shine.
I was born to be with you on the day you were born
A beautiful angel with her face in the sun
She was searchin' for the moon in ev'ry sparkle in the spoon
You haven't changed.
I'll still be the face in ev'rybody you see a light in the night
If you need me to be in ev'ry corner of the world
If any smile becomes a tear I will shelter you from the rain.
Look tomorrow
you be gone tomorrow
we can dance the night away
Shine
shine
for how much longer you'll be mine
. . .
And now I love you
there's no one I place above you
life is a road before you
While he can show the way for you
my darling
I will pray for you.
Slune
Maybe it's been so long
Our house looks kind of different
But the empty rooms still mean the same to me
And as I wander through the darkness
I'll keep crying one last tear
Now your lips are gone
I'll kiss your memory
I'll kiss your memory
As though you were here
I'll hold your memories till you reappear
And as I wander through the darkness
I'll keep crying one last tear
Now your lips are gone
I'll kiss your memory
I'll kiss the thoughts of leaves that fell when summer was over
And I'll cherish all the thoughts you gave to me
And I will wander through the darkness
I'll keep crying one last tear
Now your lips are gone
I'll kiss your memory
I'll kiss your memory
As though you were here
I'll hold your memories till you reappear
And as I wander through the darkness
I'll keep crying one last tear
Now your lips are gone
Lord, she's so fine
Don't let her she'll destroy you
The moment that she finds
She can't get no solid muscle
Takes all she wants
Empty future for you
And you won't get the best of
What you dream of - she's bad
And it's wrong
So don't wait on me if you believe
She's up there waiting for you
Then you ain't grown at all
And if you need love
Let me see her for you
I can help you make some noise
A - my love is shatterproof
B - I think you're full of it
C - lazy love ain't no excuse
D - love is what you make of it
A - my love is shatterproof
B - a little too much is just enough
C - I couldn't get more than all of you
D - wrapped up in my chains of love
She's just my size
Eyes that watch her shimmer
They're crying our for more
It's the power
And the pull is too strong
And that love will take you under
She ain't up there waiting for you
She'll kick you when you fall
And anyone would walk away from her
But I love her
And she makes me suffer
A - my love is shatterproof
B - I think you're full of it
C - lazy love ain't no excuse
D - love is what you make of it
A - my love is shatterproof
B - simply indestructable
C - you will understand the truth
D _ when your love is shatterproof
Before she was
There was water in the wine
But now I'm alright
Since I saw her
There
Now we don't ever sleep at night
And if you look
You may see marks on me
But that's love, so be aware
A - my love is shatterproof
B - I think you're full of it
C - lazy love ain't no excuse
D - love is what you make of it
A - my love is shatterproof
B - a little too much is just enough
C - I couldn't get more than all of you
D - wrapped up in my chains of love
A - my love is shatterproof
B - I think you're full of it
C - lazy love ain't no excuse
D - love is what you make of it
A - my love is shatterproof
B - simply indestructable
C - you will understand the truth
You could read her lips well as I was able
She was into taking you where you ain't been
I was looking in at the stroke of twelve
She came in the back door
You could see her climb the stairs
And the two of us, we wait, we wait
I'll cover you, girl I cover you
Cover you with...
Cover you with kisses
Shower you with love
If you decide to reside in the underworld
You should beware what your wish is
You could be wrong to belong to another place
They make you swim with the fish.
We never fall and get up again
Living in a sea of sorrow.
Somebody show you to the light
Swim in a limousine for free
Spend every night in the arms of the enemy
It's your life, on the line
When you live in the underworld
There's no time, there's no sleep
When you're deep in the underworld
You can't run, you can't hide
When you glide through the underworld
Underworld, ah.
And any time after midnight you phone around
You're on the line for the stranger
It's not the love make you safer or satisfied
It's just the demonic danger
Down below the shark is number one
If you want to see tomorrow
So many fingers on the gun
Following you each place you go
I'll be the face you never know
It's your life, on the line
When you live in the underworld
There's no time, there's no sleep
When you're deep in the underworld
You can't run, you can't hide
When you glide through the underworld
Underworld, ah.
It's your life, on the line
When you live in the underworld
There's no time, there's no sleep
When you're deep in the underworld
You can't run, you can't hide
When you glide through the underworld
Underworld, ah.
It's your life, on the line
When you live in the underworld
There's no time, there's no sleep
When you're deep in the underworld
You can't run, you can't hide
When you glide through the underworld
Now she didn't get off to a very good start
And she tangled with love
And he broke her heart
In a crumbling home had shown the childhood dreams were never real
I can along, she was seventeen
With the sun in her eyes and you know what I mean
She grew up too soon in the shade of my love
She taught me how to feel
Loving each other was never enough
She was watching me grow and she wrote it up
In a book of life she gave to me the day the white ship sailed
Farewell my darling, au revoir
I will pray every day for you
And she would stay alone while I'm away
She wouldn't walk all alone in the city without me
She would stay alone
She wouldn't play in the dark
With this love inside my heart
I came home on a summer night
And the wind in her hair and she looked just right
There was never another kind of women could see right through my soul
Suddenly after the southern rain
She rode out of my life on the midnight train
And I fell to the ground
And the world became the last place I should be
Wandering I will wait for you
For the sound of your voice
The dreams that you make
The book of life you gave to me still keeps my flame alive
Nobody knows which way I'm going
But I only search for you
So won't you stay alone
While I'm away
If we both walk in the same direction maybe my eyes will see you one day
Stay alone
And may your dreams come to be
All your love inside of me
I send you down my love tonight
On a dream that I can hold you near
Will the message in your eyes
Take shape and crystalize
Or will you disappear
That feeling when you sigh
I could not want you more
Ah, so close and yet so far
And you know it's where we are
And the moment I have waited for
The rhythm of the turning tide
And every start that shines in harmony
Like the fairy tale you read
Like the only heart you need
Is here inside of me
And we are held in time
Your love lost in mine
There is no yesterday
Just the music on the bay
We can lie together
Make forever
One night for lovers
Kiss your lover tonight
On a night like this you lie awake
And no one can tell you why
You fall in love, and love takes over
With no goodbye
I'm dancing in your arms
Tonight I'd give my life for you
If you were
Mia no te voy hacer llorar
Dime lo que quieras me amor
It's the way it has to be
If I get you close to me
I will not let you go
Say you'll be in my arms
Don't make me wait so long
Ah, love me with your lips
Touch me with your touch
Fill me up with one anticipation
One night for lovers
Kiss your lover tonight
On a night like this you lie awake
And no one can tell you why
You fall in love and love takes over
And there is no goodbye
I'm dancing in your arms
And I'm close enough to know
You make me yours
And you
You're mine
You're mine
And the wonder of it all
When tomorrow comes, I call you mine
I'm the promise you fulfill