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"Run to Me" is a song by the Bee Gees, the lead single and first track on the group's album To Whom It May Concern (1972). The song reached the UK Top 10 and the US Top 20.

"Run To Me"
Single by Bee Gees
from the album To Whom It May Concern
B-side	"Road to Alaska"
Released	7 July 1972
Recorded	12 April 1972
Studio	IBC Studios, London
Genre	Pop
Length	3:11
Label	Polydor Philips Atco
Songwriter(s)	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)	Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees
Bee Gees singles chronology
"My World" (1972) "Run To Me" (1972) "Alive" (1972)
Audio sample
"Run to Me" file help

Written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. Lead vocals by Barry Gibb on the verses and Robin Gibb on the chorus. Barry re-recorded the song as a duet with Brandi Carlile for his 2021 album Greenfields.

Writing and recording

Robin recalled, "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."[1]

"Run to Me" was recorded on 12 April 1972 at London's IBC Studios, on the 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.[2]

Release and live performances

Released on 7 July 1972,[3] "Run to Me" saw the Bee Gees return to the UK Top 10 after a three-year absence, climbing to number 9, while in the US it reached number 16. The first Bee Gees single without drummer Geoff Bridgford as he left the band in January that year.

Cash Box said that the song "features [the Bee Gees'] best chorus in years."[4]

A promotional video for this song was filmed in black and white, featuring Barry and Robin singing in front of Maurice's grand piano.[5]

Chart performance

Personnel

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

Cover versions

• Dionne Warwick and Barry Manilow released a version in 1985, which reached number 12 in the US Adult Contemporary chart[25] and at number 86 in the UK.[26] The song was included on Warwick's studio album Finder of Lost Loves.
• Anita Meyer and Lee Towers made it a top 10 hit in the Netherlands in late 1985.^{[citation needed]}
• Oscar De La Hoya's version, from his 2000 self-titled album, peaked at number 23 on the Adult Contemporary, while the Spanish version, "Ven a Mi", peaked at number 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 2000

References

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