I Laugh in Your Face

"I Laugh in Your Face"
Song by Bee Gees from the album Odessa
Released	March 1969
Recorded	12 July 1968 IBC Studios, London
Genre	Baroque pop
Length	4:09
Label	Polydor Records (United Kingdom) Atco Records (United States)
Writer(s)	Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)	Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees
Odessa track listing
17 tracks Side one "Odessa (City on the Black Sea)" "You'll Never See My Face Again" "Black Diamond" Side two <li value "4">"Marley Purt Drive" "Edison" "Melody Fair" "Suddenly" "Whisper Whisper" Side three <li value "8">"Lamplight" "Sound of Love" "Give Your Best" "Seven Seas Symphony" "With All Nations (International Anthem)" Side four <li value "14">"I Laugh in Your Face" "Never Say Never Again" "First of May" "The British Opera"

"I Laugh in Your Face" is a ballad performed by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb and released in March 1969 on the album Odessa.^[1] Most of the vocal solos are performed by Barry Gibb except for a little part in the middle of the song sung by Robin Gibb. It was recorded and finished on July 12th 1968. the same day as the band recorded their hit song "I've Gotta Get a Message to You". The mono mix made at this time, when it was presumably intended as the B-side of "Message", was released in 2009 on the Sketches for Odessa disc that accompanied the remastered edition of the album. Its demo version,recorded the same day and also featured on Sketches.^[2]

Personnel

• Barry Gibb — lead and harmony vocal, guitar
• Robin Gibb — lead and harmony vocal
• Maurice Gibb — bass, piano, guitar, harmony vocal
• Colin Petersen — drums
• Bill Shepherd — orchestral arrangement

References

1. Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1969".
2. Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1968".

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics