<P> Barry Gibb explained in a June 2001 interview with Mojo magazine: </P> <P> It was for Robert . I say that unabashedly . He asked me to write a song for him, personally . It was written in New York and played to Otis but, personally, it was for Robert . He meant a great deal to me . I don't think it was a homosexual affection but a tremendous admiration for this man's abilities and gifts . </P> <P> The simple title refrain of the chorus, "You don't know what it's like, Baby, you don't know what it's like, To love somebody...the way I love you" has the effect of being at once heartbreaking and triumphant, a self - pitying put - down to an unrequited love . "There's...a certain kind of light that never shone on me...You ain't got to be so blind, I'm a man, can't you see what I am?, I live and breathe for you, But what good does that do, If I ain't got you?". </P> <Ul> <Li> Barry Gibb--lead vocal, rhythm guitar </Li> <Li> Robin Gibb--harmony vocal, organ </Li> <Li> Maurice Gibb--bass guitar, piano, rhythm guitar, organ, harpsichord, Mellotron </Li> <Li> Vince Melouney--rhythm guitar </Li> <Li> Colin Petersen--drums </Li> <Li> Bill Shepherd--orchestral arrangement </Li> </Ul>

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