I've Gotta Get a Message to You
The Bee Gees
1968
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1968
Release: 1968Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Original 1968 recording on Idea. Year precision is retained; the album association is not an assertion of an exact first-release day.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1968.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Idea - official original release archive
Original 1968 album association and selected original tracks, read in the public release archive. Song-specific earlier years are supplied separately where needed; compilation, live and reissue dates are not substituted.
Bee Gees - Timeless announcement with original song years
The historical year labels for the first eighteen listed songs run from Spicks and Specks 1966 to Too Much Heaven 1978. These original years are used, not the 2017 compilation date. The source establishes Massachusetts in 1967, Words in 1968 and all four new Saturday Night Fever songs in 1977.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The song tells the story of a man on death row trying to send a final message to his wife.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1968.html, song-list position 60
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1968 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.