Best of Bee Gees Volume 2 is a compilation album of hits by the Bee Gees

Bee Gees

The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...

. The album, briefly revived on CD in the late 1980s, went out of print, but was reissued by Rhino in November 2008.

Track listing

1. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (Barry & Robin Gibb)
2. "I.O.I.O.
   I.O.I.O.
   "I.O.I.O." is the second single from the Bee Gees album, Cucumber Castle. Maurice Gibb described this as "Barry's African jaunt" as the opening has African-type percussion that leads into Barry Gibb singing the verse, joined by Maurice in the chorus.The single was a relative success mainly on...
   
   " (Barry & Maurice Gibb)
3. "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself
   Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself
   "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself" was the Bee Gees second single from their 1971 album Trafalgar. Written and sung by Barry Gibb, this slow dramatic piano ballad was described by Robin in the liner notes of Tales from the Brothers Gibb box set as "...the dawning, or the closing, of the 'gotta find...
   
   " (Barry Gibb)
4. "Melody Fair
   Melody Fair
   Melody Fair is a song by the Bee Gees. Originally written in 1968, it was included on the 1969 double album Odessa. The song was featured in the 1971 movie Melody, was included in the soundtrack album, and was released in May 1971 as a single in Japan...
   
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5. "My World
   My World (Bee Gees song)
   "My World" was recording and released while The Bee Gees were recording their new album To Whom It May Concern during the winter of 1972. This single reached #16 on the USA charts and #16 and #41 on the U.K. and Germany charts, respectively...
   
   " (Barry & Robin Gibb)
6. "Let There Be Love"
7. "Saved by the Bell" (Robin Gibb)
8. "Lonely Days
   Lonely Days
   "Lonely Days" is a 1970 song by the Bee Gees, featured on their album 2 Years On. The song incorporated the innovative structure and knack for changing tempos exemplified by the second side of The Beatles' Abbey Road album, released the previous year and a clear influence on this single...
   
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9. "Morning of My Life" (Barry Gibb)
10. "Don't Forget to Remember
    Don't Forget to Remember
    "Don't Forget to Remember" is a country ballad from the Bee Gees.It was released as a single in August 1969...
    
    " (Barry & Maurice Gibb)
11. "And the Sun Will Shine"
12. "Run to Me"
13. "Man for All Seasons"
14. "Alive
    Alive (Bee Gees song)
    "Alive" was the second single of the To Whom It May Concern album. As was customary for Bee Gees singles during this time, it was another piano ballad which Barry has noted that he doesn't even remember writing...
    
    " (Barry & Maurice Gibb)

Except where stated all songs written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb

Alternate versions

The original North-American LP and cassette release of this album included the song "Wouldn't I Be Someone

Wouldn't I Be Someone

"Wouldn't I Be Someone?" is a song by the English band Bee Gees. It was released on July, 1973 after the album, Life in a Tin Can. Although the single failed to chart in United States, it was a #1 hit in Hong Kong and reached #17 in Italy...

" from the Bee Gees' unreleased album A Kick in the Head is Worth Eight in the Pants and arranged the tracks in a different order:

Side 1: Wouldn't I Be Someone/I.O.I.O./My World/Saved by the Bell/Don't Forget to Remember/And the Sun Will Shine/Run to Me/Man for All Seasons

Side 2: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart/Don't Want to Live Inside Myself/Melody Fair/Let There Be Love/Lonely Days/Morning of My Life/Alive