Guitar Learning Journey: Bee Gees's "(The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts" with vocals (cover)

Guitar Learning Journey: Bee Gees's "(The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts" with vocals (cover)

"(The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts" is a song by the Bee Gees, released in 1967.

Written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb. Robin Gibb sang lead vocals on this song and it would become one of his staple songs to perform during both Bee Gees concerts and his solo appearances. It later appeared on their 1968 album, Horizontal.

The song became the first of the group's five No. 1 hits in the UK Singles Chart, reached No. 1 in twelve other countries, peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and eventually became one of the best-selling singles of all time, selling over five million copies worldwide.

When the brothers wrote the song, they had never been to Massachusetts. In a UK television special on ITV in December 2011, it was voted third (behind "How Deep Is Your Love" and "You Win Again") in "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song".