Bay City Rollers – Bye Bye Baby (ZDF Disco 02.08.1975) (VOD)

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If you hate me after what I say
Can't pull it off any longer
Just gotta tell her anyway
Bye bye baby, baby goodbye
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
Bye bye baby, don't make me cry
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
You're the one girl in town I'd marry
Girl, I'd marry you now if I were free
I wish it could be
I could love you, but why begin it
'Cause there ain't any future in it
She's got me, but I'm not free, so
Bye bye baby, baby goodbye
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
Bye bye baby, don't make me cry
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
Wish I never had known you better
Wish I knew you before I met her
Gee, how good it would be for me

Should have told her that I can't linger
There's a wedding ring on my finger
She's got me, but I'm not free, so
Bye bye baby, baby goodbye
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
Bye bye baby, don't make me cry
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)

A cover of the song by the Bay City Rollers sold a million copies and hit No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for six weeks from March 1975. It ended the year as the UK's top selling single. The Four Seasons' version is quite sparse in instrumental backing, instead carried by the vocals, while the Bay City Rollers' version is faster and has a fuller backing sound. Played a whole step lower, it includes an eight-bar guitar solo by Eric Faulkner, which is not present in the original.

Ein Cover des Songs der Bay City Rollers verkaufte sich eine Million Mal und erreichte ab März 1975 sechs Wochen lang Platz 1 der UK Singles Chart. Es beendete das Jahr als meistverkaufte Single Großbritanniens. Die Four Seasons-Version ist im Instrumental-Backing recht spärlich und wird stattdessen vom Gesang getragen, während die Bay City Rollers-Version schneller ist und einen volleren Backing-Sound hat. Es wird einen ganzen Schritt tiefer gespielt und enthält ein Gitarren-Solo mit acht Takten von Eric Faulkner, das im Original nicht vorhanden ist.