"1967-09-19"^^ . "GBAKW9800276" . "Massachusetts" . "Bee Gees" . "Number-one singles in New Zealand" . . . "Number-one singles in Germany" . "724958" . . "Massachusetts" . . "-14.0"^^ . . "false"^^ . "english" . "Song recordings produced by Robin Gibb" . "6"^^ . "eng" . "false"^^ . "Atco Records" . "Songs written by Robin Gibb" . "Atco Records singles" . . "Gramophone record" . "1450" . "Polydor Records" . "1967 singles" . "false"^^ . "Number-one singles in Australia" . "Songs written by Maurice Gibb" . "441753"^^ . "Song recordings produced by Maurice Gibb" . "Robert Stigwood" . "1967 songs" . . . "Polydor Records singles" . . "Songs written by Barry Gibb" . "Oricon Weekly number-one singles" . . "%22Massachusetts%22 is a song by the Bee Gees, released in 1967. Written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb. Robin Gibb sang lead on this song and it would become one of his staple songs to perform during concerts on both Bee Gees and his solo concerts. It later appeared on their 1968 album, Horizontal.It was their first No. 1 hit in Australia and the UK 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 %22How Deep Is Your Love%22 and %22You Win Again%22) in %22The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song%22." . "--08-17" . "Song recordings produced by Barry Gibb" . "Bee Gees" . "5714dec625ac0d8aee3acae3" . "Song recordings produced by Robert Stigwood" . "-0.346043"^^ . "154000.0"^^ . "IBC Studios, Portland Place, London" . "105.2"^^ . "Number-one singles in Norway" . "-0.554885"^^ . "Songs about the United States" . "20"^^ . "1988-11-03"^^ . "5f129a78-842b-4264-8d0a-fee59cf05d3d" . . "UK Singles Chart number-one singles" . "Bee Gees songs" . . .