New York Mining Disaster 1941
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| “New York Mining Disaster 1941” | |||||
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| Single by Bee Gees | |||||
| B-side | "I Can't See Nobody" (GER, JP, SA, USA, CA) "Close Another Door" (UK, AUS) |
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| Released | April 14, 1967 | ||||
| Format | vinyl record | ||||
| Recorded | 13, 16 March 1967 | ||||
| Length | 2:09 | ||||
| Label | UK: Polydor, AUS: Spin, USA/CA: Atco | ||||
| Writer(s) | Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb | ||||
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"New York Mining Disaster 1941" was the first song to be released by the Bee Gees in the United States, and their first song to hit the charts in the US or UK. At the time, rumors circulated that the Bee Gees were the Beatles recording under a pseudonym (the Bee Gees' name was supposedly code for "Beatles Group"), in part because the record referenced NEMS Enterprises (Brian Epstein's management agency, which had just been joined by Bee Gees' manager Robert Stigwood).
The song recounts the story of a miner trapped in a cave-in. He is sharing a photo of his wife with a colleague ("Mr Jones") while they hopelessly wait to be rescued. According to the liner notes for their box-set Tales from the Brothers Gibb (1990), this song was inspired by the Aberfan mining disaster in Wales.
Chart position highs: = #14 (US); #12 (UK); #9 (United World Chart).
[edit] Cover versions
For their 2000 album, WYSIWYG, British anarchist band Chumbawamba recorded an a capella version of the song.
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