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 not successful on either side of the Atlantic (although it did reach #6 on the New Zealand singles chart). The Bee Gees were drifting further away from mainstream rock and into pop-ballad territory which would dominate their sound until 1975.

Sample of lyrics

You know I love getting up in the morning

When the sun first strikes the trees

All the morning birds that sing above

Still bring back memories

Of a girl who stood beside me

When the rights I did were wrong

But she went back down the river

Just when I thought I could be strong

When I thought I could be strong, so I sing