"If I Can't Have You" is a disco song performed by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb in 1977 and released as the B-side of "Stayin' Alive". Later the song was recorded by Yvonne Elliman.
The song appeared on the Bee Gees' compilation Their Greatest Hits: The Record. The remixed version was released and remastered in the compilation Bee Gees Greatest in 2007 and marked the return of the Bee Gees to the US Hot Dance Tracks charts after 28 years. According to Maurice, this track was the first song they did, while they recording the other songs for the film. The recording was started at Le Chateau as basic track only, and completed later at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles.
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Grandson, or great-grandson,
On uncles, aunts, great-uncles or great-aunts
To judge what I have done.
Have I, that put it into words,
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