"My World" was recording and released while The Bee Gees

Bee Gees

The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...

 were recording their new album To Whom It May Concern

To Whom It May Concern (Bee Gees album)

To Whom It May Concern is the Bee Gees' tenth studio album, released in October 1972. It was the follow-up of their American successful LP Trafalgar, and continued its melancholic and personal sound. The album was recognised as "a farewell to the old Bee Gees"...

during the winter of 1972. This single reached #16 on the USA charts and #16 and #41 on the U.K. and Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 charts, respectively. The B side, "On Time," was rerecorded by Maurice Gibb

Maurice Gibb

Maurice Ernest Gibb, CBE was a musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He was born on the Isle of Man, the twin brother of Robin Gibb, and younger brother to Barry. He is best known as a member of the singing/songwriting trio the Bee Gees, formed with his brothers...

 for the soundtrack of the 1984 film A Breed Apart

A Breed Apart

A Breed Apart is a 1984 American drama film directed by Philippe Mora. The screenplay by Paul Wheeler concerns the need to protect endangered species, in this case the bald eagle.-Plot:Obsessive collector J.P...

.

As Robin Gibb

Robin Gibb

Robin Hugh Gibb, CBE is a British singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the Bee Gees, co-founded with his twin brother Maurice , and elder brother Barry....

 states in the liner notes of Tales from the Brothers Gibb

Tales from the Brothers Gibb

**On releases of Tales outside North America, three Barry Gibb solo tracks were added to Chapter IV from the "Hawks" soundtrack right after Robin Gibb's "Toys": "My Eternal Love", "Where Tomorrow Is" and "Letting Go"....

, "One rollicking little jaunt that me and the lads came up with in downtown Birmingham, England, whilst doing a television show called Golden Shot

The Golden Shot

The Golden Shot is a British television game show produced by ATV for ITV between 1 July 1967 and 13 April 1975, based on the German TV show Der goldene Schuss. It is most commonly associated with host Bob Monkhouse, though, three other presenters also hosted the show during its lifetime...

, the ensuing results being that it went on to be a huge top 20 hit in the UK and the US that left the three of us 'drooling' with pleasure."

Originally released as a single only, it was later available on the LP, Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2

Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2

Best of Bee Gees Volume 2 is a compilation album of hits by the Bee Gees. The album, briefly revived on CD in the late 1980s, went out of print, but was reissued by Rhino in November 2008.-Track listing:...

in 1973. The song has a fantastic play of words in the refrain part: "My world is our world, and this world is your world, and your world is my world, and my world is your world is mine".

It is the last single that Geoff Bridgford played the drums with The Bee Gees.

Personnel

• Barry Gibb
  Barry Gibb
  Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, CBE , is a singer, songwriter and producer. He was born in the Isle of Man to English parents. With his brothers Robin and Maurice, he formed The Bee Gees, one of the most successful pop groups of all time. The trio got their start in Australia, and found their major...
  
   - vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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• Robin Gibb
  Robin Gibb
  Robin Hugh Gibb, CBE is a British singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the Bee Gees, co-founded with his twin brother Maurice , and elder brother Barry....
  
   - vocals
• Maurice Gibb
  Maurice Gibb
  Maurice Ernest Gibb, CBE was a musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He was born on the Isle of Man, the twin brother of Robin Gibb, and younger brother to Barry. He is best known as a member of the singing/songwriting trio the Bee Gees, formed with his brothers...
  
   - vocals, bass, piano
  Piano
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  , guitar, organ
  Organ (music)
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• Alan Kendall
  Alan Kendall
  Alan Kendall is an English musician and was the lead guitarist for the popular band the Bee Gees, before they retired the band name due to the death of Maurice Gibb in 2003...
  
   - guitar
• Geoff Bridgford - drums
• Bill Shepherd - orchestral arrangement
• Mike Claydon, Damon Lyon-Shaw, Richard Manwaring, Andy Knight - engineer

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
Hong Kong	1
Italy	2
Australia	3
Netherlands	8
New Zealand	9
Belgium	11
Canada	11
Ireland	14
Spain	14
United States	16
United Kingdom	16
Japan	27
Germany	41