Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs (Live from the 1978 BBC Special)

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Barry Manilow performs "I Write The Songs" live from The 1978 BBC Special.
The year is 1978. In the US, Barry Manilow is on top of the pop charts.
Even Now featuring the hit singles “Even Now", “Can’t Smile Without You”, “Copacabana", and “Somewhere In The Night” is released.
The Second Barry Manilow Special airs on ABC. Barry Manilow In Concert is released as the first big musical special on HBO.
Across the pond in the UK, however, Barry is still a relative unknown. But the buzz is growing.
He’s booked for his first shows in the UK…two nights at the London Palladium. Those two nights sell out and four more nights are added. Those four nights sell out.
British impresario Robert Patterson and his young assistant, Andrew Miller decide to roll the dice.
They call the BBC.
They book Manilow at the Royal Albert Hall and turn his concert into a two part TV special.
So begins a beautiful love affair between Manilow and his British fans.
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LYRICS:
[Verse 1]
I've been alive forever
And I wrote the very first song
I put the words and the melodies together
I am music and I write the songs
[Chorus]
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
I write the songs, I write the songs
[Verse 2]
My home lies deep within you
And I've got my own place in your soul
Now when I look out through your eyes
I'm young again, even though I'm very old
[Chorus]
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
I write the songs, I write the songs
[Bridge]
Oh, my music makes you dance
And gives your spirit to take a chance
And I wrote some rock 'n' roll so you can move
Music fills your heart, well, that's a real fine place to start
It's from me, it's for you
It's from you, it's from me
It's a worldwide symphony
[Chorus]
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
I write the songs, I write the songs
[Chorus]
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
I write the songs, I write the songs
[Outro]
I am music (music) and I write the songs
#BarryManilow

Пікірлер: 353

@shyman99 2 жыл бұрын

Barry makes me feel young again, even though I'm very old.

@ChasingtheJoneses 2 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there!

@danroybal3975 2 жыл бұрын

Me Not Very Old But Thanks To God Im Getting There🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

@danroybal3975 2 жыл бұрын

@BeingMe23 2 жыл бұрын

Age is merely a number. We can't control what happens to us. But we can always control how we react.

@russellthompson9271 2 жыл бұрын

Even though we're very old, we have beautiful memories, thanks to this wonderful man 💖

@michelledelafuente759 21 күн бұрын

Barry, when I needed inspiration I found it in your music, in your way of singing, in how you perform, in your smile, in your existence. Thank you because I feel peace and inspiration every time I listen to you. ❤

@j.j.1753 Жыл бұрын

Barry at his prime. Happy, confident and over flowing with talent.

@Gabe-jq4gk 7 ай бұрын

one of the beauriful chest voices i have ever heard😊

@jmiller3579 7 ай бұрын

He’s still great

@glamdolly30 Ай бұрын

Ain't that the truth! Breathtaking.

@toniebrowning5469 2 жыл бұрын

He sure does sing the songs that make this world to put a smile in one’s heart.

@elonmusk603 Жыл бұрын

please if you receive any message from any one impersonating with my identity in any of my social media platforms I urge you to stay off their part my Communication Authority are working on them.❣️❣️💖💖💯💯

@glamdolly30 Ай бұрын

No one sings this like Barry - He's the Boss. Thank God he's still performing, he is without question one of the absolute top, all-time greats. We shall not see his like again!

@karenshurley4793 2 жыл бұрын

Barry Manilow is the greatest showman! I feel for people who don’t understand Barry because they are missing the best of the best. A Fanilow over 40 years 💗💗💝💝

@russellthompson9271 2 жыл бұрын

We are proud Maniloonies 🙂💗

@jeansmith3367 2 жыл бұрын

You're so right. I have just seen him again in Manchester UK - he was absolutely amazing!!! Some people laugh but they certainly don't know what they have missed x

@kellykerr5225 Жыл бұрын

Me too me too. My friends made fun of me but I didn’t care, he was and is the best

@keishiemcdaniel4011 2 ай бұрын

I have ❤️ed Barry Manilow for over 40 some years and all because my mom introduced me to his music and also the Carpenters too😊

@tinkerbella4605 Жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of seeing him perform on Friday at radio city music Hall. His music saved my life as a child. When my parents were fighting arguing, I would lock myself in my room and play my fathers albums to drain the screams out I’m 51 years old today and I cried like a baby when he came out, this was my number one. Wish was to see him perform live. I took my daughter with me that’s 31 years old and it made me feel so good when she started singing your songs and you all the words put me because I did that she grew up, listening to his music because of me. Barry, you will never know how much your music that’s affected my life and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for that that was the best concert I’ve ever been to and I had the best time of my life on Friday. Thank you Barry Manilow thank you Barry Manilow.❤❤❤❤❤❤

@gaiayoyo 9 ай бұрын

Same childhood story...but this song made me think that someday I'd find a way to write my own song of my life for the betterment of me and the world ❤

@clevelandcorleones6700 7 ай бұрын

Felt❤️ almost 50 years old and the exact same thing when I was a kid❤️

@noracharles9366 3 ай бұрын

56 and I'd lock myself in my room as a kid singing his songs to feel safe ❤

@andriroyantara 2 ай бұрын

I experienced the same thing, but every time I listen to this song, I always try to bring the best happiness to the family At most it's just the wife who often gets angry with the children, but every Saturday and Sunday, the four of us are obliged to go out together, eat deliciously together, and try not to make a fuss over the food. I will always try to be a better father, I don't want to repeat the suffering I experienced in my childhood I will write a good history for the family I built, I will make the family happy before I breathe my last breath

@Magik1369 Жыл бұрын

Barry has been making us feel good for 50 years. People that don't know him and his music are greatly impoverished.

@wandaburnsworth1588 11 ай бұрын

I became a professional lyricist because of this song. Thank you Barry❤

@knockedoutloaded279 7 ай бұрын

I am and feel the same , check my Lyrics out on amazon kdp....I am writing a lyric inspired by this song,,this was written by a Beach Boy,,,,

@scaredsinger0808 6 ай бұрын

Are you serious?!! I love this reply! Best reply ever!!!

@knockedoutloaded279 6 ай бұрын

@@scaredsinger0808 //I'm hoping my books sell on KDP, Bruce Johnson wrote this song, I've seen Barry in Concert,,

@surferphilipiansG3745 5 ай бұрын

Congratulations ❤

@risalona 2 жыл бұрын

Barry sang it in 1978 and can still make emotional 🥺 in 2022 🥰😭💙

@jillferns333 2 жыл бұрын

Love this song

@karengilbert9016 2 жыл бұрын

Keep singing your sweet music

@mandymanilow65 2 жыл бұрын

Right what a sweeheart and beautiful soul he is blessed be alwais 🥺😪❤💕💘💖💝💞💟❣💌💫

@user-qg4ew2oe5e 7 күн бұрын

BARRY !!! INSPIRATION !!! 👏👏👏👏👏 I LOVE YOUR MUSIC 🎤🎵🎼🎵🎼🎶🎼🎶🎵

@sanedcab1Mexico 2 жыл бұрын

Great performance from the time we first met Barry! I remember watching his special shows on Saturday nights when I was a girl.

@deniseruivo8165 2 жыл бұрын

You are the greatest showman of all time. 💓❤️💖

@fantasysportsanalysistfsa8938 2 жыл бұрын

Are you a cougar?

@annabeckwith 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Superb! Glorious! Gorgeous!...I'm running out of words! Thank you for writing songs I can always relate to, they obviouly come from the heart! THANK YOU!!!🤩🤩🤩😍💖💖💖🙏🙏🙏 XOXO

@KaarinaKimdaly 4 ай бұрын

It is precisely two years since this was posted, synchronistically. I remember hearing this on PA systems when it was popular, and it was unavoidable. In those days pop music was unavoidable. I was a student of classical 'cello and a freshman in college. Listening to the words I thought, then, how arrogant to write as if all music comes from this one human. . . I did not know Manilow went to school where he did. I dismissed it as an overplayed pop earworm. But today I stumbled onto this video for the first time and really listened, and looked at the song from a different perspective, from an archetypal POV. With the orchestra, live, hearing that last held vowel and his powerful voice, and I have to thank him. This is a great song, most meaningful lyrically, and it isn't just the young girls who respond with tears. Thank you Barry Manilow, musicians and crew, thank you all.

@lisaknits69 2 жыл бұрын

This my absolutely favourite song of all time thank you barry

@gailfrench3823 6 ай бұрын

Barry makes smile when I listen to his music.

@javierortegon7536 Жыл бұрын

WHAT A PERFORMANCE !

@kellykerr5225 Жыл бұрын

I would have given anything to watch this when I was 12. I just loved him so much. And he wasn’t really a teen idol so there weren’t many pictures of him or anything. He never came to my area in concert either. But this would have made me so happy. That love I felt at 12 still lingers and I’m now 58

@williamdurand2014 4 ай бұрын

Qué lindas palabras ❤

@smilingontime 4 ай бұрын

A memory came to me.. it hit me so vividly.. .. a big television with wood trimming.. and I ..a young young child kneeling in front of it... Watching this with big big eyes..

@alisonkrom5416 Жыл бұрын

I remember hearing this song and feeling all the emotions this song evokes in my heart and soul. I was a teenager back then.i couldn't help thinking how very special you are Barry then and still are.❤

@christinewilkinson2424 2 жыл бұрын

I've always loved Barry Manilow since I was a little girl and heard Mandy and Could it be Magic, i remember my lovely mom brought me his Greatest Hits album one Christmas, i was probably about 11 or 12 at the time, I just loved his voice, his looks and showmanship ❤ x

@corinnechevreux9304 2 жыл бұрын

I fell in love with Barry's songs when I was 15yrs old in 1978! I'm 58 and still a huge fan❤❤❤❤

@gretchengreco56 Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@ylekiote99999 Жыл бұрын

@@gretchengreco56 Same. Same exact age as you and still a fan.

@elonmusk603 Жыл бұрын

@ylekiote99999 Жыл бұрын

@@elonmusk603 But you´re a fake!!

@user-jx6yt2ci4m 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely love this song ,what a showman

@bettygoodman9559 Жыл бұрын

I've listened to this song since I was a young teen and loved it and loved his talent may you live forever

@darleneshe3263 10 ай бұрын

Barry has one the most sensational male vocals in the world of music…and it never gets old💜💜💜

@antoniaventurini3673 Жыл бұрын

A talented singer songwriter brilliant voice im lucky to have been a teen growing up in 70's it was a magical decade love you Barry for all the wonderful memories i will cherish! forever!

@marcelinorobles9496 7 ай бұрын

❤❤❤Yeah, he is GREAT❤❤❤

@chrisdavis9019 26 күн бұрын

Talented no doubt but Barry Manilow dis NOT write this song....

@bjsteinhoff9810 2 жыл бұрын

Love to you Barry from a forever fan💖🎵💖🎵

@sherrywoodard8562 Ай бұрын

I’ve been a fan since my first concert in 1978 (I think)! He’d had a few hits on the local radio and my sister and I bought his first album . Wish he’d come back to this store and perform - it’s been eons

@t.s.t.4085 8 ай бұрын

Today, these lyrics would be perceived as the height of narcissism. In my day, the artist was a grateful, one of many.

@WestOfEarth 5 ай бұрын

Would they though? The song is about music, not about Barry. Barry is singing as music personified, what music would sing about.

@gregbernard7861 4 ай бұрын

@@WestOfEarthcorrect

@danteponce97 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful song

@bartlemy 2 жыл бұрын

Still listening to Bazza after all these years...some of his tunes soundtracked important stages of my life

@marmendes4166 11 ай бұрын

Barry I love you....a kiss from Perú.God bless you .❤

@carrieward2931 2 жыл бұрын

Total Barry Fan!!! FOREVER!!!!

@ChasingtheJoneses 2 жыл бұрын

I get all leaky-eyed when I watch this. Barry, dear, my life's soundtrack is FILLED with your songs. This song, along with "One Voice" were instruments of racial harmony when I was in middle school. We would ALL sing your songs together in choir and then, when the bell rang, our harmonies would spill out through the hallways and others would join in! Bless you bless you bless you!!!!

@mileysong1117 7 ай бұрын

Magic he's a magician...brilliant 💛

@paulgrimaldi1751 6 ай бұрын

Phenomenal, simply phenomenal. I am in tears and it's hard to stop.

@wyckettejones826 2 жыл бұрын

Always loved your shows and i love your music to this day. Keep the music going from you to me!

@barbaratzitzi3595 2 ай бұрын

My goodness what an up song was this❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@deborahmather2509 Ай бұрын

😂I first saw him just after moving to tampa in 1980. I thought boy what a fanrastic singer/performer❤...he was at the old bayfront ctr ..then i saw him last year at amalie arena in tampa . All these years and still the greatest of all time ..love u Barry...❤❤❤

@kazbah747 Жыл бұрын

Great to see this! I was at the evening performance. We only had a few hours' notice, and the tickets were free. Was way up high ... perhaps they were filling up the seats for the BBC special. Anyway, it was great.

@angelamaiaoliveira2947 2 жыл бұрын

Barry, meu Barry você é fenomenal! Sua voz, sua presença de palco, seu sorriso tudo...tudo em você é maravilhoso!!! Sempre I love ❤️ you meu Barry! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

@mandymanilow65 2 жыл бұрын

Es necesario poner cochinas banderas q os pasa a los brazileiros os creéis mas q nadie ostia cuando jamas estuvo allí x favor q patético creéis q a barry l importa nacionalidad? Lo llevais crudo el ya lo dijo se acabaron tours oh vaya q fuerte iros a la p m ya

@angelamaiaoliveira2947 2 жыл бұрын

@@mandymanilow65 vai procurar uma trouxa de roupa pra lavar! Eu faço o que eu quero quanto a falar da minha nacionalidade, não te devo nada ok? Patética é vc que pelo visto, não tem respeito pela ações dos outros, quando elas não te dizem respeito.

@wisea1534 Жыл бұрын

¿Sabes dónde está Brasil? No creo que hayas estado nunca aquí. Nos gusta ser reconocidos como un pueblo amable, ¿entiendes?@@mandymanilow65

@bzbz5625 4 ай бұрын

His voice so amazing.

@marcelinorobles9496 7 ай бұрын

❤❤❤Love Barry Manilow❤❤❤

@user-mt6sv6hx1z 6 ай бұрын

I adore this man

@marie-theresehayes6875 5 ай бұрын

This is when it started for me. I was 13 Now 58 and still a fan

@StefanFLL Жыл бұрын

me !6l heaering Barry fior the very time in germany ... speechless ... love foreveer !!!

@sophiatealdo9680 Жыл бұрын

Divine Love are your Songs - and so it is - Blessings.

@anaaliagacarvajal9296 3 ай бұрын

Tus letras tus melodías...tu esencia... simplemente maravilloso. Gracias gracias gracias.

@betsybasile-n6d 13 күн бұрын

Barry...................Amazing I just happened to find a video with Frank Sinatra on the Tonight Show. He sang one song and it was THIS SONG except he said He sang the Song, but the words were all the same !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Now that is the second song of yours that he has done on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He always said the young Barry Manilow was a marvelous writer and Entertainer. I cried through the whole song. So glad I found that one. Love you Barry.................I knew you were going to be THE MAN OF THE HOUR !!.................Betsy Basile

@williamcap2236 2 жыл бұрын

Can't help but smile listening ! takes me back a few years 78 i was 10 ! my parents got a brand new travel trailer around 81 anytime we went maybe 2 or 3 times a summer my mom had every Barry album on tape got a good education in music !

@davidnix6001 3 ай бұрын

I jammed on this song on a record of my little bitty plastic record player😢

@walterrepass3957 2 жыл бұрын

I saw him in concert in 1982. I've been a Fanilow since the beginning.

@terricameron 11 ай бұрын

My favorite Barry Manilow song

@joniskibo5910 Жыл бұрын

Happy BirthDay Barry Manilow ❤❤❤❤

@jacquetrosper6763 2 жыл бұрын

This was close to the time I was in Minnesota. He did a show there. So good I was able to see that!!!

@bradneary3260 2 ай бұрын

I sang this song as a high school senior on a local fundraiser telethon in Omaha back in 1977. Pretty sure I have not felt that cool since then!!

@Tanya53123 6 ай бұрын

Superb song x ❤

@lcp19581111 7 ай бұрын

Fabulous!

@user-zr7mp5fq9n 7 ай бұрын

I have a good friend who sings this song and it's an amazing song and not many people can pull it off

@bimos2418 Жыл бұрын

thank you for the songs !

@chrissyt2520 2 жыл бұрын

At the end of. a concert , a voice like this 👍🙌👏 amazing!

@helenasilva7820 2 жыл бұрын

Essa voz tem o poder de me acalmar, voz inconfundível. Amo ❤

@maureenchristine1 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing and wonderful in every way! Makes my spirit dance!

@scorpleeon 2 жыл бұрын

So handsome and a voice you instantly recognize and want to sing along with.

@lucbedard7564 Жыл бұрын

OMG i was 16 that year, i didn't hear this for ages, lot of 1960s-70s most beautiful melodies that i grow up with till the 80s Rock & Roll and Soft Rock, I would die to come back in those time to enjoy once again. History of musics been here for a very long time and we should appriciate the artists who share their talents. Thank you for sharing🥰🥰

@bluestarlighting29 2 жыл бұрын

One greatest classic hit song in my Jr high school days back then. In my music class use sing up town back then. Lots great memories lane Thank You 🙏

@fernandaandrade6000 2 жыл бұрын

Barry sou sua fã, você tem uma voz e um sorriso lindo 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️🌹💋❤️🌹

@laurabartoletti6412 2 жыл бұрын

Totally epic Manilow song, one of my faves, although All Barry Manilow songs are favorites!! LOVE his voice, LOVE his creativity, LOVE his smile!! 💙🥰 🎹🎶

@mariajesusvilelafernandez2938 2 жыл бұрын

Eres bello Tú voz es preciosa Está canción me trae muy buenos recuerdos Me encanta cuándo sonríes Eres un grande de la música Té he seguido Te sigo Te seguiré Siempre con tú música Gracias por está maravillosa canción 🇪🇸 MÍA

@DR-hq2yt 5 ай бұрын

Love his music american singer

@sabinebrignell7210 Ай бұрын

Awesome song!

@GSXSF-250 2 жыл бұрын

This throws me back to high school.

@charlescollins7294 6 ай бұрын

Sad to not make the show in Vegas due to a race! Good to see him still performing

@wandson5410 8 ай бұрын

Oh great era

@shirleypete1956 2 жыл бұрын

Sing on Barry you make me feel very happy.

@bettygoodman9559 Жыл бұрын

You're the best

@bestislove 2 жыл бұрын

I am very old now too, but I will always love you Barry. 😁

@sophiatealdo9680 Жыл бұрын

Love.

@wmc634 2 жыл бұрын

Amo essa música, maravilhoso.... Barry forever ❤ 🎹 🥰

@oldsoftrock4548 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful voice. Great music. I am ready to listen indefinitely.

@jaybrielakoi7747 2 жыл бұрын

Barry you’re the man.

@bettygoodman9559 Жыл бұрын

I love this song and

@douglasroyce5631 9 ай бұрын

To Mr. Barry Manilow , Sir , you really are the very best .

@joanstarke6798 2 жыл бұрын

BEST VIDEO EVER…LOVE BARRY❤️. HE MAKES MY HEART SING‼️

@nsav8 Жыл бұрын

I knew he'd hit that high note at the end. What a voice!

@javierortegon2339 Жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY !

@fitfogey 6 ай бұрын

Just crazy good.

@javierortegon7536 Жыл бұрын

HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU FORGET - I WRITE THE SONGS !

@wkaibigan Ай бұрын

Barry came out here he is why he is a superstar. Keep writing those songs.

@monicamercedesramirezrios4270 Жыл бұрын

I love you, Barry, I love your beautiful songs!

@almarosaanayavargas5924 Ай бұрын

Siempre te e seguido siempre t admiro y soy muy fiel fan tuyo. ❤❤❤. 😍😍😍Aqui en México tenemos un cantante idéntico a ti Cesar Costa se llena.

@D-MARIE77 2 жыл бұрын

WOW !!

@user-pc5ph4ry7x Жыл бұрын

My favorite singer🥰🙂

@javierortegon2339 9 ай бұрын

THE LEGENDARY BARRY MANNILOW AT HIS VERY VERY BEST ! I WRITE THE SONGS ! 1978 .

@fitfogey 6 ай бұрын

You just don’t get talent like this any more. The apex of vulnerability. The risks he takes with the change of key and everything even just being him and his piano at times. His back up singers were amazing and so was the band. The audience didn’t know they were going to witness musical perfection that night but they did.

@rebeccayood5152 3 ай бұрын

You're amazingly talented Barry, and I've enjoyed your music since I was very young. Ty so much for the wonderful music and all the great memories it brings. I will ALWAYS love you. I wish I could've met you and seen you in person when you came to Lynn, Massachusetts. That's where I live. God Bless you Barry, now and always!!