| "Marley Purt Drive" | |
|---|---|
 Label from South African single | |
| Single by Bee Gees | |
| from the album Odessa | |
| B-side | "Melody Fair" |
| Released | July 1969 (South Africa) |
| Recorded | 15 August, November 1968 |
| Genre | Country rock, roots rock |
| Label | Polydor Atco (Atco Records) |
| Songwriter(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb |
| Producer(s) | Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees |
"Marley Purt Drive" is a song recorded by the Bee Gees, It was written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb and released in March 1969 on the album Odessa.[1] It was released in stereo in the United States in January and its mono version was released in the United Kingdom in March. The remastered version of this song was released on 27 February 2009 on Reprise Records.[2]
Originally titled "Marley Purt Drive (Area Code 213)", the song is about a married man in poverty with fifteen children who takes a drive out to Pasadena one Sunday to get some relief from the situation only to return and find he now has twenty more children to look after, thus creating "An orphanage [with] 35 kids.[3]
- ^ Discogs.com (1969). "Bee Gees - Odessa". Discogs.
- ^ "Bee Gees – Odessa". Discogs. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ Adriaensen, Marion. "History Part 4". Retrieved 12 April 2013.