released during a period in which the bee gees just had an album "a kick in the head is worth eight in the pants" rejected by their manager robert stigwood, "mr. natural" barely scraped the lower end of the "billboard" hot 100 climbing to #93 and #11 in australia. the promotional video for this song was filmed in black and white, and was televised at 192 tv. it was regularly performed on the "mr. natural" tour in 1974. footage of the performance in melbourne, australia of the song (mr. natural) also exists. on 25 february 1974, the bee gees made their appearance at "the mike douglas show" but only as a playback, on that performance, the backing band members are alan kendall, dennis bryon and geoff westley. it was also performed at "the merv griffin show".