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A great collection of some Beatles singles and the B-sides!
The Songs
Love Me Do
From Me To You
Thank You Girl
She Loves You
I'll Get You
I Want To Hold Your Hand
This Boy
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
Sie Liebt Dich
Long Tall Sally
I Call Your Name
Slow Down
Matchbox
I Feel Fine
She's A Woman
Bad Boy
Yes It Is
I'm Down
Love Me Do (Lennon/McCartney)--Entered the Top 30 at number twenty-seven on my birthday!
Love, love me do.
Love, love me do.
Someone to love,
Love, love me do.
Love, love me do. From Me To You (Lennon/McCartney)--The harmonica at the beginning of the British single is different from the other versions. (I know! I've heard the other ones on the radio!)
If there's anything that you want,
I've got everything that you want,
I got arms that long to hold you
If there's anything that you want,
From me, to you.
I got arms that long to hold you
If there's anything that you want, Thank You Girl (Lennon/McCartney)--The B-Side of "From Me to You." It was supposed to be a single, but didn't work so it became a B-side.
Oh, oh,
I could tell the world
Thank you girl for loving me
Oh, oh, She Loves You (Lennon/McCartney)--Paul McCartney's dad asked Paul why wasn't the chorus, "Yes, yes, yes!" instead of "Yeah, yeah, yeah" when Paul first played the song for him.
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah,
You think you lost your love,
She said you hurt her so,
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah,
And now it's up to you,
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll Get You (Lennon/McCartney)--Released as a single twice. One time before the Beatles hit it big in America and after they became famous. Both times it did not chart in the US. It was the B-side to "She Loves You" in the UK.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
It's not like me to pretend,
I think about you night and day.
So I'm telling you, my friend,
Well, there's gonna be a time
Imagine I'm in love with you.
It's not like me to pretend, I Want to Hold Your Hand (Lennon/McCartney)--Allen Ginsberg was so hypnotized by this song that when he heard at a party he got up and danced--Ginsberg never danced in public.
h yeah, I'll tell you something
Oh please, say to me
And when I touch you I feel happy inside.
Yeah, you've got that something,
And when I touch you I feel happy inside.
Yeah, you've got that something, This Boy (Lennon/McCartney)--William Mann, the London Times, said that this song had "chains of pandiatonic clusters", whatever that means.
That boy took my love away.
That boy isn't good for you.
Oh, and this boy would be happy
This boy wouldn't mind the pain, Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (Lennon/McCartney)--The German version of "I Want to Hold Your Hand." It was not by choice, and it was the last time the Beatles ever recorded a song that was not in their mother tongue.
Oh, komm doch,
Oh, du bist so sch�n,
In deinen Armen bin ich gl�cklich und froh;
Oh, komm doch,
In deinen Armen bin ich gl�cklich und froh;
Oh, du bist so sch�n, Sie Liebt Dich (Lennon/McCartney)--This is "She Loves You" in German. The Beach Boys recorded a song in German, too, just to keep up with the Beatles--"Ganz Allein", which is "In My Room."
Sie liebt dich, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Du glaubst sie liebt nur mich?
Oh, ja sie liebt dich,
Du hast ihr weh getan,
Oh, ja sie liebt dich,
Sie liebt dich, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Du musst jetzt zu ihr gehen,
Sie liebt dich, yeah, yeah, yeah, Long Tall Sally (Johnson/Penniman/Blackwell)--Paul and Mike McCartney performed two songs together at a holiday camp they were attending with their parents. This was one of them--the other was "Bye Bye Love."
Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John,
Well, long tall Sally's built pretty sweet,
Well, I saw Uncle John with long tall Sally.
We're gonna have some fun tonight,
We're gonna have some fun tonight, I Call Your Name (Lennon/McCartney)--Released on the Long Tall Sally LP in the US. It is also a favorite of John's.
I call your name, but you're not there.
Oh I can't sleep at night
Don't you know I can't take it?
Oh I can't sleep at night, Well, come on pretty baby, won't you walk with me?
Slow down, baby, now you're movin' way too fast.
Well, I used to walk you home, baby, after school,
You better slow down,
Well you know that I love you, tell the world I do.
Slow down, baby, now you're movin' way too fast. Matchbox (Perkins)--Pete Best originally sang this song, but in August 1962 John Lennon took over the vocal...and Ringo somehow got it after that.
I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
I'm an ol' poor boy,
Well, If you don't want my peaches honey,
Well, let me be your little dog,
I said I'm sittin' here watchin' I Feel Fine (Lennon/McCartney)--The first record on which feedback is used. It was discovered by accident.
Baby's good to me, you know,
Baby says she's mine, you know,
I'm so glad that she's my little girl.
That her baby buys her things, you know,
Baby says she's mine, you know,
I'm so glad that she's my little girl.
That her baby buys her things, you know. She's a Woman (Lennon/McCartney)--If you listen closely you can hear this on part of Help!
My love don't give me presents.
She don't give the boys the eye,
She's a woman who understands.
My love don't give me presents.
She's a woman, she's a woman.
Bad Boy (Williams)--Larry Williams didn't get very many Top 40 hits 'cos this one sure didn't make it.
A bad little kid moved into my neighborhood.
Buys every rock and roll book on the magazine stand.
Gonna tell your mama, Yes It Is (Lennon/McCartney)--John called this a "rewrite of 'This Boy'" that didn't work. I like it.
If you wear red tonight,
Scarlet were the clothes she wore,
I could be happy with you by my side
Please don't wear red tonight.
I could be happy with you by my side
Please don't wear red tonight. I'm Down (Lennon/McCartney)--The first song Aerosmith ever recorded was "I'm Down."
You're telling lies, thinking I can't see.
Man buys ring, woman throws it away.
We're all alone and there's nobody else,
Don't you know that I'm down (I'm really down),
You know I love you.
I'll always be true,
So please, love me do.
Whoa, love me do.
You know I love you.
I'll always be true,
So please, love me do.
Whoa, love me do.
Somebody new.
Someone to love,
Someone like you.
You know I love you.
I'll always be true,
So please, love me do.
Whoa, love me do.
You know I love you.
I'll always be true,
So please, love me do.
Whoa, love me do.
Yeah, love me do.
Whoa, oh, love me do.
If there's anything I can do,
Just call on me, and I'll send it along
With love from me to you.
Like a heart that's oh so true.
Just call on me, and I'll send it along
With love from me to you.
And keep you by my side.
I got lips that long to kiss you
And keep you satisfied, ooh.
If there's anything I can do,
Just call on me, and I'll send it along
With love from me to you.
Just call on me, and I'll send it along
With love from me to you.
And keep you by my side.
I got lips that long to kiss you
And keep you satisfied, ooh.
If there's anything I can do,
Just call on me, and I'll send it along
With love from me to you,
To you, to you, to you.
You've been good to me,
You made me glad
When I was blue.
And eternally I'll always be
In love with you.
And all I gotta do
Is thank you girl, thank you girl.
A thing or two about our love.
I know, little girl,
Only a fool would doubt our love.
And all I gotta do
Is thank you girl, thank you girl.
The way that you do (way that you do).
That's the kind of love
That is too good to be true.
And all I gotta do
Is thank you girl, thank you girl.
You've been good to me,
You made me glad
When I was blue.
And eternally I'll always be
In love with you.
And all I gotta do
Is thank you girl, thank you girl.
Oh, oh, oh.
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah,
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, I saw her yesterday.
It's you she's thinking of
And she told me what to say.
She says she loves you,
And you know that can't be bad.
Yes, she loves you,
And you know you should be glad. Ooh!
She almost lost her mind.
And now she says she knows
You're not the hurting kind.
She says she loves you,
And you know that can't be bad.
Yes, she loves you,
And you know you should be glad. Ooh!
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah,
And with a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
I think it's only fair.
Pride can hurt you, too.
Apologize to her,
Because she loves you,
And you know that can't be bad.
Yes, she loves you,
And you know you should be glad. Ooh!
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
And with a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
And with a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
And with a love like that,
You know you should be glad,
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Imagine I'm in love with you.
It's easy 'cause I know,
I've imagined I'm in love with you
Many, many, many times before.
But I'll get you, I'll get you in the end.
Yes I will, I'll get you in the end,
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
I need you 'cause it's true.
When I think about you, I can say,
I'm never, never, never, never blue.
That I'll get you, I'll get you in the end.
Yes I will, I'll get you in the end,
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
That I'm gonna change your mind,
So you might as well resign yourself to me, oh yeah.
It's easy 'cause I know,
I've imagined I'm in love with you
Many, many, many times before.
But I'll get you, I'll get you in the end.
Yes I will, I'll get you in the end,
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
I think you'll understand.
When I say that something,
I want to hold your hand.
I want to hold your hand,
I want to hold your hand.
You'll let me be your man
And please, say to me
You'll let me hold your hand.
Now let me hold your hand,
I want to hold your hand.
It's such a feeling that, my love,
I can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hide.
I think you'll understand.
When I say that something,
I want to hold your hand.
I want to hold your hand,
I want to hold your hand.
It's such a feeling that, my love,
I can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hide.
I think you'll understand.
When I say that something,
I want to hold your hand.
I want to hold your hand,
I want to hold your hand.
He'll regret it someday,
But this boy wants you back again.
Though he may want you, too,
This boy wants you back again.
Just to love you, but oh my-y-y-y,
That boy won't be happy
Till he's seen you cry-y-y-y.
Would always feel the same,
If this boy gets you back again.
This boy. This boy.
Komm zu mir,
Du nimmst mir den Verstand.
Oh, komm doch,
Komm zu mir,
Komm gib mir deine Hand.
Komm gib mir deine Hand,
Komm gib mir deine Hand.
Sch�n wie ein Diamant,
Ich will mit dir gehen,
Komm gib mir deine Hand.
Komm gib mir deine Hand,
Komm gib mir deine Hand.
Das war noch nie bei einer andern
Einmal so, Einmal so, Einmal so.
Komm zu mir,
Du nimmst mir den Verstand.
Oh, komm doch,
Komm zu mir,
Komm gib mir deine Hand.
Komm gib mir deine Hand,
Komm gib mir deine Hand.
Das war noch nie bei einer andern
Einmal so, Einmal so, Einmal so.
Sch�n wie ein Diamant,
Ich will mit dir gehen,
Komm gib mir deine Hand.
Komm gib mir deine Hand,
Komm gib mir deine Hand.
Sie liebt dich, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Sie liebt dich, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Gestern hab' ich sie gesehen.
Sie denkt ja nur an dich,
Und du solltest zu ihr gehen.
Sch�ner kann es gar nicht sein.
Ja, sie liebt dich,
Und da solltest du dich freu'n.
Sie wusste nicht warum.
Du warst nicht schuld daran,
Und drehtest dich nicht um.
Sch�ner kann es gar nicht sein.
Ja, sie liebt dich,
Und da solltest du dich freu'n.
Sie liebt dich, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Denn mit dir allein kann sie nur gl�cklich sein.
Entschuldigst dich bei ihr.
Ja, das wid sie verstehen,
Und dann verzeiht sie dir.
Oh, ja sie liebt dich,
Sch�ner kann es gar nicht sein.
Ja, sie liebt dich,
Und da solltest du dich freu'n.
Sie liebt dich, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Denn mit dir allein kann sie nur gl�cklich sein,
Denn mit dir allein kann sie nur gl�cklich sein,
Denn mit dir allein kann sie nur gl�cklich sein.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
He says he has the blues but he has a lotta fun.
Oh baby,
Yeah, baby,
Woo-o-o-oh baby,
Havin' me some fun tonight.
She got everything that Uncle John needs.
Oh baby,
Yeah, baby,
Woo-o-o-oh baby,
Havin' me some fun tonight.
He saw Aunt Mary comin' and he ducked back in the alley.
Oh baby,
Yeah, baby,
Woo-o-o-oh baby,
Havin' me some fun tonight.
Gonna have some fun tonight, wooh!
Everything's alright,
Gonna have some fun tonight.
We're gonna have some fun,
Some fun tonight.
Gonna have some fun tonight, wooh!
Everything's alright,
Gonna have some fun tonight.
We're gonna have some fun,
Some fun tonight.
Was I to blame for being unfair?
Since you've been gone.
I never weep at night; I can't go on.
I don't know who can.
I'm not gonna make it,
I'm not that kind of man.
But just the same,
I never weep at night,
I call your name, I call your name.
Slow Down (Williams)--Not a Top 40 hit for its original artist and composer.
Come on, pretty baby, won't you talk with me?
Come on pretty baby, give me one more chance,
Try to save our romance.
You gotta gimme little lovin', gimme little lovin',
Ow! If you want our love to last.
Carry your books home, too.
But now you got a boyfriend down the street,
Baby what you're tryin' to do?
Baby, now you're movin' way too fast.
You gotta gimme little lovin', gimme little lovin',
Bbbbb! If you want our love to last.
Come on, pretty baby, why can't you be true?
I need your lovin', baby, oh so bad,
The best little woman I ever had.
You gotta gimme little lovin', gimme little lovin',
Ow! If you want our love to last.
Matchbox hole in my clothes.
I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
Matchbox hole in my clothes.
I ain't got no matches.
But I sure got a long way to go.
and I'm a long way from home.
I'm an ol' poor boy,
And I'm a long way from home.
I'll never be happy,
'Cause everything I ever did was wrong.
Please don't shake my tree.
Well, If you don't want my peaches honey,
Please don't mess around my tree.
I got news for you baby, leave me here in misery.
'Till your big dog comes.
Well, let me be your little dog,
'Till your big dog comes.
And when your big dog gets here,
Watch how your puppy dog runs.
Matchbox hole in my clothes.
I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
Matchbox hole in my clothes.
I ain't got no matches.
But I sure got a long way to go.
She's happy as can be, you know,
She said so.
I'm in love with her and I feel fine.
She tells me all the time, you know,
She said so.
I'm in love with her and I feel fine.
She's so glad, she's telling all the world
He buys her diamond rings, you know,
She said so.
She's in love with me and I feel fine, mmm.
She tells me all the time, you know,
She said so.
I'm in love with her and I feel fine.
She's so glad, she's telling all the world
He buys her diamond rings, you know,
She said so.
She's in love with me and I feel fine,
She's in love with me and I feel fine.
Mmm, mmm.
I know that she's no peasant.
Only ever has to give me love forever and forever,
My love don't give me presents.
Turns me on when I get lonely,
People tell me that she's only
Foolin', I know she isn't.
She hates to see me cry.
She is happy just to hear me
Say that I will never leave her.
She don't give the boys the eye.
She will never make me jealous,
Gives me all her time as well as lovin',
Don't ask me why.
She's a woman who loves her man.
I know that she's no peasant.
Only ever has to give me love forever and forever,
My love don't give me presents.
Turns me on when I get lonely,
People tell me that she's only
Foolin', I know she isn't.
He won't do nothing right,
Just sitting down and looks so good.
He don't want to go to school
And learn to read and write.
Just sits around the house
And plays the rock and roll music all night.
Well, he put some tacks on teacher's chair,
Puts some gum in a little girl's hair.
Now, junior, behave yourself!
Every dime that he get is off to the jukebox man.
Well, he worries his teacher
'Till at night she's ready to poop
From rocking and a-rolling,
Spinning in a hula hoop.
Well this rock and roll has got to stop,
Junior's head is hard as rocks.
Now, junior, behave yourself!
You better do what she said.
Get to the barber shop
And get that hair cut off your head.
Threw the canary and you fed it to the neighbors cat.
You gave the cocker spaniel a bath in mother's laundromat.
Well, mama's head has got to stop,
Junior's head is hard as rocks,
Now, junior, behave yourself!
Remember what I said tonight.
For red is the color that my baby wore,
And what's more, it's true,
Yes it is.
Everybody knows, I'm sure.
I would remember all the things we planned,
Understand, it's true,
Yes it is, it's true.
Yes it is.
If I could forget her, but it's my pride,
Yes it is, yes it is,
Oh, yes it is, yeah.
This is what I said tonight.
For red is the color that will make me blue,
In spite of you, it's true,
Yes it is, it's true,
Yes it is.
If I could forget her, but it's my pride,
Yes it is, yes it is,
Oh, yes it is, yeah.
This is what I said tonight.
For red is the color that will make me blue,
In spite of you, it's true,
Yes it is, it's true,
Yes it is, it's true.
You can't cry 'cause you're laughing at me.
I'm down (I'm really down),
I'm down (Down on the ground),
I'm down (I'm really down).
How can you laugh when you know I'm down?
(How can you laugh) When you know I'm down.
Same 'ol thing happens everyday.
I'm down (I'm really down),
I'm down (Down on the ground),
I'm down (I'm really down).
How can you laugh when you know I'm down?
(How can you laugh) When you know I'm down.
You still moan: "Keep your hands to yourself!"
I'm down (I'm really down),
I'm down (Down on the ground),
I'm down (I'm really down).
How can you laugh when you know I'm down?
(How can you laugh) When you know I'm down.
Don't you know that I'm down (I'm really down),
Down on the ground (I'm really down).
Don't you know that I'm down (I'm really down),
Down, down, down.