She Loves You (single) 1963

1. She Loves You
- The 4th official Beatles single, released between the albums Please Please Me (1963) and With the Beatles (1964). It's B-side is I'll Get You.
- This is pretty much the Beatles' biggest selling single. It was their biggest selling single in the UK ever, and was one of five singles released in the U.S. that got into the Top 5 at the same time.
- A German version was released as Sie Liebt Dich in both Germany and the U.S. The German branch of the record label apparently believed that the band would never be popular in Germany unless they sang in German... the band was against the idea but complied for this song and one other, I Want to Hold Your Hand.
- As you might guess, the band was beginning to get bored of retreading the same lyrical ground - so they decided to move their 'I Love You' motif into the third person to mix it up a bit. This was McCartney's idea.
- McCartney's original plan was for the song to be a duet between himself and Lennon, with McCartney trying to convince Lennon that a girl loved him. He was inspired by the song Forget Him by Bobby Rydell, though the idea was quickly abandoned in favour of something more straightforwardly catchy.
- Lennon and McCartney co-wrote this song fairly evenly whilst the band was on tour Gerry and the Pacemakers and Roy Orbison. They recorded it only two days after it was written.
- Interestingly (at the time), the song launchs right into the chorus at the beginning.
- George Martin didn't want the song to end on the jazzy 6th chord that features in the recording but the band overruled him. It was Martin's idea to the vocal harmony that the song also finishes on - he felt it was a bit of a classical cliche but also a unique touch for a pop song of the era.
- The band famously performed this song on The Ed Sullivan Show, and it is considered by many to be the high point of 'Beatlemania'.
- The music press gave the band a bit of flack for this song, feeling that it was more of the same as their previous singles. Several people (including Paul McCartney's own dad) also complained about the inclusion of the colloquial words 'yeah yeah yeah' instead of 'yes yes yes', feeling that it was encouraging improper use of English.
- Runs for just under 2 and a half minutes.
- Reissued as a CD single in the UK in 1992.

2. I'll Get You
- The B-side to She Loves You.
- Predominantly written by Lennon, and intended as the next single after From Me To You. She Loves You ended up being the stronger song though and supplanted it.
- McCartney lifted one of the chord transitions from a Joan Baez song called All My Trials
- Unusually (for a Beatles song) McCartney and Lennon sing together for the majority of it, rather than taking turns or harmonising.
- The guitar is relegated mainly to rhythm duties so Lennon's trademark harmonica can take centrestage, and there is virtually no lead guitar work to speak of as a result.
- Runs for just over 2 minutes. for the bridge section.

US Single cover

1992 CD single reissue