I Saw Her Standing There

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"I Saw Her Standing There" is a song by the British rock band The Beatles which is credited to Paul McCartney and John Lennon, but was written mainly by McCartney. This is the opening song in the band's 1963 Please Please Me debut album.

In December 1963, Capitol Records released a song in the United States as B-side on the first single label by The Beatles, "I Want to Hold Your Hand". While A-side topped the US Billboard chart for seven weeks from February 1, 1964, "I Saw Her Standing There" entered the Hot 100 Billboard on February 8, 1964, remaining over 11 weeks, peaked at No. 14. The song is placed on the Cashbox chart for just one week at No. 100 in the same week as his debut Billboard . In 2004, "I Saw Her Standing There" ranked No. 139 on the Rolling Stone ' list of the 500 Greatest Songs of the Year.

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Composition

The song was mainly written by Paul McCartney. Originally titled "Seventeen", the song appears to be contained by McCartney while riding home from the Beatles concert in Southport, Lancashire as a modern take on traditional "As I Roved Out", the "Seventeen Come Sunday" version that he had heard in Liverpool in 1960. According to Beatles biographer Mark Lewisohn, McCartney worked on chords and changes for songs on acoustic guitar, at the homes of friends of Liverpool friends and fellow musician Rory Storm, on the same night, October 22, 1962 Two days later, McCartney wrote lines for the song during his visit to London with his girlfriend, Celia Mortimer, who was seventeen at the time. The song finished about a month later at Forthlin Road McCartney's house with Lennon. It was on their setlist in December 1962 at the Star Club in Hamburg.

McCartney later explained in Beat Instrumental how he went about the composition of the song: "Here's one little bit of my pinching example of someone: I used a bass riff from 'Talkin' About You 'by Chuck Berry in' I Saw Her Standing There 'I played the same exact note as he did and it fits in with our number perfectly.Even now, when I tell people, I find some of them trust me, therefore, I maintain that the riff bass not necessarily original ".

The lyrics are written in the Liverpool Institute exercise book. Remember , a book by McCartney's brother Mike McCartney, including photos of Lennon and McCartney writing songs while strumming the guitar and reading exercise books. It was typical how Lennon and McCartney worked in partnership, when McCartney later commented: "I have 'He's only seventeen,' and then 'never a beauty queen.' When I pointed at John, he shouted with laughter, and said, 'You're joking about that sentence, are not you?' "" We came, 'you know what I mean.' That's good, because you do not know what I mean. "" This is one of the first times he went 'What? Must change that...' "Lennon said:" That Paul did his usual good job of generating what George used Martin to be called 'potboiler' I help with some lyrics. "The songwriting credits in Please Please Me liner notes are" McCartney-Lennon "different from the more familiar" Lennon-McCartney "that appears on next release.

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Recording

The first direct record (a slow version of the song) was made at the Cavern Club at the end of 1962. Lennon did not play a rhythm guitar; he played the harmonica in the introduction and during the verses. Lennon and McCartney laughed as they sang, "We danced the night away, and I held it tight, and I held her hand in my hand" for the second time.

The song was recorded at EMI Studios on February 11, 1963 and was engineered by Norman Smith, as part of a marathon recording session that produced 10 of 14 songs on Please Please Me . The Beatles did not attend for mixing sessions on February 25, 1963. It was not a common practice for bands to attend at the session at that time.

In the album, the song starts with "One, two, three, four !" count-in by McCartney. Usually the count-in is edited from the last audio mix; However, record producer George Martin wanted to create the effect that the album was a live performance: "I've got to the Cave and I see what they can do, I know their repertoire, and I say 'Let's record every song you've got, get down to the studio and we'll just whistle through them in one day '". Martin takes the count-in from take 9, which is considered 'very passionate' and incorporates it into the taking of the 1st. Music journalist Richard Williams suggests that this dramatic introduction to their debut album equally vibrates like Elvis Presley "Well, that's one for the money, two for performances... "in her opening song," Blue Suede Shoes ", for her debut album seven years earlier. It also makes a point that the Beatles are a live band, at that time, they unlock their sets with this song. In the first release of the American song, published on Vee Jay Records, the tally was edited - but "Four!" still heard.

The full version of these 9 songs appears on the single CD "Free as a Bird" as B side, released for the first time.

Take 2 songs released on The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 which is an album released exclusively to iTunes in 2013.

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Critical acclaim

Carr and Tyler, in The Beatles: An Illustrated Record, claimed it was only the third all-British classic rock up to that point, two earlier being "Move It" Cliff Richard and Johnny Kidd "Shakin 'Entire".

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Performance chart

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Release

• British LP: Please Please Me
• English EP: The Beatles (No. 1)
• American LP: Introducing... The Beatles
• American Single: "I Want to Hold Your Hands"
• US LP: Meet The Beatles!

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Personnel

• Paul McCartney - main vocal, bass, handclaps
• John Lennon - rhythm guitar, vocal harmony, handclaps
• George Harrison - lead guitar, handclaps
• Ringo Starr - drums, handclaps

Personnel per Ian MacDonald

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Later show by Beatles

John Lennon

The 1974 live version was recorded by Elton John Band with John Lennon and released as B-side for the single "Philadelphia Freedom". The song is available in the Lennon box set, and on Elton John's Square To Be Further... and an extended CD edition of his 1976 live album Here and Di Sana and Elton John Rare Masters . Introduction to Lennon:

I want to thank Elton and the boys for coming tonight. We're trying to figure out a number to get it done with once I get out of here and feel sick, and we think we'll do some old and strange fiancée, called Paul. This is the one I never sang, that's the old Beatle number, and we just found out.

This is the last major live performance by John Lennon. After Lennon's death, the song was released as a single and reached # 40 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1981, making it the first time any version of a song has entered the UK charts.

Paul McCartney

McCartney included "I Saw Her Standing There" on her live album Tripping the Live Fantastic (1990), Back in the US (2002) and Back to the World (2003). In 1987, he recorded a new version for his album CHOBA B CCCP , but left it censored. The song has been the mainstay of the live set of McCartney, and a special version was played when McCartney and his band returned to Liverpool in June 2008. It featured special guest drummer Dave Grohl, vocalist Foo Fighters and former drummer Nirvana..

McCartney featured "I Saw Her Standing There" in 1986's Trust Rock Gala, as part of a 10-year charity celebration of HRH Prince Charles. He is supported by an all-star band featuring Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, and Ray King. Interviewed at the time, McCartney said: "It's a nice pleasure playing with musicians of this caliber... because it's a birthday thing, they want to do something silly in the end, and that's me". Paul McCartney also did a duet of this song with Billy Joel during his inaugural concert at Citi Field in Flushing, New York.

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Tiffany Version

"I Saw Him Standing There " was recorded and released by Tiffany. It appears on his own debut album, changing the lyrics to "him" instead of "him". The song was re-recorded and remixed for a single release.

The music video is a live performance of the song in front of thousands of screaming fans. Like the previous video, he got a lot of games from video stations like MTV. In Japan, one of Tiffany's most beloved songs, "Can not Stop a Heartbeat" is the b-side. She and the song were featured in TV commercials for Meiji's "Chocolate Chocolate".

"Can not Stop a Heartbeat" was released in Japan before the rest of the world was b-side on the Japanese release "I Saw Him Standing There" as it was made for TV commercials for Meiji chocolate "Lucky". The cover version of 1988, Hong Kong singer Prudence Liew covered the song in Cantonese.

Track list and format

Single and 7 "single

cassettes

1. "I saw him standing there"
2. "Gotta Be Love"
3. "Mr. Mambo"

UK 7 "single

1. "I saw him standing there"
2. "Mr. Mambo"

Japanese 3 "CD Single

1. "I saw him standing there"
2. "Can not Stop Heartbeat"

Japanese CD EP

1. "I Think We Are Now (long version)"
2. "I saw him standing there (a dance mix)"
3. "Can not Stop Heartbeat (long version)"
4. "Mr. Mambo"
5. "Can not Stop Heartbeat (singalong version)"

Performance chart

Tiffany Version

Sales and certifications

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References

References

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External links

• Alan W. Pollack's Notes on "I Saw Her Standing There"
• Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics

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