Baby It's You
“It's not the way you smile that touched my heart”
A tender cover of the Shirelles' 1961 girl-group ballad by Bacharach/David/Dixon, with Lennon delivering an aching lead vocal over Paul and George's signature sha-la-la backings. George Martin overdubbed the celesta solo on the instrumental break.
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This song is the earliest Beatles song to mention Dialogue, which goes on to appear on 33 in all.
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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