Love Me Do
“Someone to love, someone like you”
The Beatles' debut single – McCartney's teenage composition built around two chords and Lennon's bluesy harmonica hook. Reached UK #17 in 1962 and became their first US #1 when released stateside in 1964.
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4 Beatles songs appear on more than one official UK studio LP (or Past Masters) – for example 'Get Back' (Let It Be + Past Masters), 'Let It Be' (Let It Be + Past Masters), and 'Love Me Do' (Past Masters + Please Please Me).
Track8 · Side opener · Side 21
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedSeptember 4 & 11, 1962
ReleasedOctober 5, 1962 (Single)March 22, 1963 (Please Please Me)
Song familyEarly songVerse/chorus written 1958-59; middle eight added later
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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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