Boys
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"Boys" | ||||
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Song by The Beatles | ||||
Album | Please Please Me | |||
Released | March 22, 1963 (mono) April 26, 1963 (stereo) |
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Recorded | February 11, 1963 | |||
Genre | Rock and roll | |||
Length | 2:24 | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
Writer | Luther Dixon/Wes Farrell | |||
Producer | George Martin | |||
Please Please Me track listing | ||||
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“ | February 11, 1963: Ringo took lead vocal for the first time in the recording studio on the Shirelles' 'Boys', recorded in just one take, although because the song required a faded ending this was done at the remix stage, on 25 February. | „ |
—The Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn, 1988 |
“ | Any one of us could hold the audience. Ringo would do 'Boys', which was a fan favourite with the crowd. And it was great — though if you think about it, here's us doing a song and it was really a girls' song. 'I talk about boys now!' Or it was a gay song. But we never even listened. It's just a great song. I think that's one of the things about youth — you just don't give a shit. I love the innocence of those days. | „ |
—Paul McCartney, 19__ |