From Me to You
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| “From Me to You” | |||||
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| Single by The Beatles | |||||
| B-side | "I'll Get You" | ||||
| Released | 23 August 1963 (UK) 16 September 1963 (US) |
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| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios 1 July 1963 |
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| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 2:17 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone R5055 (UK) Swan 4152 (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | ||||
| Producer | George Martin | ||||
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| “ | 'From Me To You.' It could be done as an old Ragtime tune... especially the middle-eight. And so, we're not writing the tunes in any particular idiom. In five years time, we may arrange the tunes differently. (jokingly) But we'll probably write the same old rubbish!! | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1964 |
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| “ | We were writing it in a car, I think... and I think the first line was mine. I mean, I know it was mine. (humms melody) And then after that we just took it from there. We were just writing the next single. It was far bluesier than that when we wrote it. The notes, today.. you could rearrange it pretty funky | „ |
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—John Lennon, 1980 |
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| “ | The thing I liked about 'From Me To You' was it had a very complete middle. It went to a surprising place. The opening chord of the middle section of that song heralded a new batch for me. That was a pivotal song. Our songwriting lifted a little with that song. It was very much co-written. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1994 |
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Watch the Beatles performing From Me to You live at the Prince of Whales Theatre:
