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"I Saw Her Standing There"
US picture sleeve (opposite)
Single by the Beatles
A-side	"I Desire to Hold Your Hand"
Released	22 March 1963 (1963-03-22) (UK Please Please Me album) 26 Dec 1963 (US single)
Recorded	11 February 1963
Studio	EMI, London
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:55
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Lennon-McCartney
Producer(s)	George Martin
The Beatles US singles chronology
"She Loves You lot" (1963) "I Saw Her Standing In that location" (1963) "Twist and Shout" (1964)
Music video
"I Saw Her Standing There" (Remastered 2009) on YouTube

"I Saw Her Standing There" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles credited to Paul McCartney and John Lennon, just written primarily by McCartney. It is the opening track on the band'southward 1963 debut United kingdom album Please Please Me and their debut The states album Introducing... The Beatles.

In December 1963, Capitol Records released the song in the United States as the B-side on the label'south first unmarried by the Beatles, "I Want to Concord Your Hand". While the A-side topped the US Billboard chart for seven weeks starting 1 February 1964, "I Saw Her Standing There" entered the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 February 1964, remaining in that location for 11 weeks, peaking at No. 14. The song placed on the Cashbox chart for just one week at No. 100 on the same week of its Billboard debut. In 2004, "I Saw Her Continuing There" was ranked No. 139 on Rolling Rock 'due south list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Composition [edit]

Originally titled "Seventeen", the vocal was conceived by McCartney when driving home from a Beatles' concert in Southport, Lancashire^[1] every bit a mod take on the traditional song "As I Roved Out", a version of "Seventeen Come Sunday" that he had heard in Liverpool in 1960.^[2] According to Beatles biographer Marking Lewisohn, McCartney first worked out the chords and arrangement on an acoustic guitar at the family domicile of his Liverpool friend and fellow musician Rory Storm on the evening of 22 October 1962.^[three] Two days later, McCartney was writing lines for the song during a visit to London with his so-girlfriend Celia Mortimer, who was seventeen at the time herself.^[4] The song was completed about a month later at McCartney's Forthlin Road abode in collaboration with Lennon^[5] and performed equally part of their fix in December 1962 in the Star-Club in Hamburg.

McCartney after described in Beat Instrumental how he went nigh the song's composition: "Hither's one example of a bit I pinched from someone: I used the bass riff from 'Talkin' About You' by Chuck Drupe in 'I Saw Her Continuing There'. I played exactly the same notes every bit he did and it fitted our number perfectly. Even now, when I tell people, I find few of them believe me; therefore, I maintain that a bass riff hasn't got to be original."^[6] Drupe'southward "I'm Talking About You" was performed by The Beatles and the song appears on their albums Live! at the Star-Guild in Hamburg, Deutschland; 1962 and On Air – Alive at the BBC Volume 2.^[7]

The lyrics were written in a Liverpool Institute do book. Think: The Recollections and Photographs of the Beatles, a book by McCartney's brother Mike McCartney, includes a photograph taken in the front room of his home of Lennon and McCartney writing the song while strumming their audio-visual guitars and reading the practise book. Information technology typified how Lennon and McCartney would later work in partnership, as McCartney subsequently reflected: "I had 'She was just seventeen,' and then 'never been a beauty queen'. When I showed it to John, he screamed with laughter, and said 'You're joking about that line, aren't you?'"^[1] "Nosotros came up with, 'Yous know what I mean.' Which was good, because you don't know what I hateful."^{[8] [9]} "Information technology was one of the offset times he ever went 'What? Must change that ...'"^[x] Lennon said: "That's Paul doing his usual good task of producing what George Martin used to call a 'potboiler'. I helped with a couple of the lyrics."^{[9] [eleven]} The songwriting credit on the Delight Please Me liner notes is "McCartney–Lennon" which differs from the more familiar "Lennon–McCartney" that appears on subsequent releases.^[12]

Recording [edit]

The first live recording (a slow version of the song) was fabricated at the Cavern Club at the end of 1962. Lennon did non play rhythm guitar; he played harmonica in the introduction and during the verses. Lennon and McCartney laughed when they sang "Well nosotros danced all nighttime/And I held her tight/And I held her mitt in mine" the second fourth dimension.^[9]

The vocal was recorded at EMI Studios on eleven February 1963 and engineered by Norman Smith, as part of the marathon recording session that produced 10 of the 14 songs on Please Please Me.^[xiii] The Beatles were not present for the mixing session on 25 February 1963.^[14] It was non common practise for bands to be present at such sessions at that time.

On the anthology, the song starts with a rousing "I, two, 3, four!" count-in past McCartney. Usually count-ins are edited off the final audio mix; however, record producer George Martin wanted to create the effect that the album was a live operation: "I had been upward to the Cavern and I'd seen what they could do, I knew their repertoire, and I said 'Let'south record every song you've got, come up down to the studios and nosotros'll just whistle through them in a day'".^[15] Martin took the count-in from have 9, which was considered 'especially spirited'^[10] and spliced information technology onto have i.^[16] Music journalist Richard Williams suggested that this dramatic introduction to their debut anthology was just as stirring as Elvis Presley's "Well, it'southward one for the coin, two for the evidence ..." on his opening rails, "Blue Suede Shoes", for his debut album seven years earlier.^[17] Information technology too made the betoken that the Beatles were a alive band as, at that time, they opened their set with this vocal.^[18] On the kickoff American release of the song, issued on Vee Jay Records, the count was edited out—but the "Four!" is all the same aural.

The full take 9 version of the song appears on the "Gratis equally a Bird" CD single as a B side, released for the first time.

Take two of the song was released on The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963, which was an album released exclusively to iTunes in 2013.

Reception [edit]

In its contemporary review of the U.s. single, Greenbacks Box described it as an "engaging" song that is "difficult-hit teen stuff."^[19]

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Releases [edit]

• British LP: Delight Delight Me
• British EP: The Beatles (No. i)
• American LP: Introducing... The Beatles
• American single: "I Desire to Agree Your Hand"
• American LP: Run into the Beatles!
• Canadian LP: The Beatles' Long Tall Sally

Personnel [edit]

• Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass, hand claps
• John Lennon – rhythm guitar, harmony vocals, hand claps
• George Harrison – lead guitar, hand claps
• Ringo Starr – drums, hand claps

Personnel per Ian MacDonald^{[26] [ix]}

Later performances by Beatles [edit]

John Lennon [edit]

A live version was recorded at Madison Square Garden on 28 Nov 1974 by the Elton John Band with John Lennon, and released equally the B-side to the sometime'southward "Philadelphia Freedom" single. The song is available on the Lennon box set, and on Elton John's To Be Continued... box ready every bit well as the expanded CD edition of his 1976 alive album Here and There and Elton John's Rare Masters. Lennon's introduction:

I'd similar to thank Elton and the boys for having me on this night. We tried to think of a number to cease off with so I can get out of hither and be sick, and nosotros thought we'd do a number of an one-time, estranged fiancé of mine, called Paul. This is one I never sang, it's an old Beatle number, and we just most know information technology.

This was the last major live performance by John Lennon. Later on Lennon's death, the track was released every bit a single and reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1981, making information technology the offset time that whatsoever version of the vocal had entered the UK charts.

Paul McCartney [edit]

McCartney included "I Saw Her Standing There" on his alive albums Tripping the Live Fantastic (1990), Back in the The states (2002) and Back in the World (2003). In 1987, he recorded a new version for his anthology CHOBA B CCCP, but left it to outtakes. The vocal has get a mainstay of McCartney's alive sets, and a special version was played when McCartney and his band returned to Liverpool in June 2008. Information technology featured special guest drummer Dave Grohl, the lead singer of the Foo Fighters and ex-drummer of Nirvana. In 2007, McCartney performed a hole-and-corner gig at Amoeba Music in Hollywood - this performance appeared on the EP Amoeba'southward Undercover and earned him a Grammy Award for All-time Solo Rock Vocal Performance nomination in 2009.

McCartney performed "I Saw Her Standing There" at the 1986 Prince's Trust Stone Gala, as part of the 10th anniversary celebration of HRH Prince Charles' charity. He was supported by an all-star band featuring Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, and Ray King. Interviewed at the fourth dimension, McCartney said: "It is a good thrill playing with musicians of this calibre ... since information technology was a birthday thing, they wanted to do something silly at the end, and that'south me".^[27] Paul McCartney also performed a duet of this song with Billy Joel during the inaugural concert at Citi Field in Flushing, New York.

George Harrison and Ringo Starr [edit]

George Harrison and Ringo Starr also performed the song with Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Mick Jagger, and Bob Dylan, amid others, at the Beatles' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This makes information technology the only song past the Beatles that all 4 members performed on phase during their respective solo careers to any extent.

Tiffany version [edit]

"I Saw Him Standing At that place"
Single by Tiffany
from the album Tiffany
B-side	"Mr. Mambo" "Gotta Be Love"
Released	March 1988 (1988-03)
Recorded	1987
Genre	Hi-NRG, hard stone
Length	4:12 (album version) 3:57 (single remix) 6:33 (12" version)
Characterization	MCA
Songwriter(south)	Lennon–McCartney
Producer(south)	George Tobin
Tiffany singles chronology
"Could've Been" (1988) "I Saw Him Continuing In that location" (1988) "Feelings of Forever" (1988)
Music video
"I Saw Him Continuing There" on YouTube

"I Saw Him Standing At that place" was recorded and released by Tiffany. It appeared on her debut cocky-titled anthology, irresolute the lyrics to "him" instead of "her". The runway was re-recorded and remixed for single release.

In Japan, one of Tiffany's most well loved songs, "Can't Cease a Heartbeat" was the B-side. She and the vocal were featured in TV commercials for Meiji'south "Marble Chocolate". "Can't Stop a Heartbeat" was released in Japan before the residual of the world on the B-side on the Japanese release of "I Saw Him Continuing There" because it was fabricated for a Television receiver commercial for Meiji "Lucky" chocolate.

Music video [edit]

The music video was a alive operation of the song in front of thousands of screaming fans. Similar her previous videos, it received considerable airplay on MTV and VH1.

Track listings and formats [edit]

Cassette single and 7-inch single

1. "I Saw Him Standing At that place"
2. "Gotta Be Love"
3. "Mr. Mambo"

12-inch single

1. "I Saw Him Standing At that place"

United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland seven-inch single

1. "I Saw Him Standing At that place"
2. "Mr. Mambo"

Japanese iii-inch CD single

1. "I Saw Him Standing There"
2. "Tin't Stop a Heartbeat"

Japanese CD EP

1. "I Think We're Alone Now (extended version)"
2. "I Saw Him Standing There (dance mix)"
3. "Tin can't Stop a Heartbeat (long version)"
4. "Mr. Mambo"
5. "Can't Stop a Heartbeat (singalong version)"

Chart performance [edit]

Tiffany version

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart[28]	ten
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	iii
Dutch Singles Chart	xl
Irish Singles Nautical chart	4
Japan Singles Chart	64
United kingdom Singles Chart	8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	7

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} Badman 2000, p. 50.
2. ^ Schofield 2012, p. 395.
3. ^ Lewisohn, Mark. The Beatles: All These Years, Book One – Melody In. Crown Classic, 2013, ISBN 978-one-4000-8305-3, pp. 747-748
4. ^ Lewisohn, Marker. The Beatles: All These Years, Book One – Tune In. Crown Classic, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4000-8305-3, p. 748
5. ^ Miles 1997, pp. 93–94.
6. ^ Harry 1992, p. 329.
7. ^ The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four ISBN 978-ane-440-84427-0 p. 228
8. ^ Barry Miles. Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now
9. ^ ^{a b c d} "I Saw Her Continuing At that place". The Beatles Bible.
10. ^ ^{a b} Lewisohn 1988, p. 9.
11. ^ David Sheff. John Lennon: All We Are Saying
12. ^ Parlophone 1963, p. 3.
13. ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 24.
14. ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 28.
15. ^ The Beatles 2000, p. 92.
16. ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 60.
17. ^ Mojo 2002, p. 40.
18. ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 68.
19. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 4 Jan 1964. p. viii. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
20. ^ ^{a b} Kent 2009, p. 202.
21. ^ Season of New Zealand, 13 February 1964
22. ^ "Swedish Charts 1962–March 1966/Kvällstoppen – Listresultaten vecka för vecka > Januari 1964" (PDF) (in Swedish). hitsallertijden.nl. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
23. ^ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
24. ^ http://world wide web.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1964.htm
25. ^ "British unmarried certifications – Beatles – I Saw Her Continuing In that location". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 Dec 2021.
26. ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 66.
27. ^ YouTube 2009.
28. ^ "australian-charts.com > Discography Tiffany". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 Nov 2015.

Bibliography

• Badman, Keith (2000). The Beatles Off the Record. London: Omnibus. ISBN0-7119-7985-five.
• "The Ladybugs Sing "I Saw Her Standing There"". Dailymotion. 2009. Retrieved xiii April 2009.
• Harry, Beak (1992). The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. ISBN0-86369-681-3.
• Kent, David (2009). Australian Chart Book:Australian Nautical chart Chronicles (1940–2008). Turramurra: Australian Chart Book. ISBN9780646512037.
• Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books. ISBN0-517-57066-1.
• MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Caput: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (2nd Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). ISBN1-84413-828-three.
• Miles, Barry (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now . New York: Henry Holt & Company. ISBN0-8050-5249-6.
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• Please Please Me (booklet). The Beatles. London: Parlophone. 1963. CDP 7 46435 2. {{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
• "The Prince's Trust 1986, "I Saw Her Standing In that location" by Paul McCartney". YouTube. 2009. Archived from the original on 21 Dec 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
• The Beatles (2000). The Beatles Anthology. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN0-304-35605-0.

External links [edit]

• Alan Westward. Pollack'south Notes on "I Saw Her Standing There"

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