And he actually presents accurate technical information unlike most other Beatard channels who don't even know the difference between remastering and remixing.. You know, the frustrated musicians with the age-inappropriate hair and the Momma's basement dwellers who blather on and say nothing informative or original they just skim the Hoffman forum for their "inside" info.
Sounds like a splice, or the original splice was repaired, I did notice a slight dip in the top end even on the original single clip, but hey 30+ year old ears could be deceived
A thunderingly brilliant record that often gets overlooked, probably due to its familiarity. I can only imagine what it was like to hear it for the first time in 1963. Then, as now, it sounds like nothing else. Wonderful!
I remember at the age of 8 early 1975 ( i turned 9 in the last quarter of the year) we had just moved house and going through my mother's records came across this single. After seeing Lennon-McCartney on the label i went and asked her is this the same as Paul McCartney ( i knew wings) she said it was and then running back to my room to play it and had my ears blown away i loved it. I then went through and picked out all the Beatles i could find and nicked them off her, all the early singles apart from the first 2 up till ticket to ride, also found a couple of billy j's Lennon-McCartney cover singles, great vid, role on November for the next single (and album story) thanks Andrew.
This was my first 45, given to me by my parents for Christmas 1964. ( I was 8 years old) The family got its first record player at this time as well. Still have all my 45s and albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Thanks for your great channel....
"She Loves You" was the first Beatle song I heard on my aunt's black label Swan 45. The song's sound and energy made me play it over and over again. It hit me like an explosion and I became a Beatle fan for life.
It's not my favorite Beatles song, but it may be one of the greatest songs ever made. Sixty years later, it still full of energy and jumps out of the speakers.
You’ve outdone yourself, Andrew! I think this tops the “From Me To You” history video, which is one of my favorites. Can’t wait to see what you’ve got up your sleeve for November with the history videos behind “With The Beatles” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand”! Get this man the beverage of his choice, he’s earned it!
I love when songs connect with other songs via the stories in their lyrics. I like to imagine that the "rolling stone" in the song "Baker Street" became the sailor that Brandy longs for in "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)".
What a great episode! The history of this song, and the spectral vision of the audio edits was such a brilliant touch! Well done Andrew. Knocked my socks off!
i was 5 years old when 'she loves you' came out and even then i could feel the excitement it engendered in me and how special it sounded. That Cm oohh 😊
Actually the "yéyés" was the name given to bands that sounded like the Beatles but sang in their native language. We talk about "les yéyés" in France and Québec and "los yéyés" in Spain.
It may come as a surprise to a lot of people who think that She Loves You is a simple little ditty, but the fact is that it uses all the notes available, either in the melody, chords, singing or George's guitar riff. And it uses them in the first half minute of the song. Most jazz records could not boast of this, and it goes to show just how clever The Beatles were from the very early days.
"Sie leib dich" is clearly a new recording. Its backing track is stronger and more confident, probably from having played the song many times. They were improving by leaps and bounds every month in this era.
This was fascinating! When my parents bought me the original UK 45 in 1963 (I was 6 years old), I'd never have guessed that 60 years later I'd be witnessing such a detailed examination of the recording! Thanks for putting so much effort into this episode.
This 61 year jem made it to my home recently...and you're right, this mix is THE ONE to have You can hear everything including the bass! Along with this, the mono UK -1/-1 Sgt. Pepper arrived too....the best mix I've heard of it thanx to you.... Keep the videos coming...a splendid fare indeed!!!
The first time I listened to "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (in Indiana, January '64) after hearing all the hype, it impressed me. But when I then heard "She Loves You" on the radio, it GRABBED ME!!! You are providing a great service! FIRST CLASS research and presentations! I'm addicted!
She loves you and I want to hold your hand epitomise the early excitement of beatlemania. Brilliant pop singles. Still exciting to hear. Some very nice chord changes, nice fills from George, great driving drums from Ringo, and great vocals. Brilliant video as always, Andrew. Thanks for all you do 🙌
Another great assessment. I was ten when this was first released in the UK and had been used to hearing all of their previous songs on my sister's Dansette record player but I heard this for the first time on my friend's family's stereogram. I was astonished and, similar to Ron Richard's reaction, I was out of my seat and couldn't keep still. The bass and drums sounded fantastic and I imagined I was in the Cavern! The Beatles wrote for their fans and not the critics and always got it spot on. Thanks.
There are so many songs by the greatest group in modern music history but this song She Loves You is one I always feel happy after listening to it. Early 1964 was a gloomy time in America which was still mourning the death of their young President John F Kennedy who was murdered in Dallas the previous November and People needed a little happiness and this song with the yeah yeah yeah in it gave many over two minutes of plain joy which may have helped some get out of their depression for a little while and for this reason I agree with Parlogram that this may be the Beatles greatest song.
23:40 I got the Apple 45 in 1978. Too bad I didn't get the Swan one; I wouldn't have dropped out. Anyway this was one of my faves when I was a 13 year old Beatlemaniac. But I know that John used to turn it off when it came on the radio. He was the most critical of the Beatles music after the fact, but at the time he said he didn't care about lyrics, only the sound. So the whole 3rd person thing isn't really a revelation. But yes, or should I say yeah, this was the quintessential Beatle song, but in the US it was I wanna hold your hand that was the breakthrough. I guess here we already said yeah, yeah, yeah, so it wasn't a big deal.
Born in mid 1960 She Loves You is the first Beatles song that I remember hearing if not on Sullivan than definitely on the radio till my mom bought the Beatles second album.
Great video, Andrew! To my ears, an edit occurs at 1:28 (just before the word "because") which is where the EQ changes back. If you listen to the version on "Past Masters", either the 1988 version or the 2009 remaster, this is very evident. While there may be another edit at 1:31 (as evidenced by the "pop" in your sample), I don't hear it - or any of the edits during the guitar solos - on the digital versions, so I don't know if the remasters were cleaned up or whether the pops are there for some other reason. I had read somewhere, years ago (I thought it was in Lewisohn's "The Beatles Recording Sessions" book, but I don't see it there) that there were multiple edits in the song, but the only ones I'd ever heard were the ones at 1:23 and 1:31. Also to my ears, the "Pride can hurt you too" segment, with its different EQ, sounds "fresher" or "clearer" (particularly the cymbal) than the rest of the song, which creates another mystery: was it a performance correction, or an overdub, or some other reason to make the edit in the first place? One brief note on "I'll Get You": Given how many edits were apparently made to "She Loves You", it's intriguing that the lyric mistake in "I'll Get You" at 1:14 (one Beatle sings "make you mine" while another sings "change your mind") was not edited out or corrected. Perhaps it was because the song was only intended for the B-side of the single that it did not get greater attention. It's just another Beatles mystery (and one of the earliest "mistakes" that was left in the released recordings) that may never be solved, even with "de-mixing". Looking forward to future videos. Thanks again!
I also commented on the edit of “Because She Loves You”. The theory I’ve always heard was that the “Pride can hurt you too” section was a tape splice dubbed from a 45, and that sounds sensible given the following section. It’s off by just a fraction of a second, but very noticeable. The funny thing is, it’s only on certain issues of the song. I don’t hear this on my Swan 45.
I heard the edits the first time it came on a single I got on swan records. Yes it is authentic. But on CD it stuck out like a sore thumb. The hi hat was very telling in the change in tone. Thanks to this and other things only I seemed to hear that lead me to becoming a recording engineer. Glad to know I was not just hearing things but the throwing away of the 2 track tapes was very near sighted. As always Andrew a pleasure.
I loaded this video and settled in then my heart jumped out my chest! NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE there on the screen, my town, and an amazing story to boot! One of the most important pop songs ever being created in a tangible place I walk past every day! Blue plaque certainly needed. Knowing our cheeky Geordie ways something tells me one of the girls in the photo said to John “She loves you, ya know!” and the idea struck him. We’ll never know, but it came to me and seems a very real possibility
This brought back the memory of getting this on my first trip to Amoeba Music in Hollywood. It was one of the first 45s I ever got, on Red Vinyl with the Purple Capitol Label.
One of my favorite tunes from their early period. The energy is great and George's flips and fills are awesome, at least in my opinion. Dick Clark played the song on American Bandstand in September of 1963. He was a former part-owner of Swan Records, the label George Martin worked with to get the song released in the U.S. after Capital said thanks but no thanks to it. Clark was doing his buddies and former business partners a solid by previewing the number but it was also a bit of a trial balloon on his end. He was well aware of who the Beatles were and the splash they were making in Europe and he was always ready to buy a piece of a sure thing. Anyway, he played it and then had the kids rate it. They panned it and even laughed at the photo of the band in those God-awful collarless suits. But Clark knew better. That lukewarm response didn't keep him from investing in the group and he made more than his fair share of cash working with concert promoters and the like. I read somewhere George Harrison was especially pissed about that, calling Clark a grifter and worse. But hey, pin that on Brian Epstein who may have been an honest guy who did his best to look out after the bands best interests, but he was out of his depth in the cutthroat rough-and-tumble atmosphere of big-time show business. But like I say, it's a great tune in my books and it really was the song that took Beatlemania to the next level. Yeah, yeah, yeah became part of the lexicon, even finding its way into a script for Gilligan's Island. Thanks for posting this one. Cool backstory.
A shout out to whomever it was that made all those amazingly good edits at the time with a blade and adhesive tape. I’m looking forward to a much cleaned-up version on the de-mixed album, but will never stop admiring the original.
When I was listening to the various edits I was actually very surprised at how good they were! Given the equipment of the day it took real talent to fix all those edits in place so they wouldn't be heard. Of course don't forget, when this song was released it was meant to be played as a 45rpm mono single on crappy mono record players of the day. No one then could have ever dreamed that 60 years later we'd be picking apart every edit digitally and analyzing them! Great job as always Andrew! It would be great to see your history lessons on other Beatles recordings!
I was 18 months old when the song was released. My Mum told me that at the time, I rocked back and forth in my chair and sang the "Yea, Yea, Yea section.
Can't believe this wasn't an instant hit here in the USA, the fact that George Martin had to go to Swan records to get it distributed in the States in mind boggling..She Loves You is a great tune.
The Beatles will always remain an enigma in my opinion . Regardless of how much is written, and said by the band themselves , they’re still impossible to understand to a large degree . Many things seem to contradict what you once thought you knew . I’m seventy seven years old, hence I’m the exact demographic to witnessed what happened in the USA . I’m an upstate New Yorker, and I have a vivid recollection of seeing a picture in the newspaper in the area I lived . In that short article they had a picture of these four musicians in a band in England that were extremely popular in England . This must have been in early November 1963. Everything is rather blurry as our president got assassinated in late November 1963, and that was on everyone’s mind . With that said. This one or two paragraph story was one thing but it was the black, and white picture of the band that was mind boggling . As I was hanging out with the bohemian crowd when I was seventeen ,and we combed our hair down . The difference was the Beatles had - at this time - much longer hair combed down . I like everyone else that saw that article with the picture was curious why they were even written up in the paper in an American newspaper, after all we in the States invented Rock, and Roll. The curiosity didn’t diminish . We’re the English really on to something ? We new a few weeks or possibly a month later. I’ll never forget the campaign from Capitol Records was ubiquitous once “ I Want To Hold Your Hand “ was released . These guys were so avant garde for popular music ,no one had ever heard anything even remotely like this before . The B side of the single was of course “ I Saw Her Standing There “ with a 1,2,3,4 count in that no one could understand, heavy echo on the vocal , a fast moving bass line which was just a triad but worked to perfection in the song, and balls out lead vocal with harmony only on the bridge - sorry for my UK friends . The middle eight - . As great as She Loves You “ is “ I want to hold your hand “ was a much more inventive, and catchy song. That chromatic bit on the bass ,and guitar were beyond clever ,and musical . “She Loves You” was more musically complex but I W T H Y H just had that certain je ne sais quoi …
Saw them at the Las Vegas Hilton show room '86. Best I've ever seen and heard harmonically at one time. And I've seen the Best growing up in Vegas!!West Coast also. Blew me away!! R. Hill
Thanks for a fabulous feature on this wonderful record. I have done a feature myself, not as good as yours but I do argue that it is the greatest 7 inch single of all time. I do not understand the technical joins you spoke of and therefore did not notice them. Sometimes it really pays to be thick.
Ah, yes---the edits. I noticed them for the first time back in the late 1980s, when I got "Past Masters I". The way I noticed them are in the sound of Ringo's hi-hat. The hi-hat sounds brighter/crisper in some sections, and a bit muffled in others. And like you had said, Andrew, once you hear them, you can't UNHEAR them. Even my bad, old, terrible ears still hear them after all these years. I think those edits are, quite frankly, part of the charm of a song that's 60 years old!
Absolutely Brilliant! Also would like to mention that "Sie Leib Dich" by "Die Beatles" was issued in the U.S. on Swan # 4182. It even charted on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week, peaking at #97 on 6/27/64. I recall hearing that when Capitol found out about it's release, they took legal action to halt further production of the single. Apparently, Swan "assumed" their right to release "She Loves You" also extended to the German version. I need to listen back to my copy to confirm, but I'm assuming that Swan sourced the German Odeon single for their release.
Hi Andrew - An excellent perfect song review, thanks. Memories, I was six years old when this song came out, and my elder brother and I was staying with my granddad, and as a typical Londoner he said to us kids “what's all that bangady, bangady music all abaaht? Whats all that yeah, yeah, yeah abahht ehh?” asking us kids as if we knew?
Interesting title, but after thinking about it for a minute I have to agree. While maybe not their greatest song released on a 45, She Loves You is probably the Beatles song best suited to the advantages of the 45 RMP format, and is the first Beatles song that comes to mind when I think “hit single.” Great video as always!
Another fab video Andrew. She Loves You is my all time favourite song. I mentioned before that I sang it at Sunday School when I was a wee boy instead of Jesus Loves Me This I Know! I now have it as my ringtone on my phone. I drive a taxi and if I get a call my passengers never fail to sing along. I knew there were edits on it but the only one I ever really noticed was the “pride can hurt you too” one. There’s such an energy about the record and I still have my 1963 single. Love the b-side as well. Don’t the edits sound pretty good given it was probably splicing tape and scissors rather than the technology we have now? Great stuff Andrew. I always look forward to each new video. Cameron
Here, in Brazil, The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night has the Title: Os Reis do Iê, Iê, iê. Something like The Kings of Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. This expression became the name of a music style. Thank you, Andrew. You did a great job in this video, as usual, i might say it.
Great video, especially with the details of all those edits! I'd always heard one or two but didn't realise there were far more. That Mersey Beat album was good, worthy of a CD release although I have managed to compile a digital version from downloads or other CDs, makes for some good listening.
Astonishing amount of research! It's well-known that the group was wildly successful before their introduction to the US and Canada on Sullivan's show. Those appearances started a phenomenon that has attained historical significance. Yeah.
Thanks for another great video! Starting the song out with an altered version of the refrain was a suggestion of George Martin, according to Johnny Dean, editor of The Beatles Book, who happened to be there on that day.
Wow, there must have been some sour and jaded hacks writing in the British music press in the early sixties! It's a great song, what the flip were they on about? Reminds me of NME 'journalists' in the 90s!
Fantastic video Andrew. You've outdone yourself...AGAIN!! My thoughts on the "Lost Studio Tapes" lies somewhere in the Beatles stay in France prior to coming to America in early 1964. Is it possible the tape was accidently wiped when recording the German version? Possibly when they started work on the recording of Cant Buy Me Love. By this time with the Beatles reaching enormous heights in popularity in the U K I find it hard to believe they could flat out "lose" the reel to reel tapes. Stolen? Perhaps. Recorded over? It's possible. RNB
Absolutely fascinating video Andrew!! Well researched!! I can say that a quality stereo mix (with the right software programs) brings VERY pleasing results!! I do hope that the remix engineers that are doing - or have done - on the song on "1962 - 1966" comp have done a PROPER job with this. (Some of us that have been involved with this technology for many years showed that 3 or 4 of the recently remixed "Revolver" tracks could've been improved on).
Top video Andrew. I had my earphones in before you even suggested it. I regard myself as having a fairly keen ear (being a muso myself) but I am damned if I could hear those edits, apart from the one obvious one!! Shall go back and listen again later. And I agree, even though I was only 3 when it was released, so never got to hear it until some time later, the original vinyl single is the best version of all. Happily I have one, even if it is as scratched and crackly as hell. I still love it that way. Great work as always
Superb video Andrew. I loved it. I've mainly listened to She Loves You on the original UK 45 so I was surprised when I got Mono Masters and that most noticeable edit was so glaringly obvious. Now I know why! Thanks for this Andrew.
Thanks for doing a video on this landmark song Andrew! This is my all time favorite Beatles song. I know it’s a bold statement given their catalog but it’s really the song that made them my favorite band. I was in fourth grade when I heard on the radio and later on the Red album a few months later. It’s got such energy and is the perfect ending to the Beatles Second Album from Capitol. Take care
I had She Loves You on the white Swan label half a century ago. I wish I still had it. Today, I wouldn't know if it was the real deal or a counterfeit label. I also remember hearing the many edit points on the song, particularly audible on Ringo's hi-hat. As always, great upload!
Still fresh sounding.. that drum intro.. it's like just comes shooting right out of the box n hits u between yer ears w such a melodic delight those harmonies are so delicious.. leaves ya wanting more..the perfect formula
It's the first one I remember. I was 4 in 1964 and I really liked it and it remains one of my favorites to this day. I just want to say thank you Andrew. I look forward to your videos every week, they are a highlight of my Sundays. Keep up the good work you are my favorite Beatles content creator. Take care, your fan, Mike
My older brother and I first heard I Want To Hold Your Hand in proximity to Kennedy's assassination in November 1963. We were awed struck by the energetic and edgy recording and I remember my exact response upon the songs climactic ending: "That is wild!" I asked my brother "Who is that group?" and he replied, "I think the DJ said something like The Beedles." Obviously we became gobsmacked. From that moment onward we fervently listened for I Want To Hold Your Hand that became a growing staple on the two Salt Lake City radio stations KNAK and KMUR. By the middle of December another Beatles song was rearing its head, that being She Loves You. After the new year of 1964, Jack Paar had his own Friday primetime television show and featured a film clip of The Beatles performing She Loves You. This was one month before The Beatles performed live on The Ed Sullivan Show (2/9/64). By then we knew all the songs on Introducing The Beatles and Meet The Beatles. I always preferred She Loves You to I Want To Hold Your Hand because it was damned exciting! And I still do to this day.
This is how I dreamed music documentaries might be like one day - what an achievement!! Thank you so much... What an inspiration. I really dig what you have to say about the tune too... massive respect.
Andrew, Outstanding episode for an outstanding song! Ever since I became aware of the fifth edit, I hear it every time. Imagine if John and Paul had taken Paul’s dad’s advice.😀The band hit the yeah yeah yeahs again with It Won’t Be Long”. I believe that song would have also been a massive hit if released as a single. I’m already for next week’s episode! - Roger
There's just nobody out there doing what you do. This is the true encyclopedia of The Beatles.
I agree !
I agree.. it's a fascinating insight to an event 60 years ago!!
Yes, I allways do my laundry early Sunday mornings, then after all the clothe are put away, I switch on Andrew. Always good stuff.
"She Loves You" is my absolute favorite Beatles song and 45, ever!!!! Thanks for this great video about this wonderful record.
And he actually presents accurate technical information unlike most other Beatard channels who don't even know the difference between remastering and remixing.. You know, the frustrated musicians with the age-inappropriate hair and the Momma's basement dwellers who blather on and say nothing informative or original they just skim the Hoffman forum for their "inside" info.
Ringo's playing really makes this song for me.
When listening to "She Loves You" now, you can't help but feel as if you're the age you were when you first heard it.
Absolutely no danger of me having to "unhear" those edited segments as I simply cannot hear them no matter how many times I re-listen to them. 😂
I totally agree, my ears just aren't made to hear them I guess.
The only one that's clearly audible is the edit before "pride can hurt you too". The rest, I'll just have to take Andrew's word for it.
Sounds like a splice, or the original splice was repaired, I did notice a slight dip in the top end even on the original single clip, but hey 30+ year old ears could be deceived
"She loves you" Is the spark that lit up the world. I remember running with my mates in the school yard singing "Sie liebt dich Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! "🎉😂
A thunderingly brilliant record that often gets overlooked, probably due to its familiarity. I can only imagine what it was like to hear it for the first time in 1963. Then, as now, it sounds like nothing else. Wonderful!
I remember at the age of 8 early 1975 ( i turned 9 in the last quarter of the year) we had just moved house and going through my mother's records came across this single. After seeing Lennon-McCartney on the label i went and asked her is this the same as Paul McCartney ( i knew wings) she said it was and then running back to my room to play it and had my ears blown away i loved it. I then went through and picked out all the Beatles i could find and nicked them off her, all the early singles apart from the first 2 up till ticket to ride, also found a couple of billy j's Lennon-McCartney cover singles, great vid, role on November for the next single (and album story) thanks Andrew.
It’s always interesting to hear different perspectives of people who learned of the Beatles from the four’s solo works!
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This was my first 45, given to me by my parents for Christmas 1964. ( I was 8 years old)
The family got its first record player at this time as well. Still have all my 45s and albums
from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Thanks for your great channel....
Thanks for watching!
"She Loves You" was the first Beatle song I heard on my aunt's black label Swan 45. The song's sound and energy made me play it over and over again. It hit me like an explosion and I became a Beatle fan for life.
It's not my favorite Beatles song, but it may be one of the greatest songs ever made. Sixty years later, it still full of energy and jumps out of the speakers.
You’ve outdone yourself, Andrew! I think this tops the “From Me To You” history video, which is one of my favorites. Can’t wait to see what you’ve got up your sleeve for November with the history videos behind “With The Beatles” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand”! Get this man the beverage of his choice, he’s earned it!
Cheers Jacob. Glad you enjoyed it!
Well, since he's in England, I'll have one over here in his place.
I love when songs connect with other songs via the stories in their lyrics. I like to imagine that the "rolling stone" in the song "Baker Street" became the sailor that Brandy longs for in "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)".
Considering that the edits must have been done with a knife and sticky tape, they are practically flawless!
have several Beatles 45's , including " she loves you" which i purchased in nyc at my local Woolworth's store !👍
This is the first time I’ve heard the edits, and my head almost exploded when I noticed them
What a great episode! The history of this song, and the spectral vision of the audio edits was such a brilliant touch! Well done Andrew.
Knocked my socks off!
Cheers Brian. Glad you enjoyed it!
That voice....this is like David Attenborough narrating the history of The Beatles. BRAVO! 👏👏👏
The first 45 I bought shortly after it came out in Britain.
Has anyone famous ever "covered" She Loves You"? It's a perfect pop song. No one touches it. Complete respect.
She Loves You... It was quite a mystical-musical experience for me. I was 14 years old and it changed my life for the better.
You are the definitive, go-to beatles guru! Thank you so much for making these videos and adding so much to the Beatles community.
My pleasure, Mike!
i was 5 years old when 'she loves you' came out and even then i could feel the excitement it engendered in me and how special it sounded. That Cm oohh 😊
Actually the "yéyés" was the name given to bands that sounded like the Beatles but sang in their native language. We talk about "les yéyés" in France and Québec and "los yéyés" in Spain.
It may come as a surprise to a lot of people who think that She Loves You is a simple little ditty, but the fact is that it uses all the notes available, either in the melody, chords, singing or George's guitar riff. And it uses them in the first half minute of the song. Most jazz records could not boast of this, and it goes to show just how clever The Beatles were from the very early days.
Jazz... 😂😂😂
"Sie leib dich" is clearly a new recording. Its backing track is stronger and more confident, probably from having played the song many times. They were improving by leaps and bounds every month in this era.
'She body you' would indeed be an interesting new song ;-)
@@niek024 lol…. Good catch! 😄 Sie liebt dich! 😍
This is super interesting. Thanks for your analysis!
Thanks Matthew. Glad you enjoyed it!
You deliver every Sunday, how do you do it? The production value outshines everyone else who explores the Beatles. You're far above the rest!
Ahh, you're too kind!
@@Parlogram Your videos are really professional.
This was fascinating! When my parents bought me the original UK 45 in 1963 (I was 6 years old), I'd never have guessed that 60 years later I'd be witnessing such a detailed examination of the recording! Thanks for putting so much effort into this episode.
Similar vintage. It was a great time, wasn't it! 😃
Glad you enjoyed it, Simon!
This 61 year jem made it to my home recently...and you're right, this mix is THE ONE to have You can hear everything including the bass! Along with this, the mono UK -1/-1 Sgt. Pepper arrived too....the best mix I've heard of it thanx to you.... Keep the videos coming...a splendid fare indeed!!!
Thanks! Will do.
With every video, I see more and more people commenting and liking. Great job as always Andrew
Thank you, Charles.
The first time I listened to "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (in Indiana, January '64) after hearing all the hype, it impressed me. But when I then heard "She Loves You" on the radio, it GRABBED ME!!!
You are providing a great service! FIRST CLASS research and presentations! I'm addicted!
She loves you and I want to hold your hand epitomise the early excitement of beatlemania. Brilliant pop singles. Still exciting to hear. Some very nice chord changes, nice fills from George, great driving drums from Ringo, and great vocals. Brilliant video as always, Andrew. Thanks for all you do 🙌
Thanks for watching, Matt!
Another great assessment. I was ten when this was first released in the UK and had been used to hearing all of their previous songs on my sister's Dansette record player but I heard this for the first time on my friend's family's stereogram. I was astonished and, similar to Ron Richard's reaction, I was out of my seat and couldn't keep still. The bass and drums sounded fantastic and I imagined I was in the Cavern! The Beatles wrote for their fans and not the critics and always got it spot on. Thanks.
60 years ago! Gulp. I was three when it came out.
Excellent as always!!
There are so many songs by the greatest group in modern music history but this song She Loves You is one I always feel happy after listening to it. Early 1964 was a gloomy time in America which was still mourning the death of their young President John F Kennedy who was murdered in Dallas the previous November and People needed a little happiness and this song with the yeah yeah yeah in it gave many over two minutes of plain joy which may have helped some get out of their depression for a little while and for this reason I agree with Parlogram that this may be the Beatles greatest song.
23:40 I got the Apple 45 in 1978. Too bad I didn't get the Swan one; I wouldn't have dropped out. Anyway this was one of my faves when I was a 13 year old Beatlemaniac. But I know that John used to turn it off when it came on the radio. He was the most critical of the Beatles music after the fact, but at the time he said he didn't care about lyrics, only the sound. So the whole 3rd person thing isn't really a revelation. But yes, or should I say yeah, this was the quintessential Beatle song, but in the US it was I wanna hold your hand that was the breakthrough. I guess here we already said yeah, yeah, yeah, so it wasn't a big deal.
Seeing The Beatles perform this on TV is my earliest memory.
Born in mid 1960 She Loves You is the first Beatles song that I remember hearing if not on Sullivan than definitely on the radio till my mom bought the Beatles second album.
Great video, Andrew! To my ears, an edit occurs at 1:28 (just before the word "because") which is where the EQ changes back. If you listen to the version on "Past Masters", either the 1988 version or the 2009 remaster, this is very evident. While there may be another edit at 1:31 (as evidenced by the "pop" in your sample), I don't hear it - or any of the edits during the guitar solos - on the digital versions, so I don't know if the remasters were cleaned up or whether the pops are there for some other reason. I had read somewhere, years ago (I thought it was in Lewisohn's "The Beatles Recording Sessions" book, but I don't see it there) that there were multiple edits in the song, but the only ones I'd ever heard were the ones at 1:23 and 1:31. Also to my ears, the "Pride can hurt you too" segment, with its different EQ, sounds "fresher" or "clearer" (particularly the cymbal) than the rest of the song, which creates another mystery: was it a performance correction, or an overdub, or some other reason to make the edit in the first place?
One brief note on "I'll Get You": Given how many edits were apparently made to "She Loves You", it's intriguing that the lyric mistake in "I'll Get You" at 1:14 (one Beatle sings "make you mine" while another sings "change your mind") was not edited out or corrected. Perhaps it was because the song was only intended for the B-side of the single that it did not get greater attention. It's just another Beatles mystery (and one of the earliest "mistakes" that was left in the released recordings) that may never be solved, even with "de-mixing".
Looking forward to future videos. Thanks again!
I also commented on the edit of “Because She Loves You”. The theory I’ve always heard was that the “Pride can hurt you too” section was a tape splice dubbed from a 45, and that sounds sensible given the following section. It’s off by just a fraction of a second, but very noticeable. The funny thing is, it’s only on certain issues of the song. I don’t hear this on my Swan 45.
I heard the edits the first time it came on a single I got on swan records. Yes it is authentic. But on CD it stuck out like a sore thumb. The hi hat was very telling in the change in tone. Thanks to this and other things only I seemed to hear that lead me to becoming a recording engineer. Glad to know I was not just hearing things but the throwing away of the 2 track tapes was very near sighted. As always Andrew a pleasure.
I loaded this video and settled in then my heart jumped out my chest! NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE there on the screen, my town, and an amazing story to boot! One of the most important pop songs ever being created in a tangible place I walk past every day! Blue plaque certainly needed. Knowing our cheeky Geordie ways something tells me one of the girls in the photo said to John “She loves you, ya know!” and the idea struck him. We’ll never know, but it came to me and seems a very real possibility
Glad you enjoyed it!
This brought back the memory of getting this on my first trip to Amoeba Music in Hollywood. It was one of the first 45s I ever got, on Red Vinyl with the Purple Capitol Label.
One of my favorite tunes from their early period. The energy is great and George's flips and fills are awesome, at least in my opinion. Dick Clark played the song on American Bandstand in September of 1963. He was a former part-owner of Swan Records, the label George Martin worked with to get the song released in the U.S. after Capital said thanks but no thanks to it. Clark was doing his buddies and former business partners a solid by previewing the number but it was also a bit of a trial balloon on his end. He was well aware of who the Beatles were and the splash they were making in Europe and he was always ready to buy a piece of a sure thing.
Anyway, he played it and then had the kids rate it. They panned it and even laughed at the photo of the band in those God-awful collarless suits. But Clark knew better. That lukewarm response didn't keep him from investing in the group and he made more than his fair share of cash working with concert promoters and the like. I read somewhere George Harrison was especially pissed about that, calling Clark a grifter and worse. But hey, pin that on Brian Epstein who may have been an honest guy who did his best to look out after the bands best interests, but he was out of his depth in the cutthroat rough-and-tumble atmosphere of big-time show business.
But like I say, it's a great tune in my books and it really was the song that took Beatlemania to the next level. Yeah, yeah, yeah became part of the lexicon, even finding its way into a script for Gilligan's Island. Thanks for posting this one. Cool backstory.
Thanks for watching!
A shout out to whomever it was that made all those amazingly good edits at the time with a blade and adhesive tape. I’m looking forward to a much cleaned-up version on the de-mixed album, but will never stop admiring the original.
When I was listening to the various edits I was actually very surprised at how good they were! Given the equipment of the day it took real talent to fix all those edits in place so they wouldn't be heard. Of course don't forget, when this song was released it was meant to be played as a 45rpm mono single on crappy mono record players of the day. No one then could have ever dreamed that 60 years later we'd be picking apart every edit digitally and analyzing them! Great job as always Andrew! It would be great to see your history lessons on other Beatles recordings!
I was 18 months old when the song was released. My Mum told me that at the time, I rocked back and forth in my chair and sang the "Yea, Yea, Yea section.
ITS GOT BE MY FAVORITE SONG BY THEM. SPECILLY SEEING ALL BEATLE MANIEA JOY IT BROUGHT TO YOUNG KIDS
Can't believe this wasn't an instant hit here in the USA, the fact that George Martin had to go to Swan records to get it distributed in the States in mind boggling..She Loves You is a great tune.
The Beatles will always remain an enigma in my opinion . Regardless of how much is written, and said by the band themselves , they’re still impossible to understand to a large degree . Many things seem to contradict what you once thought you knew . I’m seventy seven years old, hence I’m the exact demographic to witnessed what happened in the USA . I’m an upstate New Yorker, and I have a vivid recollection of seeing a picture in the newspaper in the area I lived . In that short article they had a picture of these four musicians in a band in England that were extremely popular in England . This must have been in early November 1963. Everything is rather blurry as our president got assassinated in late November 1963, and that was on everyone’s mind . With that said. This one or two paragraph story was one thing but it was the black, and white picture of the band that was mind boggling . As I was hanging out with the bohemian crowd when I was seventeen ,and we combed our hair down . The difference was the Beatles had - at this time - much longer hair combed down . I like everyone else that saw that article with the picture was curious why they were even written up in the paper in an American newspaper, after all we in the States invented Rock, and Roll. The curiosity didn’t diminish . We’re the English really on to something ? We new a few weeks or possibly a month later. I’ll never forget the campaign from Capitol Records was ubiquitous once “ I Want To Hold Your Hand “ was released . These guys were so avant garde for popular music ,no one had ever heard anything even remotely like this before . The B side of the single was of course “ I Saw Her Standing There “ with a 1,2,3,4 count in that no one could understand, heavy echo on the vocal , a fast moving bass line which was just a triad but worked to perfection in the song, and balls out lead vocal with harmony only on the bridge - sorry for my UK friends . The middle eight - . As great as She Loves You “ is “ I want to hold your hand “ was a much more inventive, and catchy song. That chromatic bit on the bass ,and guitar were beyond clever ,and musical . “She Loves You” was more musically complex but I W T H Y H just had that certain je ne sais quoi …
I have all the early Beatles singles. My big sister bought them when they came out. In 1963 she was fifteen. I ‘inherited’ them from her.
That drum opening really lifts the song, not my favourite Beatles song but that bit is amazing ❤😊
Thank’s for going into the edits. I always suspected they were edits but now I know for sure.
Saw them at the Las Vegas Hilton show room '86. Best I've ever seen and heard harmonically at one time. And I've seen the Best growing up in Vegas!!West Coast also.
Blew me away!!
R. Hill
Thanks for a fabulous feature on this wonderful record. I have done a feature myself, not as good as yours but I do argue that it is the greatest 7 inch single of all time. I do not understand the technical joins you spoke of and therefore did not notice them. Sometimes it really pays to be thick.
Ah, yes---the edits. I noticed them for the first time back in the late 1980s, when I got "Past Masters I". The way I noticed them are in the sound of Ringo's hi-hat. The hi-hat sounds brighter/crisper in some sections, and a bit muffled in others. And like you had said, Andrew, once you hear them, you can't UNHEAR them. Even my bad, old, terrible ears still hear them after all these years. I think those edits are, quite frankly, part of the charm of a song that's 60 years old!
Absolutely Brilliant! Also would like to mention that "Sie Leib Dich" by "Die Beatles" was issued in the U.S. on Swan # 4182. It even charted on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week, peaking at #97 on 6/27/64. I recall hearing that when Capitol found out about it's release, they took legal action to halt further production of the single. Apparently, Swan "assumed" their right to release "She Loves You" also extended to the German version. I need to listen back to my copy to confirm, but I'm assuming that Swan sourced the German Odeon single for their release.
Hi Andrew - An excellent perfect song review, thanks. Memories, I was six years old when this song came out, and my elder brother and I was staying with my granddad, and as a typical Londoner he said to us kids “what's all that bangady, bangady music all abaaht? Whats all that yeah, yeah, yeah abahht ehh?” asking us kids as if we knew?
Interesting title, but after thinking about it for a minute I have to agree. While maybe not their greatest song released on a 45, She Loves You is probably the Beatles song best suited to the advantages of the 45 RMP format, and is the first Beatles song that comes to mind when I think “hit single.” Great video as always!
Another fab video Andrew. She Loves You is my all time favourite song. I mentioned before that I sang it at Sunday School when I was a wee boy instead of Jesus Loves Me This I Know!
I now have it as my ringtone on my phone. I drive a taxi and if I get a call my passengers never fail to sing along.
I knew there were edits on it but the only one I ever really noticed was the “pride can hurt you too” one. There’s such an energy about the record and I still have my 1963 single. Love the b-side as well.
Don’t the edits sound pretty good given it was probably splicing tape and scissors rather than the technology we have now?
Great stuff Andrew. I always look forward to each new video.
Cameron
What an incredibly detailed and informative history of one of the greatest pop songs ever written. BRAVO 👏
Thank you, Peter!
Here, in Brazil, The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night has the Title: Os Reis do Iê, Iê, iê. Something like The Kings of Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. This expression became the name of a music style. Thank you, Andrew. You did a great job in this video, as usual, i might say it.
Great video, especially with the details of all those edits! I'd always heard one or two but didn't realise there were far more. That Mersey Beat album was good, worthy of a CD release although I have managed to compile a digital version from downloads or other CDs, makes for some good listening.
Most exciting song of the 60s
It was the first record I bought and I still have it.
I've been waiting for this like a junkie waits for a fix. The Beatles' finest single!
Astonishing amount of research! It's well-known that the group was wildly successful before their introduction to the US and Canada on Sullivan's show. Those appearances started a phenomenon that has attained historical significance. Yeah.
Thanks for another great video! Starting the song out with an altered version of the refrain was a suggestion of George Martin, according to Johnny Dean, editor of The Beatles Book, who happened to be there on that day.
Wow, there must have been some sour and jaded hacks writing in the British music press in the early sixties!
It's a great song, what the flip were they on about? Reminds me of NME 'journalists' in the 90s!
Simply perfect!! I’ve never heard edits before, and my listen is completely different now. Thanks for that 😁😉
You're welcome 😊
Fantastic video Andrew. You've outdone yourself...AGAIN!! My thoughts on the "Lost Studio Tapes" lies somewhere in the Beatles stay in France prior to coming to America in early 1964. Is it possible the tape was accidently wiped when recording the German version? Possibly when they started work on the recording of Cant Buy Me Love. By this time with the Beatles reaching enormous heights in popularity in the U K I find it hard to believe they could flat out "lose" the reel to reel tapes. Stolen? Perhaps. Recorded over? It's possible. RNB
Absolutely fascinating video Andrew!! Well researched!! I can say that a quality stereo mix (with the right software programs) brings VERY pleasing results!! I do hope that the remix engineers that are doing - or have done - on the song on "1962 - 1966" comp have done a PROPER job with this. (Some of us that have been involved with this technology for many years showed that 3 or 4 of the recently remixed "Revolver" tracks could've been improved on).
Brilliant video Andrew
This was the first Beatles record that entered my house, bought by my parents . I was 4
The rest for me was history
Top video Andrew. I had my earphones in before you even suggested it. I regard myself as having a fairly keen ear (being a muso myself) but I am damned if I could hear those edits, apart from the one obvious one!! Shall go back and listen again later. And I agree, even though I was only 3 when it was released, so never got to hear it until some time later, the original vinyl single is the best version of all. Happily I have one, even if it is as scratched and crackly as hell. I still love it that way. Great work as always
Thanks for the advance news on the stereo She Loves You!
Superb video Andrew. I loved it.
I've mainly listened to She Loves You on the original UK 45 so I was surprised when I got Mono Masters and that most noticeable edit was so glaringly obvious. Now I know why! Thanks for this Andrew.
Glad you enjoyed it, James.
Another fascinating episode.Andrew. Many thanks. 🙂
My pleasure!
Thanks for doing a video on this landmark song Andrew! This is my all time favorite Beatles song. I know it’s a bold statement given their catalog but it’s really the song that made them my favorite band. I was in fourth grade when I heard on the radio and later on the Red album a few months later. It’s got such energy and is the perfect ending to the Beatles Second Album from Capitol. Take care
My pleasure, Bill. Thanks for watching!
I had She Loves You on the white Swan label half a century ago. I wish I still had it. Today, I wouldn't know if it was the real deal or a counterfeit label. I also remember hearing the many edit points on the song, particularly audible on Ringo's hi-hat. As always, great upload!
Still fresh sounding.. that drum intro.. it's like just comes shooting right out of the box n hits u between yer ears w such a melodic delight those harmonies are so delicious.. leaves ya wanting more..the perfect formula
Great video as always... just so happened I was recording she loves you, for my live show.😊
Andrew, another informative upload!
Awesome!
Keep up the good work!
I've always noticed some odd pops on the 2009 remasters but never realized they were edits. Great analysis.
It's the first one I remember. I was 4 in 1964 and I really liked it and it remains one of my favorites to this day. I just want to say thank you Andrew. I look forward to your videos every week, they are a highlight of my Sundays. Keep up the good work you are my favorite Beatles content creator. Take care, your fan, Mike
Cheers Mike. You too!
Thanks Andrew, very interesting and comprehensive more than ever. 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
My older brother and I first heard I Want To Hold Your Hand in proximity to Kennedy's assassination in November 1963. We were awed struck by the energetic and edgy recording and I remember my exact response upon the songs climactic ending: "That is wild!" I asked my brother "Who is that group?" and he replied, "I think the DJ said something like The Beedles." Obviously we became gobsmacked. From that moment onward we fervently listened for I Want To Hold Your Hand that became a growing staple on the two Salt Lake City radio stations KNAK and KMUR. By the middle of December another Beatles song was rearing its head, that being She Loves You. After the new year of 1964, Jack Paar had his own Friday primetime television show and featured a film clip of The Beatles performing She Loves You. This was one month before The Beatles performed live on The Ed Sullivan Show (2/9/64). By then we knew all the songs on Introducing The Beatles and Meet The Beatles. I always preferred She Loves You to I Want To Hold Your Hand because it was damned exciting! And I still do to this day.
Great memories. Thanks for sharing them!
This is how I dreamed music documentaries might be like one day - what an achievement!! Thank you so much... What an inspiration. I really dig what you have to say about the tune too... massive respect.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
I've always wondered why Please Please Me and From Me To You seemed have a better sound quality than She Loves You. You taught me why.
A great explanation of how She Loves You was written, recorded and released, Andrew!
You’ve outdone it again, thanks for wonderful and highly detailed look back of 60 years. Oh dear I remember!!!
i like in all you need is love, where john says she loves you at the end
Thanks for all the interesting information on this amazing song. Great work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing research! You never disappoint. Yeah Yeah Yeah!
Andrew, fantastic information as always. Thank you. Your content stands among the best in class.
Wow, thanks!
Another amazing video. Keep them coming! My favorite Beatles channel on UA-cam
Fantastic research and presentation. This has to be one of the highest-quality channels online. Brilliant.
Wow, thank you!
Always a pleasure to watch your videos, although I always find myself wanting more records.
Thanks for the video. I purchased The mersey beat album when released and have not seen it anywhere until your video. thanks for sharing
Absolutely the greatest 45 ever by any artist
🤣🤣Bohemian Rhapsody would like a word...
Goose bumps everytime I hear it
Andrew, Outstanding episode for an outstanding song! Ever since I became aware of the fifth edit, I hear it every time. Imagine if John and Paul had taken Paul’s dad’s advice.😀The band hit the yeah yeah yeahs again with It Won’t Be Long”. I believe that song would have also been a massive hit if released as a single.
I’m already for next week’s episode! - Roger