From Me to You
From Me to You (German: , From me to you ') is a song by British band The Beatles, released on 11 April 1963 in the UK as the third single of the Beatles. The song was the first number -one hit of the formation.
Formation
From Me to You was written during a tour of Helen Shapiro, in which the Beatles were also involved. The song by John Lennon and Paul McCartney was composed together and thus one of the rather few true Lennon / McCartney compositions. The title refers to the letter to the editor page of music magazine New Musical Express which is From You to Us overwritten.
Recording
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr took the song five days after his composition on 5 March 1963 in the Abbey Road Studios in London. Producer was George Martin. Electric guitars, bass, drums and vocals were recorded in seven takes, live in the studio. Then, choir, solo guitar and harmonica were added by overdubbing. The harmonica is heard only in the mono mix of the song; in the later made stereo version, she was not taken.
Publication
On April 11, 1963, the song in the UK was released as a single. On the B - side is the song Thank You Girl. The song reached number one on the singles charts in the UK. Overall, it was 21 weeks in the charts.
In the United States, the song was also released as a single, but could not place it there. Nationally, only 4,000 copies were sold. In contrast, placed a published in June 1963 cover of Del Shannon on the Billboard Hot 100 ( No. 77 ), and stayed there for four weeks in the charts.
On the album On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2 was released 2013 version, which had recorded the band for the radio station BBC.
In later years, several other cover versions have been published, among others, by the Bee Gees, Bobby McFerrin, Alvin and the Chipmunks or Mae West.