I Saw Her Standing There

I Saw Her Standing There (Eng.: 'I saw her standing there ') is a song by British band The Beatles, which was the first song released in 1963 on their first album Please Please Me. Composed it was mostly released by Paul McCartney and the indication of the author Lennon / McCartney.

Background

Paul McCartney had the idea for the song in 1962 after a concert in Southport. The bass line he took from the Chuck Berry song I'm Talking About You. In September 1962, he completed the song with John Lennon. Lennon expressed his displeasure at McCartney's initial line of the song, which was originally

" Well she was just seventeen Never been a beauty queen "

"She was just seventeen and never been a beauty queen "

Was. They changed the line as follows:

" Well she was just seventeen You know what I mean "

"She was just seventeen; you know what I mean "

Which McCartney liked because of the ambiguity of the statement.

By the end of 1962, the song was in the live repertoire of the Beatles. A private recording of a concert at Liverpool's Cavern Club appeared on bootlegs. This version is much slower than the later studio version. Lennon played in this version rather than the rhythm guitar harmonica.

Recording

Ten of the fourteen songs of the first Beatle album Please Please Me, the band recorded on 11 February 1963 in London's Abbey Road studios - including I Saw Her Standing There. Producer was George Martin, assisted by Norman Smith. The band recorded a total of nine takes, of which the first was ultimately selected for publication. On this Take the Beatles recorded still on additional hand clapping.

This later became famous count- Paul McCartney's " One, two, three, four! " Was preceded by a later recording and comes Take nine of the session.

Publication

On March 22, 1963 I Saw Her Standing There appeared on the first Beatles album Please Please Me in December of the same year it appeared in the U.S. on the B- side of the single I Want to Hold Your Hand, and so reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100

On November 1, 1963 I Saw Her Standing There appeared on the EP The Beatles (No. 1) in the UK and reached number 24 on the charts.

For BBC Radio, the Beatles recorded under live conditions on eleven other versions of I Saw Her Standing There, one of which appeared a recording of 16 October 1963, the album Live at the BBC. 2013 appeared on the album On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2 is a further version.

As part of the Anthology series 1995, two more versions appeared: A live recording that was in Stockholm on 24 October 1963, when Sweden first tour, appeared on Anthology 1 Take nine of I Saw Her Standing There appeared as a B- side of the single Free as a Bird.

Cover versions

Since the publication in 1963 published numerous cover versions of I Saw Her Standing There. Commercially the most successful in 1988 was an interpretation of the American singer Tiffany, who published it under the name of I Saw Him Standing There. In the Billboard Hot 100, her composure placed at No. 7; in Germany it peaked at number 40

In 1981, a live version was released on single posthumously, at the Lennon's last major concert was in 1974, when he accompanied Elton John. This version reached # 40 on the UK Singles Charts.

Paul McCartney has recorded I Saw her Standing There in the 1980s in his live repertoire and plays it regularly since then. He released several live albums on which it is contained. During a live performance in 2008 in Liverpool, he was accompanied by Dave Grohl on drums.

Other interpretations of Alvin and the Chipmunks (1964 ), Daniel Johnston (1985 ), The Tubes (1977 ), The Punkles (1998 ), Peter Grant ( 2006), Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis ( 2006) or Allister (2006). A version of The Who, which was created for the film The Kids Are Alright, remained unpublished.