You Like Me Too Much

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You Like Me Too Much
The Beatles
publication August 12, 1965
length 2 min 37 s
Genre (s) pop
Author (s) George Harrison
Label Listen
album Help!

You Like Me Too Much ( english You like me too much ) is a song by British band The Beatles in 1965. It appeared on the album Help! It was written by George Harrison . It is the third track Harrison wrote for the band after Don't Bother Me and I Need You .

background

George Harrison himself says nothing about You Like Me Too Much , "probably because there wasn't much to say."

composition

The in 4 / 4 - stroke wrote song is in G major company and has a length of 2:35 minutes. The tempo is indicated as Moderato   or Slow   .

text

The text is about a love affair between two people. The speaking person is certain that the person addressed will never leave them (“you'll never leave me”), because their affection is too great (“cause you like me too much”), even though they have been wronged (“ I admit that I was wrong ”). "The boring, happy-radiating text, which is probably inspired by his affair with Pattie Boyd [note: see also I Need You ], uses self-humiliation instead of emotional depth [...]." " There is one line, one thought, in which he says , 'if you ever leave me, I will follow you', which alas foretold what was to come. Pattie did eventually leave George, for his friend Eric Clapton […]. ”(German:“ There is a line, a thought in which he says 'if you ever leave me, I'll follow you', which unfortunately foretold what was to come. Pattie finally left George for his friend Eric Clapton [... ]. ")

occupation

Cast list:

admission

The piece was recorded in eight takes on February 17, 1965 in Studio 2 of Abbey Road Studios . The producer was George Martin.

publication

Was published You Like Me Too Much in Germany on 12 August 1965 the LP Help!   It also appeared on the German EP Beatles forever together with the titles Dizzy Miss Lizzy , Bad Boy and Tell Me What You See in September 1965.

Reviews

You Like Me Too Much captures the awkward Harrison persona better than anything since Don't Bother Me - it has a nervous charme […]

" You Like Me Too Much catches the awkward Harrison better than anything since Don't Bother Me - it has an excited charm [...]"

- Tim Riley : Tell me why. A Beatles Commentary

"Martin always plays a shaky tremolo reminiscent of barrelhouse [...]"

"Martin always plays a wobbly tremolo that is reminiscent of Barrelhouse [...]"

- Walter Everett : The Beatles as Musicians. The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul

“A simple love song from Help! ”

“A simple love song from Help! . "

- Dale C. Allison Jr .: The Love There That's Sleeping. The Art and Spirituality of George Harrison

"[...] another pleasant, inconsequential original [...]"

"[...] another sympathetic, unimportant original [...]"

- Jonathan Gould : Can't Buy Me Love. Beatles, Britain and America

You Like Me Too Much presents love as a game that should not be taken too seriously.

" You Like Me Too Much shows love as a game that shouldn't be taken too seriously."

- Ian Inglis : The Words and Music of George Harrison

literature

  • Dale C. Allison Jr .: The Love There That's Sleeping. The Art and Spirituality of George Harrison . Continuum International, New York 2006, ISBN 978-0-8264-1917-0 .
  • Andy Babiuk: the Beatles sound . Press Project Verlag. (Bergkirchen) 2002, ISBN 3-932275-36-5 .
  • Hunter Davies: The Beatles Lyrics. The Stories Behind the Music, Including the Handwritten Drafts of More Than 100 Classic Beatles Songs . Little, Brown and Company, New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-316-24716-0 .
  • Walter Everett: The Beatles as Musicians. The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul . Oxford University Press, New York 2001, ISBN 978-0-19-514105-4 .
  • Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores . Hal Leonard, Milwaukee 1993, ISBN 0-7935-1832-6 .
  • Jonathan Gould: Can't Buy Me Love. Beatles, Britain and America . Portrait, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7499-5166-5 .
  • Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Total Beatles. The stories behind the songs . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-7688-3881-8 .
  • Jerry Hammack: The Beatles Recording Reference Manual. Volume 2. Help! through revolver (1965-1966). Gearfab. Toronto 2018, ISBN 978-1983704550 .
  • Ian Inglis: The Words and Music of George Harrison. Praeger, Santa Barbara 2010, ISBN 978-0-313-37532-3 .
  • Mark Lewisohn : The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years. Hamlyn, London 1988, ISBN 0-600-55798-7 .
  • Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The song lexicon. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1426-7 .
  • Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide. An Anthology of Original LP Releases in more than 40 Countries 1962–1972 . Print Competence, Mühlenrade 2004, ISBN 3-9809137-1-6 .
  • Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide II. An Anthology of Original Singles and EP Releases in 58 Countries 1961–1973. Print Competence, Mühlenrade 2005, ISBN 3-9809137-2-4 .
  • John Pring, Rob Thomas: The Beatles Story. Band history | Albums | Backgrounds . Knesebeck, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-395728-176-0 .
  • The Beatles Complete. Piano Vocal / Easy Organ. Music Sales, London undated
  • Tim Riley: Tell me why. A Beatles Commentary. First Vintage Books, New York 1989, ISBN 0-679-72198-3 .
  • Steve Turner: A Hard Day's Write. The story behind every Beatles song . Heel, Königswinter 1996, ISBN 3-89365-500-X .
  • Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Digital printing service, hall 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steve Turner: A Hard Day's Write. The story behind every Beatles song, p. 82
  2. ↑ Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores, pp. 1092-1098; John Pring, Rob Thomas: The Beatles Story. Band history | Albums | Background, p. 103
  3. ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs, p. 244
  4. ^ NN : The Beatles Complete. Piano Vocal / Easy Organ, p. 211
  5. ^ Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores, p. 1092
  6. ^ Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The Song Lexicon , p. 164
  7. ^ Hunter Davies: The Beatles Lyrics. The Stories Behind the Music, Including the Handwritten Drafts of More Than 100 Classic Beatles Songs, p. 103
  8. ^ Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The Song Lexicon, p. 164
  9. ^ Indication of the instruments after Jerry Hammack: The Beatles Recording Reference Manual. Volume 2. Help! through Revolver (1965–1966) , p. 24
  10. ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs, p. 244
  11. ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs , p. 244: " Hohner Pianet ".
  12. ↑ Andy Babiuk: the Beatles sound, p. 160: “With the Hohner Pianet, the Beatles played another German instrument. [...] You owned the C model in a wooden case with 'coffee table' legs and a fold-out music stand. […] Harrison's You Like Me Too Much was recorded on February 17th , where it can be heard very clearly. "
  13. ^ After Jerry Hammack: The Beatles Recording Reference Manual. Volume 2. Help! through Revolver (1965–1966), p. 24 Lennon played the tambourine.
  14. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, p. 54
  15. ↑ Christoph Maus: Beatles woldwide. An Anthology of Original LP Releases in more than 40 Countries 1962-1972, p. 166; Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, p. 40
  16. ↑ Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide II. An Anthology of Original Singles and EP Releases in 58 Countries 1961–1973, p. 173 ; Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, p. 42
  17. ↑ Tim Riley: Tell me why. A Beatles Commentary , p. 147
  18. ^ Walter Everett: The Beatles as Musicians. The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul , p. 287
  19. ^ Dale C. Allison Jr .: The Love There That's Sleeping. The Art and Spirituality of George Harrison , p. 160
  20. ↑ Jonathan Gould: Can't Buy Me Love. Beatles, Britain and America , p. 277
  21. ^ Ian Inglis: The Words and Music of George Harrison, p. 5