Thank you girl

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Thank you girl
The Beatles
publication 0April 8, 1963 ( D ),
April 11, 1963 ( UK )

B-side of From Me to You

length 2 min 2 s
Genre (s) skirt
Author (s) Lennon / McCartney
Producer (s) George Martin
Label Odeon (D),
Parlophone (UK)
album The Beatles Beat ,
Rarities ,
Past Masters • Volume One

Thank You Girl ( english Thanks to you, girl ) is a song by British band The Beatles from 1963 which as a B-side of the single From Me to You appeared.

background

The song was originally called 'Thank You Little Girl' and was supposed to be the new A-side of a single , but was later swapped for From Me to You .

composition

McCartney - Lennon is named as the writing team on the record label . “We wrote the piece together for the most part, but maybe I had a little more share […]” “' Thank You Girl' was one of our failed attempts to write a single. So it became a B-side or an album song. "

The in 4 / 4 - stroke wrote song is in D major company and has a length of 2:02 minutes. The tempo is indicated as moderately bright , the genre as “rock”.

text

In the song someone thanks a girl for her love. " Lennon gets things going with the sober first line, and McCartney replies with [...] the nifty inner rhyme of the second line." wanted to keep their audience warm by using this title to encourage each of their female fans to hear it as a thank you for their part in the success of the Beatles. ”Nevertheless, the text can also be understood as a thank you to a specific girl.

occupation

Cast list:

admission

The recording was made on Tuesday, March 5, 1963 in Studio 2 of Abbey Road Studios . A total of 13 takes were recorded. On March 13th, the harmonica part was added in 15 takes. Producer was George Martin , sound engineer Norman Smith ; on March 13th was Geoff Emerick's second sound engineer .

publication

In Germany the single From Me to You / Thank You Girl was published on April 8, 1963 (Odeon O 22 416), in Great Britain only on April 11 (Parlophone R 5015). The title was also released in Germany on the EP The Beatles Hits (Odeon O 41 598) in September 1963 and on the LP The Beatles Beat (Odeon O 83 692) on April 15, 1964.

Reviews

“The rock 'n' roll rhythm, which later found its best form with I Want To Hold Your Hand [...], seems lame here. Presumably the bass line is to blame [...] "

- Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The song lexicon 

“In October 1965 we started recording […]. Everything changed. It went away from trendy stuff like Thank You Girl [...] "

- The Beatles: The Beatles Anthology 

"And the text was profound and meaningful - certainly not something like Thank You Girl [...]"

- The Beatles: The Beatles Anthology 

Cover version

In 2008 The Smithereens covered the song on their album B-Sides The Beatles .

literature

  • Alan Aldridge (Ed.): The Beatles Songbook 2. The Beatles' colored text book. Volume 2 . German by Lutz-W. Wolff. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-423-01746-5 .
  • The Beatles: The Beatles Anthology. Ullstein, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-550-07132-9 .
  • Colin Campbell, Allan Murphy: Things We Said Today. The Complete Lyrics and a Concordance to The Beatles' Songs, 1962-1970 . Pierian Press, Ann Arbor 1980, ISBN 0-87650-104-8 .
  • Todd M. Compton: Who Wrote The Beatle Songs? A History of Lennon-McCartney . Pahreah Press, San Jose 2017, ISBN 978-0-9988997-0-1 .
  • 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 .
  • Geoff Emerick , Howard Messey: "You make the Beatles". How I reinvented the band's sound . Blanvalet, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-36746-7 .
  • 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 .
  • 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 1. My Bonnie through Beatles for Sale (1961–1964) . 2nd Edition. Gearfab Books, Toronto 2018, ISBN 978-1548023935 .
  • Mark Lewisohn : The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years. Hamlyn, London 1988, ISBN 0-600-55798-7 .
  • Mark Lewisohn: the complete Beatles chronicle . Hamlyn, London 1995, ISBN 0-600-58749-5 .
  • 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 .
  • Barry Miles : Paul McCartney. Many years from now . Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-499-60892-8 .
  • NN : The Beatles Complete. Piano Vocal / Easy Organ. Music Sales, London, undated
  • David Sheff: The Ballad of John and Yoko. The last big interview . Hannibal, Höfen 2002, ISBN 3-85445-202-0 .
  • Neville Stannard: The Long and Winding Road . A History of The Beatles on Record. 2nd Edition. Virgin, London 1983, ISBN 0-907080-96-0 .
  • 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, Halle (Saale) 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, p. 28
  2. ↑ Steve Turner: A Hard Day's Write. The story behind every Beatles song , p. 31
  3. ↑ Barry Miles: Paul McCartney. Many years from now, p. 183
  4. ↑ David Sheff: The Ballad of John and Yoko. The last big interview, p. 176
  5. ^ NN: The Beatles Complete. Piano Vocal / Easy Organ, p. 185; Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores, pp. 937-940
  6. ↑ Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores, pp. 937-940
  7. ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs, p. 62
  8. ^ NN: The Beatles Complete. Piano Vocal / Easy Organ, p. 185
  9. ^ Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The Song Lexicon, p. 97
  10. ^ Colin Campbell, Allan Murphy: Things We Said Today. The Complete Lyrics and a Concordance to The Beatles' Songs, 1962–1970, p. 51, v. 8: “Thank you girl for loving me […]”
  11. ^ Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The Song Lexicon, p. 97
  12. ↑ This probably means verse 3: “And eternally I'll always be in love with you” (“And I will always be in love with you forever”) This verse also contains a tautology : “eternally… always”.
  13. ^ Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The Song Lexicon, p. 97
  14. ^ Colin Campbell, Allan Murphy: Things We Said Today. The Complete Lyrics and a Concordance to The Beatles' Songs, 1962–1970, p. 51, V. 2: “You made me glad when I was blue” speaks for it.
  15. ^ Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. Das Song-Lexikon, p. 96; Instruments: Jerry Hammack: The Beatles Recording Reference Manual. Volume 1. My Bonnie through Beatles for Sale (1961–1964) , p. 67
  16. ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs, p. 62: "Diatonic harmonica in G". The harmonica was on loan and, according to Lennon, tasted “like a sack of potatoes”. (Geoff Emerick, Howard Messey: "You make the Beatles". How I reinvented the band's sound, pp. 105-107)
  17. ^ Mark Lewisohn : The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, pp. 28 and 31
  18. ↑ Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, p. 4; Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide II. An Anthology of Original Singles and EP Releases in 58 Countries 1961–1973, p. 165
  19. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, p. 32 ; Neville Stannard: The Long and Winding Road. A History of The Beatles on Record, p. 15
  20. ↑ Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, p. 7; Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide II. An Anthology of Original Singles and EP Releases in 58 Countries 1961–1973, p. 166
  21. ↑ Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, p. 17; Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide. An Anthology of Original LP Releases in more than 40 Countries 1962–1972, p. 156
  22. ↑ p. 97
  23. ↑ p. 193
  24. ↑ p. 210