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"There's a Place"
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Song by The Beatles
from the album Please Please Me
ReleasedMarch 22 1963 (mono)
April 26 1963 (stereo)
RecordedFebruary 11 1963
GenreRock and roll
Length1:49
LabelParlophone
Writer(s)McCartney/Lennon
Producer(s)George Martin
Please Please Me track listing
Side one
  1. "I Saw Her Standing There"
  2. "Misery"
  3. "Anna (Go to Him)"
  4. "Chains"
  5. "Boys"
  6. "Ask Me Why"
  7. "Please Please Me"
Side two
  1. "Love Me Do"
  2. "P.S. I Love You"
  3. "Baby It's You"
  4. "Do You Want to Know a Secret?"
  5. "A Taste of Honey"
  6. "There's a Place"
  7. "Twist and Shout"
"There's a Place"
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"There's a Place" cover
Song by The Beatles
from the album Introducing... The Beatles
ReleasedJanuary 10 1964
LabelVee-Jay VJLP 1062
"There's a Place"
Single B-side to "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles
ReleasedMarch 2 1964
LabelTollie 9001 (US)


"There’s A Place" is a song composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and was first released as a track on the Beatles UK debut LP, Please Please Me. Lennon and McCartney share the main vocal with George Harrison singing back up vocal.

Origins

The song was inspired by Leonard Bernstein's "Somewhere" from West Side Story which contained the line: "somewhere there's a place for us". Paul McCartney owned the album of the soundtrack at the time of writing "There's a Place" and acknowledges its influence.[1] The "place" in question was "the mind", making its subject matter slightly more cerebral than Britain's kissing and cuddling songs and America's surf music from that period.[2] Lennon is quoted as saying: ""There's a Place" was my attempt at a sort of Motown, black thing."[2] It says the usual Lennon things: 'In my mind there's no sorrow...' It's all in your mind." Composed at McCartney's Forthlin Road home, it was part of the group's stage repertoire in 1963.[4] With its major seventh harmonica intro (later reprised) and searing two-part vocal harmonies in fifths (Lennon low, McCartney high), it stands out as an early Beatles milestone track.

The song was officially credited to Paul McCartney and John Lennon, in that order, as were all other Lennon-McCartney originals on the Please Please Me album. The songwriting credit was changed to the presently more familiar "Lennon-McCartney" for their second album, With the Beatles.

Credits

  • Paul McCartney — bass guitar, vocals
  • John Lennon — rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals
  • George Harrison — lead guitar, backing vocal
  • Ringo Starr — drums

Cover Interpretations

A cover version was released by the Flamin' Groovies.

Cultural legacy

It was used at the start of Daniel Farson's Associated-Rediffusion documentary "Beat City", a portrait of Liverpool which was shown at Christmas 1963.

References

1. ^ Miles, Barry (1998). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. London: Vintage, 95. ISBN 0-7493-8658-4. 
2. ^ MacDonald, Ian (1998). Revolution in the Head, 58. 
3. ^ MacDonald, Ian (1998). Revolution in the Head. London: Pimlico, 58. ISBN 0-7126-6697-4. 
4. ^ Harry, Bill (1992). The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books, 649. ISBN 0-86369-681-3. 
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The Beatles
MembersJohn Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr
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ManagementAllan Williams Brian Epstein Allen Klein Lee Eastman Neil Aspinall Mal Evans Alistair Taylor Apple Records
ProductionGeorge Martin Geoff Emerick Norman Smith Ken Scott Phil Spector Jeff Lynne Abbey Road Studios
Official studio albumsPlease Please Me (1963) With The Beatles (1963) A Hard Day's Night (1964) Beatles for Sale (1964) Help! (1965) Rubber Soul (1965) Revolver (1966) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) Magical Mystery Tour (U.S., 1967 / U.K., 1976) The Beatles (The White Album) (1968) Yellow Submarine (1969) Abbey Road (1969) Let It Be (1970)
Official post-breakup albumsLive at the BBC (1994) Anthology 1 (1995) Anthology 2 (1996) Anthology 3 (1996) Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) Let It Be… Naked (2003)
Official compilations1962–1966 (1973) 1967–1970 (1973) Past Masters, Volume One (1988) Past Masters, Volume Two (1988) 1 (2000) Love (2006)
FilmographyA Hard Day's Night (1964) Help! (1965) Magical Mystery Tour (1967) Yellow Submarine (1968) Let It Be (1970)
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Please Please Me
(1963) With the Beatles
(1963)

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Please Please Me
(1963) With the Beatles
(1963)

Please Please Me is the first album recorded by The Beatles, rush-released on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of singles "Please Please Me" (#1)[1]
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Released 22 March, 1963
Recorded Abbey Road Studios: February 11 1963
Genre Beat
Length 2:55
Label Parlophone
Writer(s) Lennon/McCartney
Producer(s) George Martin

Please Please Me track listing

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Released March 22 1963 (mono)
April 26 1963 (stereo)
Recorded February 11 1963
Genre Pop Rock
Length 1:47
Label Parlophone
Writer(s) McCartney/Lennon
Producer(s) George Martin

Please Please Me
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Released September 17 1962
Genre Soul
Length 2:48
Label Dot Records
Writer(s) Arthur Alexander
Peak chart positions
  • #10 (Billboard Black Singles)
  • #68 (Pop Singles)


"Anna (Go to Him)"
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Released 1962
Format 7" single
Writer(s) Gerry Goffin/Carole King
Peak chart positions
  • #17 (USA)


"Chains"

Song by The Beatles
from the album Please Please Me
Released March 22 1963 (mono)
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Released March 22 1963 (mono)
April 26 1963 (stereo)
Recorded February 11 1963
Genre Rock
Length 2:24
Label Parlophone
Writer(s) Luther Dixon/Wes Farrell
Producer(s) George Martin

Please Please Me
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Released 11 January, 1963 (UK)
25 February, 1963 (US)
Recorded 26 November 1962
Genre Beat, Rock and roll
Length 2:24
Label Parlophone R4983 (UK)
Vee-Jay 498 (US)
Writer(s) McCartney/Lennon
Producer(s)
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B-side(s) "Ask Me Why"
"From Me to You" (Vee-Jay 581)
Released 11 January 1963 (UK)
7 February 1963 (US, VJ498)
3 January 1964 (US re-release)
Format 7"
Recorded 26 November 1962
Genre Rock
Length 2:04
Label
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B-side(s) "P.S. I Love You"
Released 5 October 1962
April 27, 1964 (USA)
Format 7" (1962, 1982)
CD, Digipak (1992)
Recorded Abbey Road Studios:
6 June; 4, 11 September 1962
Genre Beat
Length 2:22
Label
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Released 5 October 1962 (single B-side)
22 March 1963 (mono album)
26 April 1963 (stereo album)
Recorded Abbey Road Studios
4 September and 11 September 1962
Genre Beat
Length 2:06
Label Parlophone R4949
Tollie 9008 (USA)

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B-side(s) "The Things I Want to Hear (Pretty Words)"
Released 1961
Format 7" single
Recorded Bell Sound Studios New York
Genre Girl group
Length 2:42
Label Scepter
Writer(s)
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Released 22 March 1963 (mono)
26 April 1963 (stereo)
Recorded 11 February 1963
Genre Rock and roll
Length 1:56
Label Parlophone
Writer(s) McCartney/Lennon
Producer(s) George Martin

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Released March 22 1963 (mono)
April 26 1963 (stereo)
Recorded February 11 1963
Genre Rock and roll
Length 2:01
Label Parlophone
Writer(s) Bobby Scott/Ric Marlow
Producer(s) George Martin

Please Please Me
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