Well she looked at me. The music video was a live performance of the song in front of thousands of screaming fans. In 2007, McCartney performed a secret gig at Amoeba Music in Hollywood - this performance appeared on the EP Amoeba's Secret and earned him a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance nomination in 2009. Only Seventeen Lyrics. 14. Usually count-ins are edited off the final audio mix; however, record producer George Martin wanted to create the effect that the album was a live performance: "I had been up to the Cavern and I'd seen what they could do, I knew their repertoire, and I said 'Let's record every song you've got, come down to the studios and we'll just whistle through them in a day'". (1,2,3,4!) When I showed it to John, he screamed with laughter, and said 'You're joking about that line, aren't you? In December 1963, Capitol Records released the song in the United States as the B-side on the label's first single by the Beatles, "I Want to Hold Your Hand". 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"I Saw Him Standing There" was recorded and released by Tiffany. Her version of the song, with the gender flipped to "I Saw Him Standing There," was released as a single at the peak of her powers, following two #1 singles, "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Could've Been. [12], The first live recording (a slow version of the song) was made at the Cavern Club at the end of 1962. Lyrics to 'I Saw Her Standing There' by The Beatles. '"[1] "We came up with, 'You know what I mean.' The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. She was only seventeen and he was one year more She loved him with all her heart, and he the girl adored But all their friends believed they were too young to know the score Cause she was only seventeen and he was one year more Are they old enough to know if love will last a life? You know what I mean. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the most influential band of all time.The group was integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and popular music's recognition as an art form. [4] The song was completed about a month later at McCartney's Forthlin Road home in collaboration with Lennon[5] and performed as part of their set in December 1962 in the Star Club in Hamburg. McCartney performed "I Saw Her Standing There" at the 1986 Prince's Trust Rock Gala, as part of the 10th anniversary celebration of HRH Prince Charles' charity. Lennon and McCartney laughed when they sang "Well we danced all night/And I held her tight/And I held her hand in mine" the second time.[9]. Which was good, because you don't know what I mean. Isn't he too young to be a husband, her a wife? So how could I dance with another (Ooh) When I saw her standing there. Rucka Rucka Ali "Only 17" (Nelly Just a Dream Parody) Gibson Daniel. "Can't Stop a Heartbeat" was released in Japan before the rest of the world on the B-side on the Japanese release of "I Saw Him Standing There" because it was made for a TV commercial for Meiji "Lucky" chocolate. C Am F G She was only seventeen and he was one year more. [6] Berry's "I'm Talking About You" was performed by The Beatles and the song appears on their albums Live! Iris was the sister of Rory Storm, the leader of the rival group Rory Storm & the Hurricanes, which featured a drum player you may have heard of, Ringo Starr. Producer Man Lyrics: She was only seventeen / When producer man came offering that / All her dreams would come true / He said, "Come here, … Take 2 of the song was released on The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963, which was an album released exclusively to iTunes in 2013. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You). And the way she looked was way beyond compare. She was an only child. 139 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Count-in "One, two, three, four!" I doubt she was the only one. For the 2013 album, see, [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002], Live! Marty was a great musical storyteller and this song is a perfect example. In 1987, he recorded a new version for his album CHOBA B CCCP, but left it to outtakes. It typified how Lennon and McCartney would later work in partnership, as McCartney subsequently reflected: "I had 'She was just seventeen,' and then 'never been a beauty queen'. [13] The Beatles were not present for the mixing session on 25 February 1963. The song has become a mainstay of McCartney's live sets, and a special version was played when McCartney and his band returned to Liverpool in June 2008. Music. 3:52. 3:53. Lennon's introduction: I'd like to thank Elton and the boys for having me on tonight. Watch the video for She Was Only Seventeen from Marty Robbins's American Originals for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Lennon did not play rhythm guitar; he played harmonica in the introduction and during the verses. Charted at #27 on Billboard Hot 100 in August 1958 and #4 on the Country chart. On September 28, 2005, mslindac posted in rec.music.beatles (thread titled “"Linda is the only woman I will ever love…”), “I interviewed a groupie called Suzy Thunder in 1980 and she said she'd done him. Lennon however, disliking the rhyme, added inuendo by changing it to "You know what I mean", especially when considering the age of sexual consent to be sixteen (there were many "sixteen" songs, so seventeen was a little more risqué). Paul McCartney recalled. Watch the video for She Was Only Seventeen from Marty Robbins's The Essential Marty Robbins 1951-1982 for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The song was recorded at EMI Studios on 11 February 1963 and engineered by Norman Smith, as part of the marathon recording session that produced 10 of the 14 songs on Please Please Me. Two da… It featured special guest drummer Dave Grohl, the lead singer of the Foo Fighters and ex-drummer of Nirvana. It is the opening track on the band's 1963 debut album Please Please Me. by Paul McCartney at the beginning of the song wasn't edited out because the record producer George Martin wanted the album to sound as a live performance. So how could I dance with another, Oh, when I saw her standing there. Originally titled "Seventeen", the song was conceived by McCartney when driving home from a Beatles' concert in Southport, Lancashire[1] as a modern take on the traditional song "As I Roved Out", a version of "Seventeen Come Sunday" that he had heard in Liverpool in 1960. is still audible. The full take 9 version of the song appears on the "Free as a Bird" CD single as a B side, released for the first time. Rucka Rucka Ali ~ Only 17 (Nelly Just A Dream Parody) Droningmirror. This makes it the only song by the Beatles that all four members performed on stage during their respective solo careers to any extent. Was way beyond compare. "[8][9] "It was one of the first times he ever went 'What? C Am F She loved him with all her heart and he, the girl G adored. In 2004, "I Saw Her Standing There" was ranked No. McCartney later described in Beat Instrumental how he went about the song's composition: "Here's one example of a bit I pinched from someone: I used the bass riff from 'Talkin' About You' by Chuck Berry in 'I Saw Her Standing There'. [2] According to Beatles biographer Mark Lewisohn, McCartney first worked out the chords and arrangement on an acoustic guitar at the family home of his Liverpool friend and fellow musician Rory Storm on the evening of 22 October 1962. This was the last major live performance by John Lennon. This article is about the 1963 song. On the album, the song starts with a rousing "One, two, three, four!" B-side is "Sittin' in a Tree House". She and the song were featured in TV commercials for Meiji's "Marble Chocolate". 3:52. He saw the band perform at the Cavern Club and he suggested, John Lennon performed this song once at a concert of his good friend. Rucka Rucka Ali - Only 17 (Nelly Just a Dream Parody) Lyrics. Read 6 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. | E7 | % | % | % | [Verse 1] E7 A7 E7 Well she was just seventeen and you know what I mean E7 B7 And the way she looked was way beyond compare E E7/G# A Am/C So how could I dance with another oh, E B7 E7 When I saw her standing there [Verse 2] E7 A7 E7 Well she looked at me and I, I could see E7 B7 That before too long I'd fall in love with her E E7/G# A Am/C She wouldn't dance … Seventeen and he was one year more Seventeen and he the girl adored She was only seventeen and he was one year more She loved him with all her heart and he the girl adored But all their friends believed they were too young to know the score 'Cause she was only seventeen and he was one year more Are they old enough to It appeared on her debut self-titled album, changing the lyrics to "him" instead of "her". After Lennon's death, the track was released as a single and reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1981, making it the first time that any version of the song had entered the UK charts. Originally titled "Seventeen", the song was conceived by McCartney when driving home from a Beatles' concert in Southport, Lancashire as a modern take on the traditional song "As I Roved Out", a version of "Seventeen Come Sunday" that he had heard in Liverpool in 1960. Moody & the Deltas – Everybody Come Clap Your Hands You may have never heard this group, but this 1964 release on Daisy should have been a hit. The original title of the song was "Seventeen". C C7 F But all their friends believed they were too young Fm to know the score.. C Am F G C cause she was only seventeen and he was one year more. #2. The Beatles Lyrics. George Harrison and Ringo Starr also performed the song with Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Mick Jagger, and Bob Dylan, amongst others, at the Beatles' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She was only seventeen and he was one year more She loved him with all her heart and he the girl adored. "[9][11] The songwriting credit on the Please Please Me liner notes is "McCartney–Lennon" which differs from the more familiar "Lennon–McCartney" that appears on subsequent releases. [17] It also made the point that the Beatles were a live band as, at that time, they opened their set with this song. Seventeen and he was one year more Seventeen and he the girl adored. McCartney included "I Saw Her Standing There" on his live albums Tripping the Live Fantastic (1990), Back in the US (2002) and Back in the World (2003). [7], The lyrics were written in a Liverpool Institute exercise book. The track was re-recorded and remixed for single release. count-in by McCartney. Interviewed at the time, McCartney said: "It is a good thrill playing with musicians of this calibre ... since it was a birthday thing, they wanted to do something silly at the end, and that's me". According to Beatles biographer Mark Lewisohn, McCartney first worked out the chords and arrangement on an acoustic guitar at the family home of his Liverpool friend and fellow musician Rory Stormon the evening of 22 October 1962. She's Only Seventeen book. With her body and mind she had to much attention. Rucka Rucka Ali "I Wish I Was Black" Fun. She whispered sweet and brought me to the floor, she said I'm only seventeen, you ain't seen love, ain't seen nothing like me She's only seventeen, seventeen Such a bad girl, loves to work me overtime Feels good, dancin' close to the borderline She's a magic mountain, she's a leather glove Oh, she's my soul, it must be love She's only seventeen Well she was just seventeen. For example McCartney wrote "She was just seventeen, she’d never been a beauty queen". [Verse 1] A D7 A Well she was just seventeen, if you know what I mean, E7 And the way she looked was way beyond compare, A A7 D F A E7 A So how could I dance with another, when I … "I Saw Her Standing There" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles credited to Paul McCartney and John Lennon, but written primarily by McCartney. Like her previous videos, it received considerable airplay on MTV and VH1. The pop singer Tiffany covered this song on her 1987 debut album, which was released when she was just 15. Even now, when I tell people, I find few of them believe me; therefore, I maintain that a bass riff hasn’t got to be original". Well, she was just seventeen. MARTY ROBBINS She Was Only Seventeen. "Tiffany's rendition rose to #8 in the UK and #7 in the US. I helped with a couple of the lyrics. And the way she looked. According to Kip Winger, he took inspiration from the Beatles song, " I Saw Her Standing There ", which contains the lyric, "Well she was just seventeen/If you know what I mean/And the way she looked/Was way beyond compare" and that he wasn't aware that it was illegal for an adult to have sexual relations with a seventeen-year-old. Watch the video for Only Seventeen from The Beatle-ettes's Girls With Guitars for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The first song on the first Beatles LP, Paul got the inspiration for this song in July 1962, as he was thinking about his seventeen year old girlfriend at the time, Iris Caldwell. While the A-side topped the US Billboard chart for seven weeks starting 1 February 1964, "I Saw Her Standing There" entered the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 February 1964, remaining there for 11 weeks, peaking at No. Too much of everything. [15] Martin took the count-in from take 9, which was considered 'especially spirited'[10] and spliced it onto take 1. 100 on the same week of its Billboard debut. Linda C.” [24] Paul McCartney also performed a duet of this song with Billy Joel during the inaugural concert at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. [18] On the first American release of the song, issued on Vee Jay Records, the count was edited out—but the "Four!" He was supported by an all-star band featuring Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, and Ray King. In Japan, one of Tiffany's most well loved songs, "Can't Stop a Heartbeat" was the B-side. Become A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons! "I Saw Her Standing There". #1. The song is available on the Lennon box set, and on Elton John's To Be Continued... box set as well as the expanded CD edition of his 1976 live album Here and There and Elton John's Rare Masters. She was an angel child. Written by Marty Robbins. [Intro] Seventeen And He was one year more Seventeen And he the girl adored Seventeen [Verse 1] She was only seventeen And he was one year more She loved him with all her heart [16] Music journalist Richard Williams suggested that this dramatic introduction to their debut album was just as stirring as Elvis Presley's "Well, it's one for the money, two for the show ..." on his opening track, "Blue Suede Shoes", for his debut album seven years earlier. 1:36. You know what I mean. A live version was recorded at Madison Square Garden on 28 November 1974 by the Elton John Band with John Lennon, and released as the B-side to the former's "Philadelphia Freedom" single. One, Two, Three, Four ••• Well she was just seventeen You know what I mean And the way she looked [3] Two days later, McCartney was writing lines for the song during a visit to London with his then-girlfriend Celia Mortimer, who was seventeen at the time herself. We tried to think of a number to finish off with so I can get out of here and be sick, and we thought we'd do a number of an old, estranged fiancé of mine, called Paul. I Saw Her Standing There Lyrics. Marty Robbins – She Was Only Seventeen (And He Was One Year More) This 1958 song on the Columbia label hit #27. The characters of Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman sing this song in the film "Rain Man" (1988). G C Am F G Seventeen..wah-ooo-wah-ooo..and he, the girl, adored. I played exactly the same notes as he did and it fitted our number perfectly. The song placed on the Cashbox chart for only one week at No. [14] It was not common practice for bands to be present at such sessions at that time. Well she looked at me, and I, I could see. This is one I never sang, it's an old Beatle number, and we just about know it. Remember: The Recollections and Photographs of the Beatles, a book by McCartney's brother Mike McCartney, includes a photograph taken in the front room of his home of Lennon and McCartney writing the song while strumming their acoustic guitars and reading the exercise book. Must change that ...'"[10] Lennon said: "That's Paul doing his usual good job of producing what George Martin used to call a 'potboiler'. But all their friends believed they were too young to know the score 'Cause she was only seventeen and he was one year more.