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“From Me to You”
“From Me to You” cover
Single by The Beatles
B-side "I'll Get You"
Released 23 August 1963 (UK)
16 September 1963 (US)
Format 7"
Recorded Abbey Road Studios
1 July 1963
Genre Rock
Length 2:17
Label Parlophone R5055 (UK)
Swan 4152 (US)
Writer(s) Lennon/McCartney
Producer George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology
"Please Please Me"/"Ask Me Why" (1963) "From Me to You"/"Thank You Girl" (1963) "She Loves You"/"I'll Get You" (1963)
'From Me To You.' It could be done as an old Ragtime tune... especially the middle-eight. And so, we're not writing the tunes in any particular idiom. In five years time, we may arrange the tunes differently. (jokingly) But we'll probably write the same old rubbish!!

—Paul McCartney, 1964

We were writing it in a car, I think... and I think the first line was mine. I mean, I know it was mine. (humms melody) And then after that we just took it from there. We were just writing the next single. It was far bluesier than that when we wrote it. The notes, today.. you could rearrange it pretty funky

—John Lennon, 1980

The thing I liked about 'From Me To You' was it had a very complete middle. It went to a surprising place. The opening chord of the middle section of that song heralded a new batch for me. That was a pivotal song. Our songwriting lifted a little with that song. It was very much co-written.

—Paul McCartney, 1994


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