P.S. I Love You

Album

Please Please Me

Label

Tollie

Genre

Merseybeat

Media Type

45s

Duration

2:04

Composer(s)

John Lennon;Paul McCartney

Entered Chart

May 9, 1964

Peak Date

Jun 6, 1964

Released

5 October 1962 (UK) 27 April 1964 (US)

Recorded

11 September 1962

Catalog #

Tollie 9008

B-Side

Love Me Do

Paul McCartney wrote "P.S. I Love You" in Hamburg, Germany, while The Beatles were the house band at The Star Club, where they spent much of 1962 improving their skills with constant live performances. An early favorite, the band performed the song at their Parlophone Records audition on June 6, 1962. It was long believed that McCartney wrote this for Dot Rhone, the Liverpool girl he was dating at the time. She'd traveled to Hamburg with John Lennon's girlfriend, Cynthia, to visit the band. McCartney has denied that the song is about any particular person. A very early Beatles song, this is a great example of how the group forged a very personal relationship with their fans through songs that spoke directly to the listener. The words "I," "You," "Me" and "Love" show up in many of their early hits, creating a strong connection between band and listener. This was used as the B-side of "Love Me Do," the first Beatles release in the UK. It was going to be their first single, but Peggy Lee had a song out with the same title so the record company decided to release "Love Me Do" instead. Please Please Me is the only Beatles album with the original songs credited to "McCartney/Lennon"; hereafter (and in subsequent releases of this album on CD), they would be credited as the more familiar "Lennon/McCartney." >>> In 2007, a movie called P.S. I Love You was released starring Hilary Swank, Lisa Kudrow and Gerard Butler. Lennon said that, with this song, McCartney was reaching for something akin to "Soldier Boy" by the Shirelles. Session drummer Andy White, rather than Ringo Starr, plays drums on the most widely heard version of this song. He also played on the final version of "Love Me Do" and on an unused version of "Please Please Me." When the Please Please Me sessions started, Pete Best was supposed to be the drummer. Producer George Martin didn't appreciate his style so he got rid of him and brought in Starr. Martin was also dissatisfied with Starr's playing on "Love Me Do." So, Scotsman Hunter Davies was brought in as the third option. He drummed for "Love Me Do," then stayed and did "P.S. I Love You" during the same session. The band released the version with Starr's drumming as the initial UK single, but White's version was used on the American pressings and soon became the standard. Starr's version is on Rarities and Past Masters. White never received any royalties for the song and earned only £5 pounds (about $8)for his playing. Ringo did appear on the track: he played maracas.

As I write this letter
Send my love to you
Remember that I'll always
Be in love with you

Treasure these few words till we're together
Keep all my love forever
P.S. I love you
You, you, you

I'll be coming home again to you, love
And till the day I do, love
P.S. I love you
You, you, you

As I write this letter
Send my love to you
Remember that I'll always
Be in love with you

Treasure these few words till we're together
Keep all my love forever
P.S. I love you
You, you, you

As I write this letter (Oh)
Send my love to you (You know I want you to)
Remember that I'll always (Yeah)
Be in love with you

I'll be coming home again to you, love
And till the day I do, love
P.S. I love you
You, you, you
You, you, you
I love you