Comments on: From Me To You

By: Teddy Boy

Teddy Boy — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:53:36 +0000

Paul McCartney is quoted as saying, “There was a little trick we developed early on and got bored with later, which was to put I, Me or You in it, so it was very direct and personal …”
“From Me To You” was early Beatles’ musical magic. With this song, in my opinion, they found their “sound” which in turn paved the way for “She Loves YOU”, “All MY Loving”, “I Want to Hold YOUR Hand”, and “I Saw Her Standing There”, etc.
I mean, it just doesn’t get any better than this! Amazing! What a sound!

I think that George’s use of “I, Me, Mine”, from the Let It Be album, conveys an entirely different message and it would be good fodder for future discussions.
I really enjoy this site!

By: MikeP

MikeP — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 04:26:54 +0000

Although I recognize that FMTY is a technically “better” song, I much prefer listening to TYG.
I don’t know why, but FMTY just never grabbed me. I don’t listen to it much and never have.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 04:24:14 +0000

As you know, Robert, it’s because Johan fabricated this out of his uncontrollable love for Lennon and uncontrollable dislike of McCartney. That’s all he needs.

By: CH

CH — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 09:56:07 +0000

Hah, indeed, Walt! Little did you know? Me too. FMTY was the very first Beatles song I ever heard, before that I knew it as a Del Shannon song. And then the Beatles version came blasting out of my little Astor Mickey valve radio (this was Perth, Western Australia, late 1963, I think) and I was totally knocked out by their sound. I remember sending a note to a girl I liked in class saying, ‘Have you heard of these guys called the Beetles?’ And the world was changed forever.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:18:40 +0000

And you know this about the middle part and state it as fact because…..?

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:43:58 +0000

Love this song.Great opening. Lennon and McCartney collaboration in terms of writing and vocally. As I said earlier it is the punch in the opening vocals and they drive furiously until the end. No wonder “From Me To You” was number one in Britain. It was the right choice as the A side, but unlike others I have always loved the catchy B side “Thank You Girl”.

By: jennifur Sun

jennifur Sun — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:33:14 +0000

one of the first songs of theirs i ever heard. always liked it too

By: Jamie Schwartz

Jamie Schwartz — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:43:44 +0000

Also, the two songs are on the same 45. Please, Please Me was the A side. From Me To You was the B side…in America.

By: Jamie Schwartz

Jamie Schwartz — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:39:45 +0000

‘From Me To You’ is my fave Beatle song. I remember hearing it on my TRANSISTOR radio! I always think of John singing the opening da da da’s. He sounds, to me, so coy and flirty. I still love that song…it is as fresh today as it was all those years ago.

By: Johan cavalli

Johan cavalli — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:04:57 +0000

The Beatles second number one hit in March 1963. The A-bit is composed by Lennon and the middle part is by McCartney. Ian MacDonald writes in his Revolution in the Head: “Bluesily horizontal in its intervals, From Me To You clearly grew from an original Lennon phrase”.
I think the initial interval resembles the beginning of Tomorrow Never Knows. McCartney always only praises the middle part, so you can be sure, he did the middle part.

By: OldFartWalt

OldFartWalt — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:09:41 +0000

I was a huge Del Shannon fan (as were the Beatles I think), and was blown away by his summer 1963 release, FMTY. It didn’t get a whole of air play in the US, and I was even more upset that WMCA radio in New York City started playing this other version, by some group called- the Beatles. Was said to be number one in England, but I was not impressed. Hah- little did I know….

By: ForgetScowl

ForgetScowl — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 03:46:57 +0000

So right Jan. Back then it was about the single… the song. The song itself would market and pay the bills.
This became the challenge for these guys and they continued that format until they decided to make an
Album with depth and understanding which started a whole new approach in records.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 17:57:53 +0000

Hard to believe that Thank You Girl was ever being considered for the A side of a single. That is surely one of the weakest Beatle songs out there. Thankfully they came up with From Me to You instead…

By: James

James — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 21:16:27 +0000

Yes indeed–good observation! I guess that’s why the bridge to FMTY has a bit of a show-tuney qualtity.

By: Lennon fan

Lennon fan — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:41:58 +0000

Try this: sing along with “From Me to You”, except, when it comes to the bridge (“I’ve got arms that long to hold you, etc.) sing the bridge from “Consider Yourself” from the musical Oliver! (1960):

“If it should chance to be we should see some harder days
Empty larder days, why grouse?
Always-a-chance we’ll meet
Somebody to foot the bill, then the drinks are on the house!”

Notice any similarity?

By: fab4ever

fab4ever — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:19:09 +0000

One thing I’ve always wondered about was why Capital never released “From Me to You” on their label. It seems to me they would have stuck it on “The Early Beatles”, “Meet the Beatles” or “The Beatles 2nd Album” if they had the rights to the song. Was it an issue with rights to the song?

By: mja6758

mja6758 — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:52:18 +0000

It is a technical point, but “From Me to You” was, indeed, their first number one.
At the time in the UK there was three different charts. The “Record Retailer” chart, which was compiled for the trade paper of the UK music industry. Plus the two national music papers, “New Music Express” and “Melody Maker” ran their own charts – with the NME chart being the most widely recognised.
When creating the weekly television chart programme “Top of the Pops” in late 1963 (it was first broadcast on 1 January 1964), they had to settle on a chart to use, and they adopted use of the “Record Retailer” chart. By the end of 1964 the “Record Retailer” chart was recognised as the official chart, from which all chart statistics would be drawn, dating back to its creation in 1959.
While “Please Please Me” reached No. 1 on both the NME and MM charts, it only reached No. 2 on the “Record Retailer” chart – meaning, officially, it was not a No. 1, and making “From Me to You”, which did reach No. 1 on the “Record Retailer” chart, their first official No. 1.
This also explains the reason why “Please Please Me” was not included on the “1” album.

By: walrusgumboot

walrusgumboot — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 02:08:05 +0000

First number one?? No, that honor goes to Please Please Me. Also, From Me To You is a good example of how much better the mono mixes are. Sounds FAB in mono, awful in stereo, yuk.

By: Pepperland

Pepperland — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:46:46 +0000

George did not sing in this. I have listened hard and I can only hear two voices and in the live performances George doesn’t sing.

By: jan edvinsson

jan edvinsson — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:37:59 +0000

Good song! Stands the time..still good taste as it was from the beginnig, Beatles were bluesy right from the start in their songs..Love Me Do..even Please Please me on the maj7 tone (last-) night is a bit a hint of a bent five scale seventh to me.. and this one FMTY and It Wont Be Long, All I Got To Do and many more. Thank you Beatles for all the good songs you made!