I Saw Her Standing There - wikipedia I Saw Her Standing There This article is about the 1963 song. For the 2013 album, see I Saw Her Standing There ( album ). `` I Saw Her Standing There '' Song by the Beatles from the album Please Please Me Released 22 March 1963 Recorded 11 February 1963, EMI Studios, London Genre Rock and roll Length 2 : 55 Label Parlophone Songwriter ( s ) McCartney -- Lennon Producer ( s ) George Martin Please Please Me track listing `` I Saw Her Standing There '' ( 1 ) `` Misery '' ( 2 ) `` I Saw Her Standing There '' US single cover Single by the Beatles A-side `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' Released 26 December 1963 ( US ) Length 2 : 55 Label Capitol 5112 ( US ) Songwriter ( s ) McCartney -- Lennon The Beatles singles chronology `` She Loves You '' ( 1963 ) She Loves You 1963 `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' ( US - 1963 ) I Want to Hold Your HandString Module Error : Match not found `` Twist and Shout '' ( US - 1964 ) Twist and Shout String Module Error : Match not found `` 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. It is the opening track on the band 's 1963 debut album Please Please Me. 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 ''. 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. 14. The song placed on the Cashbox chart for only one week at No. 100 on the same week of its Billboard debut. In 2004, `` I Saw Her Standing There '' was ranked No. 139 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Contents 1 Composition 2 Recording 3 Critical acclaim 4 Chart performance 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 5 Release 6 Personnel 7 Later performances by Beatles 7.1 John Lennon 7.2 Paul McCartney 8 Tiffany version 8.1 Track listings and formats 8.2 Chart performance 8.3 Sales and certifications 9 References 10 External links Composition The song was mainly written by Paul McCartney. Originally titled `` Seventeen '', the song was apparently conceived by McCartney while 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. According to Beatles biographer Mark Lewisohn, McCartney worked out chords and changes for the song on an acoustic guitar, at the family home of his Liverpool friend and fellow musician Rory Storm, on the same night, 22 October 1962. 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. The song was completed about a month later at McCartney 's Forthlin Road home with Lennon. It was on their setlist in December 1962 in the Star Club in Hamburg. 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 '. I played exactly the same notes as he did and it fitted our number perfectly. Even now, when I tell people, I find few of them believe me ; therefore, I maintain that a bass riff has n't got to be original ''. The lyrics were written on a Liverpool Institute exercise book. Remember, a book by McCartney 's brother Mike McCartney, includes a photograph of Lennon and McCartney writing the song while strumming guitars and reading the exercise book. It was typical of how Lennon and McCartney would work in partnership, as McCartney later commented : `` I had ' She was just seventeen, ' and then ' never been a beauty queen '. When I showed it to John, he screamed with laughter, and said ' You 're joking about that line, are n't you ? ' '' `` We came up with, ' You know what I mean. ' Which was good, because you do n't know what I mean. '' `` It was one of the first times he ever went ' What ? Must change that... ' '' Lennon said : `` That 's Paul doing his usual good job of producing what George Martin used to call a ' potboiler '. I helped with a couple of the lyrics. '' 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. Recording The first live recording ( a slow version of the song ) was made at the Cavern Club at the end of 1962. Lennon did not play rhythm guitar ; he played harmonica in the introduction and during the verses. Lennon and McCartney laughed when they sing `` Well we danced all night / And I held her tight / And I held her hand in mine '' the second time. 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. The Beatles were not present for the mixing session on 25 February 1963. It was not common practice for bands to be present at such sessions at that time. On the album, the song starts with a rousing `` One, two, three, four ! '' count - in by McCartney. 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 ' ''. Martin took the count - in from take 9, which was considered ' especially spirited ' and spliced it onto take 1. 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. In addition it also made the point that the Beatles were a live band as, at that time, they opened their set with this song. On the first American release of the song, issued on Vee Jay Records, the count was edited out -- but the `` Four ! '' 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. Take 2 of the song was released on The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 which was an album released exclusively to iTunes in 2013. Critical acclaim Carr and Tyler, in The Beatles : An Illustrated Record, claimed it was only the third all - British rock classic up to that time, the previous two being Cliff Richard 's `` Move It '' and Johnny Kidd 's `` Shakin ' All Over ''. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1964 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 14 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1964 ) Rank U.S. Billboard Hot 100 95 Release British LP : Please Please Me British EP : The Beatles ( No. 1 ) American LP : Introducing... The Beatles American Single : `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' American LP : Meet the Beatles ! Personnel Paul McCartney -- lead vocals, bass, handclaps John Lennon -- rhythm guitar, harmony vocals, handclaps George Harrison -- lead guitar, handclaps Ringo Starr -- drums, handclaps Personnel per Ian MacDonald Later performances by Beatles This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2012 ) John Lennon A 1974 live version was recorded by the Elton John Band with John Lennon and released as the B - side to the former 's `` Philadelphia Freedom '' single. 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. Lennon 's introduction : I 'd like to thank Elton and the boys for having me on tonight. 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. This is one I never sang, it 's an old Beatle number, and we just about know it. This was the last major live performance by John Lennon. 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. Paul McCartney 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 ). In 1987, he recorded a new version for his album CHOBA B CCCP, but left it to outtakes. 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. It featured special guest drummer Dave Grohl, the lead singer of the Foo Fighters and ex-drummer of Nirvana. 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. He was supported by an all - star band featuring Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, and Ray King. 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 ''. Paul McCartney also performed a duet of this song with Billy Joel during the inaugural concert at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Tiffany version `` I Saw Him Standing There '' Single by Tiffany from the album Tiffany B - side `` Mr. Mambo & Gotta Be Love '' Released March 1988 Format 7 '' single, 12 '' single, Cassette single Recorded Genre Synthpop Length 4 : 12 ( album version ) 3 : 57 ( single remix ) Label MCA Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) George Tobin Tiffany singles chronology `` Could 've Been '' ( 1988 ) `` I Saw Him Standing There '' ( 1988 ) `` Feelings of Forever '' ( 1988 ) `` Could 've Been '' ( 1988 ) `` I Saw Him Standing There '' ( 1988 ) `` Feelings of Forever '' ( 1988 ) Music video `` Tiffany - I Saw Him Standing There '' on YouTube `` I Saw Him Standing There '' was recorded and released by Tiffany. It appeared on her debut self - titled album, changing the lyrics to `` him '' instead of `` her ''. The track was re-recorded and remixed for single release. The music video was a live performance of the song in front of thousands of screaming fans. Like her previous videos, it got a lot of play from video stations such as MTV. In Japan, one of Tiffany 's most well loved songs, `` Ca n't Stop a Heartbeat '' was the b - side. She and the song were featured in TV commercials for Meiji 's `` Marble Chocolate ''. `` Ca n'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. Cover version in 1988, Hong Kong singer Prudence Liew covered this song in Cantonese. Track listings and formats Cassette single and 7 '' single `` I Saw Him Standing There '' `` Gotta Be Love '' `` Mr. Mambo '' UK 7 '' single `` I Saw Him Standing There '' `` Mr. Mambo '' Japanese 3 '' CD Single `` I Saw Him Standing There '' `` Ca n't Stop a Heartbeat '' Japanese CD EP `` I Think We 're Alone Now ( extended version ) '' `` I Saw Him Standing There ( dance mix ) '' `` Ca n't Stop a Heartbeat ( long version ) '' `` Mr. Mambo '' `` Ca n't Stop a Heartbeat ( singalong version ) '' Chart performance Tiffany version Chart ( 1988 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart 10 New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart Dutch Singles Chart 40 Irish Singles Chart Japan Singles Chart 64 UK Singles Chart 8 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7 Sales and certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Japan ( RIAJ ) 14,550 References ^ Jump up to : Miles 1997, p. 93 -- 94. ^ Jump up to : Badman 2000, p. 50. Jump up ^ Schofield 2012, p. 395. Jump up ^ Lewisohn, Mark. The Beatles : All These Years, Volume One -- Tune In. Crown Archetype, 2013, ISBN 978 - 1 - 4000 - 8305 - 3, pp. 747 - 748 Jump up ^ Lewisohn, Mark. The Beatles : All These Years, Volume One -- Tune In. Crown Archetype, 2013, ISBN 978 - 1 - 4000 - 8305 - 3, p. 748 Jump up ^ Harry 1992, pp. 329. Jump up ^ Barry Miles. Paul McCartney : Many Years From Now ^ Jump up to : `` I Saw Her Standing There ''. The Beatles Bible. ^ Jump up to : Lewisohn 1988, p. 9. Jump up ^ David Sheff. John Lennon : All We Are Saying Jump up ^ Parlophone 1963, p. 3. Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 24. Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 28. Jump up ^ The Beatles 2000, p. 92. Jump up ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 60. Jump up ^ Mojo 2002, p. 40. Jump up ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 68. Jump up ^ ( Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2002 ) Jump up ^ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1964.htm Jump up ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 66. Jump up ^ YouTube 2009. Jump up ^ `` australian-charts.com > Discography Tiffany ''. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015 - 11 - 15. Jump up ^ `` Japanese single certifications -- Tiffany -- Could 've Been '' ( in Japanese ). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Bibliography Badman, Keith ( 2000 ). The Beatles Off the Record. London : Omnibus. ISBN 0 - 7119 - 7985 - 5. `` The Ladybugs Sing `` I Saw Her Standing There '' ``. Dailymotion. 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009. Harry, Bill ( 1992 ). The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia. London : Virgin Books. ISBN 0 - 86369 - 681 - 3. Lewisohn, Mark ( 1988 ). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York : Harmony Books. ISBN 0 - 517 - 57066 - 1. MacDonald, Ian ( 2005 ). Revolution in the Head : The Beatles ' Records and the Sixties ( Second Revised ed. ). London : Pimlico ( Rand ). ISBN 1 - 84413 - 828 - 3. Miles, Barry ( 1997 ). Paul McCartney : Many Years From Now. New York : Henry Holt & Company. ISBN 0 - 8050 - 5249 - 6. Mojo Special Limited Edition # M - 04951. Mojo. London. 2002. Schofield, Nigel ( 2012 ). Fairport by Fairport. London : Rocket 88. ISBN 978 - 1 - 906615 - 47 - 5. Please Please Me ( booklet ). The Beatles. London : Parlophone. 1963. CDP 7 46435 2. `` The Prince 's Trust 1986, `` I Saw Her Standing There '' by Paul McCartney ``. YouTube. 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009. The Beatles ( 2000 ). The Beatles Anthology. London : Cassell & Co. ISBN 0 - 304 - 35605 - 0. External links Wikiquote has quotations related to : Please Please Me Alan W. Pollack 's Notes on `` I Saw Her Standing There '' Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Please Please Me Songs Side one `` I Saw Her Standing There '' `` Misery '' `` Anna ( Go to Him ) '' `` Chains '' `` Boys '' `` Ask Me Why '' `` Please Please Me '' Side two `` Love Me Do '' `` P.S. I Love You '' `` Baby It 's You '' `` Do You Want to Know a Secret '' `` A Taste of Honey '' `` There 's a Place '' `` Twist and Shout '' Outtakes `` How Do You Do It ? '' `` Tip of My Tongue '' `` Hold Me Tight '' `` Bésame Mucho '' Related articles The Beatles discography Please Please Me With the Beatles A Hard Day 's Night Beatles for Sale Help ! Rubber Soul Revolver Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles ( White Album ) Yellow Submarine Abbey Road Let It Be Past Masters The Beatles singles discography UK and US ( all labels ) 1963 `` Please Please Me '' / `` Ask Me Why '' `` From Me to You '' / `` Thank You Girl '' `` She Loves You '' / `` I 'll Get You '' 1964 `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' / `` You Ca n't Do That '' `` I Feel Fine '' / `` She 's a Woman '' 1965 `` Ticket to Ride '' / `` Yes It Is '' `` Help ! '' / `` I 'm Down '' `` We Can Work It Out '' / `` Day Tripper '' 1966 `` Paperback Writer '' / `` Rain '' `` Yellow Submarine '' / `` Eleanor Rigby '' 1967 `` Penny Lane '' / `` Strawberry Fields Forever '' `` All You Need Is Love '' / `` Baby, You 're a Rich Man '' `` Hello, Goodbye '' / `` I Am the Walrus '' 1968 `` Lady Madonna '' / `` The Inner Light '' `` Hey Jude '' / `` Revolution '' 1969 `` Get Back '' / `` Do n't Let Me Down '' `` The Ballad of John and Yoko '' / `` Old Brown Shoe '' `` Something '' / `` Come Together '' 1970 `` Let It Be '' / `` You Know My Name ( Look Up the Number ) '' 1978 `` Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from My Friends '' / `` A Day in the Life '' 1982 `` The Beatles Movie Medley '' / `` I 'm Happy Just to Dance with You '' 1995 `` Free as a Bird '' / `` Christmas Time ( Is Here Again ) '' `` Real Love '' / `` Baby 's in Black '' UK only ( Parlophone, Apple ) 1962 `` My Bonnie '' / `` The Saints '' `` Love Me Do '' / `` P.S. I Love You '' 1963 `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' / `` This Boy '' 1964 `` Ai n't She Sweet '' / `` If You Love Me, Baby '' `` A Hard Day 's Night '' / `` Things We Said Today '' 1976 `` Yesterday '' / `` I Should Have Known Better '' `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' / `` Twist and Shout '' US only ( Vee - Jay, Swan, Tollie, Capitol, Apple ) 1963 `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' / `` I Saw Her Standing There '' 1964 `` Twist and Shout '' / `` There 's a Place '' `` Do You Want to Know a Secret '' / `` Thank You Girl '' `` Love Me Do '' / `` P.S. I Love You '' `` Sie liebt dich '' / `` I 'll Get You '' `` I 'll Cry Instead '' / `` I 'm Happy Just to Dance with You '' `` And I Love Her '' / `` If I Fell '' `` A Hard Day 's Night '' / `` I Should Have Known Better '' `` Matchbox '' / `` Slow Down '' 1965 `` Eight Days a Week '' / `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' `` Yesterday '' / `` Act Naturally '' 1966 `` Nowhere Man '' / `` What Goes On '' 1970 `` The Long and Winding Road '' / `` For You Blue '' 1976 `` Got to Get You into My Life '' / `` Helter Skelter '' `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` Julia '' Other countries ( Odeon, Parlophone, Apple ) 1963 `` All My Loving '' / `` This Boy '' ( Canada ) 1964 `` Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich '' ( Germany ) 1966 `` Norwegian Wood ( This Bird Has Flown ) '' / `` Nowhere Man '' ( Australia ) 1968 `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' ( Europe, Japan, Australia ) `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` I Will '' ( Philippines ) `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' / `` Do n't Pass Me By '' ( Sweden ) 1969 `` You 're Going to Lose That Girl '' / `` Tell Me What You See '' ( Japan ) 1970 `` Oh ! Darling '' / `` Here Comes the Sun '' ( Japan ) 1972 `` All Together Now '' / `` Hey Bulldog '' ( Europe ) 1978 `` Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from My Friends '' / `` Within You Without You '' ( Germany ) Tiffany Darwish Studio albums Tiffany Hold an Old Friend 's Hand New Inside Dreams Never Die The Color of Silence Dust Off and Dance Just Me Rose Tattoo A Million Miles Compilation albums Greatest Hits Singles `` I Think We 're Alone Now '' `` Could 've Been '' `` I Saw Him Standing There '' `` Feelings of Forever '' `` All This Time '' `` Radio Romance '' `` Hold an Old Friend 's Hand '' `` It 's the Lover ( Not the Love ) '' `` Oh Jackie '' `` I Always Thought I 'd See You Again '' `` New Inside '' `` Here in My Heart '' `` Back in the Groove '' `` Voices That Care '' `` If Love Is Blind '' `` Ca n't You See '' `` I 'm Not Sleeping '' `` Open My Eyes '' `` Be with U Tonite '' `` Na Na Na '' `` Higher '' `` Serpentine '' Related Discography Book : Tiffany Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Saw_Her_Standing_There&oldid=840671003 '' Categories : 1963 songs The Beatles songs Song recordings produced by George Martin Songs written by Lennon -- McCartney Elton John songs The Supremes songs Little Richard songs Jerry Lee Lewis songs The Tubes songs The Who songs Songs published by Northern Songs 1988 singles Tiffany ( American singer ) songs MCA Records singles Capitol Records singles Parlophone singles Songs about dancing 1963 singles Hidden categories : CS1 Japanese - language sources ( ja ) Use British English from June 2011 Use dmy dates from June 2011 Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with Module : String errors Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles needing additional references from September 2012 All articles needing additional references Certification Table Entry usages for Japan Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית ქართული Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Русский Suomi Svenska Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 14 more Edit links This page was last edited on 11 May 2018, at 11 : 18. 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Question: who wrote the song i saw her standing there
Answer: credited to Paul McCartney and John Lennon, but written primarily by McCartney