Love Me Do
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Key facts
- B side
- P.S. I Love You
- Released
- 5 October 1962 ( 1962-10-05 ) (UK) 27 April 1964 (US)
- Recorded
- 4 September 1962 ( 1962-09-04 ) (UK single version) 11 September 1962 ( 1962-09-11 ) (album/US single version)
- Studio
- EMI , London
- Genre
- Merseybeat pop R&B rock and roll
- Length
- 2 : 22
- Label
- Parlophone (UK) Tollie (US)
- Songwriter
- Lennon–McCartney
- Producer
- George Martin
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Please Please Me
- Genre
- beat music
- Composer
- Paul McCartney
- Performer
- The Beatles
- Record label
- EMI
- Lyrics by
- Paul McCartney
Show 5 more facts
- copyright holder
- Northern Songs
- title
- Love Me Do
- language of work or name
- English language
- publication date
- 1962-00-00
- form of creative work
- song
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Encyclopedic overview
The Beatles US singles chronology
"Love Me Do" is the debut single by the English rock band the Beatles, backed by "P.S. I Love You". When the single was originally released in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1962, it peaked at number 17. It was released in the United States in 1964 and topped the nation's song chart. Re-released in 1982 as part of EMI's Beatles 20th anniversary, it re-entered the UK charts and peaked at number 4. "Love Me Do" also topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Love Me Do” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.