Baby It's You
| "Baby It's You" | ||||
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| Single by The Shirelles | ||||
| from the album Baby It's You | ||||
| B-side | "The Things I Want to Hear (Pretty Words)" | |||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | 1960 Bell Sound Studios, New York |
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| Length | 2:42 | |||
| Label | Scepter | |||
| Writer(s) |
Burt Bacharach Mack David Barney Williams |
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| Producer(s) | Luther Dixon | |||
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| "Baby It's You" | |
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| Song by the Beatles from the album Please Please Me | |
| Released | March 22, 1963 |
| Recorded | February 11 & 20, 1963 EMI Studios |
| Length | 2:24 |
| Label | Parlophone |
| Writer(s) | Burt Bacharach, Mack David and Barney Williams |
| Producer(s) | George Martin |
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| Single by The Beatles | ||||
| from the album Live at the BBC | ||||
| Released | March 20, 1995 | |||
| Format |
vinyl record 7" CD single |
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| Recorded | June 1, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Merseybeat | |||
| Length | 2:45 | |||
| Label | Apple | |||
| Writer(s) | Burt Bacharach, Mack David and Barney Williams | |||
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
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| "Baby It's You" | |
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| Single by Smith | |
| from the album A Group Called Smith | |
| Released | 1969 |
| Format | 7" single |
| Length | 2:29 |
| Label | Dunhill |
| Writer(s) | Burt Bacharach, Mack David and Barney Williams |
"Baby It's You" is a song written by Burt Bacharach (music), Luther Dixon (credited as Barney Williams) and Mack David (lyrics). It was recorded by the Shirelles and the Beatles, and became hits for both. The highest-charting version of "Baby It's You" was by the band Smith, who took the song to number five on the US charts in 1969.
The song was produced by Luther Dixon. When released as a single in 1961, the song became very popular, becoming a Top 10 smash on the Pop and R&B Charts, reaching number three on the R&B chart and peaking at number eight on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. It later appeared on the album Baby It's You, named to capitalize upon the success of the single. The vocal arrangements on this version proved influential in subsequent versions, including that by the Beatles, who used the same one. One notable feature of the song is its minor-to-major key chord changes on the verses.
English rock group the Beatles performed "Baby It's You" as part of their stage act from 1961 until 1963, and recorded it on February 11, 1963 for their first album, Please Please Me, along with "Boys", another song by the Shirelles. American label Vee-Jay Records included it on Introducing... The Beatles and Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles. Capitol included it on The Early Beatles. The Beatles' version differs to the Shirelles' by repeating the second verse instead of the first. So, where the Shirelles conclude with a line about sitting home and crying, the Beatles's conclusion is more upbeat, John Lennon singing that he will carry on loving, no matter what.
A live version was released on Live at the BBC in 1994. The song was issued as a CD single and a vinyl single in 1995 in both the UK and the US, the Beatles' first in nearly a decade. Both versions have four tracks, making it an EP instead of a regular issue single. The three additional tracks, while from BBC recordings, did not appear on Live at the BBC. Tracks 2 and 4 were later included on On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2, but this recording of track 3 remains unique to this release. The single reached number seven in the UK and number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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