"Komm, gib mir deine Hand" / "Sie liebt dich" | ||||
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Single by the Beatles | ||||
A-side | "Komm, gib mir deine Hand" ("I Want to Hold Your Hand") | |||
B-side | "Sie liebt dich" ("She Loves You") | |||
Released | 4 February 1964 21 May 1964 (United States) |
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Format | Vinyl, 7" Single, 45 RPM | |||
Recorded | 17 October 1963 and 29 January 1964, EMI Pathe Marconi Studios, Paris | |||
Genre | Rock and roll | |||
Length |
2:26 ("Komm, gib mir deine Hand") 2:19 ("Sie liebt dich") |
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Songwriter(s) |
Lennon–McCartney (tracks 1–2) Jean Nicolas (tracks 1–2) Heinz Hellmer (only track 1) Lee Montogue (only track 2) |
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Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
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"Komm, gib mir deine Hand" / "Sie liebt dich" (English: "Come, Give Me Your Hand" / "She Loves You") was a single released on 4 February 1964 by The Beatles in Germany. They are the German language versions of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You", respectively, and were translated by Luxembourger musician Camillo Felgen, under the pseudonym of "Jean Nicolas".
"Sie liebt dich", along with the original "She Loves You" B-side "I'll Get You", was released as a single in the United States on 21 May 1964. This release reached No. 97 in the Billboard Hot 100.
Both tracks are currently available on the Past Masters double CD compilation by The Beatles, most recently remastered in 2009 with the rest of the band's discography.
The lyrics were translated to German language by Camillo Felgen, a Luxembourger singer, lyricist and television/radio presenter, upon request by EMI's German producer Otto Demler. Demler also asked Felgen to fly to Paris, where the Beatles were on tour, to teach them phonetically the new lyrics of their songs during a recording session. Felgen used "Jean Nicolas" as alias for his songwriting credit—his full name was Camillo Jean Nicolas Felgen. Two other non-Beatles are credited, one "Lee Montogue" on "Sie liebt dich", and a "Heinz Hellmer" on "Komm, gib mir deine Hand". It appears that both "Heinz Hellmer" and "Lee Montogue" were additional pseudonyms employed by Felgen as a tax dodge.
The German sub-label of EMI, Odeon Records, persuaded George Martin and Brian Epstein, insisting that the Beatles "should record their biggest songs in German so that they could sell more records there." Martin agreed to the proposal, and persuaded the Beatles to comply.