"Some Other Guy"
Song by The Beatles from the album Live at the BBC
Released	30 November 1994
Recorded	19 June 1963
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:01
Label	Apple Records
Writer(s)	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Richard Barrett
Producer(s)	Ron Belchier (Post-Production by George Martin)

"Some Other Guy" is a rhythm and blues song, written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Richie Barrett. First released as a single in 1962 by Barrett himself, it featured an electric piano, then an unusual sound in pop music. Covered shortly afterwards by Liverpool's the Big Three, the song was a standard in the Merseybeat scene.

The song was part of the Beatles' early repertoire, and film footage of The Beatles performing it live is the only known film with synchronized sound showing the group at the Cavern Club. The grainy footage features John Lennon and Paul McCartney singing the song's melody in 1962. It is also the first film of Ringo Starr as the Beatles drummer, Pete Best having been sacked the week before. At the end of the song, someone in the audience can be heard shouting "We want Pete!" after which Lennon simply says "Yes." This audio recording was released on the album Live at the BBC in 1994.

McCartney stated: "It is a great song...It really got us started because that's one of the earliest bits of film of The Beatles. It was the song we sang when Granada Television came to the Cavern. It was also a bit of a muso song..." The Beatles play it in the key of D, with a slow A-C-D intro and second interval I-♭VII-I on every tonic (and the equivalent for IV and V). The "muso song" reference may relate to it being early example of a rock & roll song topped and tailed by a ♭VII-I cadence.

Pete Best released a cover on his 1965 album, "Best of The Beatles". Unsurprisingly, Best's version and The Beatles's version sound similar.

Neither Richie Barrett's original nor The Big Three's cover have crystal clear lyrics, and this has led to mishearings. The Beatles sang misheard words that were not Richie's original lyrics, and regrettably, even though the Fab Four's words make little or no sense, their amended lyrics have stuck and have been used in subsequent covers. Barrett's original lyrics chime in with the bitter anger and sadness of a guy who has lost his girlfriend, whereas the incorrect lyrics miss the point altogether. The affected lines are as follows:

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