There's a Place

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"There's a Place"

Song by The Beatles
from the album Please Please Me
Released	March 22, 1963 (mono) April 26, 1963 (stereo)
Recorded	February 11, 1963
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	1:49
Label	Parlophone
Writer(s)	McCartney/Lennon
Producer(s)	George Martin
Please Please Me track listing
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"

"There's a Place" is a song by The Beatles, with John Lennon singing the lead, from their album Please Please Me.

1 Origins
2 Cover Interpretations
3 Cultural legacy
4 References

[edit] Origins

The song may have been inspired by Leonard Bernstein's "Somewhere" from West Side Story. McCartney owned the album of the soundtrack at the time and acknowledges that it would have been an influence. The "place" in question was "the mind", making its subject matter slightly more cerebral than the kissing and cuddling songs of the period. Lennon is quoted as saying, in 1980: "'There's a Place' was my attempt at a sort of Motown, black thing." It says the usual Lennon things: 'In my mind there's no sorrow...' It's all in your mind." Composed at McCartney's Forthlin Road home, it was part of the group's stage repertoire in 1963. With its major seventh harmonica intro (later reprised) and searing two-part vocal harmonies in fifths (Lennon low, McCartney high) it stands out as an early Beatles milestone track.

The song was officially credited to Paul McCartney and John Lennon, in that order, as were all other Lennon-McCartney originals on the Please Please Me album. The songwriting credit was changed to the more familiar "Lennon-McCartney" for their second album, With the Beatles.

[edit] Cover Interpretations

A cover version was released by The Flamin' Groovies.

[edit] Cultural legacy

It was used at the start of Daniel Farson's Associated-Rediffusion documentary "Beat City", a portrait of Liverpool which was shown at Christmas 1963.

[edit] References

The Beatles Ultimate Experience Database: Please Please Me

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