Talk:Do You Want to Know a Secret

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[edit] Not on Red Album

If this song reached #2 in the US, why wasn't it on the Red Album? Certainly that meant it was highly popular. It's also very well-known.67.188.172.165 23:15, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Punctuation

The Internet isn't much help in determining whether the correct title of this song does or does not have a question mark in it, and I can't find my copy of the LP, but any images of the back cover seem to show it without the punctuation. Not sure.

The original album cover has it without the question mark. --Patthedog 19:47, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

The CD cover and disc have no "?". The discography in Lewisohn's "The Beatles Recording Sessions" on page 200 has no "?", nor does any other mention in it, including the "Recording Sheet" written at the session. I think the evidence is clear: no "?". John Cardinal 19:24, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Just to add more fun to this, I agree that there's no "?" -- but the Americans couldn't make up their minds! The Vee-Jay Introducing the Beatles label has no question mark, but the cover does; the 45 rpm single of "Do You Want to Know a Secret" has no "?" on the label, but it does have one on the picture sleeve; the original sheet music has a "?". The Capitol re-releases from 1965 all have no question mark, though. Cheemo 03:53, 26 May 2007 (UTC)