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| Length = 2:22 | Label = Parlophone R4949 Capitol Canada 72076 Tollie 9008 | Writer = Lennon–McCartney | Producer = George Martin | Chronology = The Beatles UK singles | Last single = | This single = "Love Me Do" (1962) | Next single = "Please Please Me" (1963) | Misc = }} "Love Me Do" is the Beatles' first single, backed by B-Side "P.S. I Love You". When the single was originally released in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1962, it peaked at No. 17; in 1982 it was re-promoted (not re-issued, retaining the same catalogue number) and reached No. 4. In the United States the single was a No. 1 hit in 1964. In 2013, recordings of the song that were published in 1962 entered the public domain in Europe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Beatles' 'Love Me Do' Hits the Public Domain in Europe )〕 The song was written several years before it was recorded, and prior to the existence of the group named the Beatles. The single features John Lennon's prominent harmonica playing and duet vocals by him and Paul McCartney. Three different recorded versions of the song by the Beatles have been released, each with a different drummer. ==Composition, recordings and releases== The song is an early Lennon–McCartney composition, principally written by Paul McCartney in 1958–1959 while truant from school at age 16. John Lennon wrote the middle eight.〔Miles (1997).〕 Lennon: "Paul wrote the main structure of this when he was 16, or even earlier. I think I had something to do with the middle ... 'Love Me Do' is Paul's song. He wrote it when he was a teenager. Let me think. I might have helped on the middle eight, but I couldn't swear to it. I do know he had the song around, in Hamburg, even, way, way before we were songwriters". (David Sheff. John Lennon: All We Are Saying).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Love Me Do )〕 McCartney: "'Love Me Do' was completely co-written. It might have been my original idea but some of them really were 50-50s, and I think that one was. It was just Lennon and McCartney sitting down without either of us having a particularly original idea. We loved doing it, it was a very interesting thing to try and learn to do, to become songwriters. I think why we eventually got so strong was we wrote so much through our formative period. 'Love Me Do' was our first hit, which ironically is one of the two songs that we control, because when we first signed to EMI they had a publishing company called Ardmore and Beechwood which took the two songs, 'Love Me Do' and 'P.S. I Love You', and in doing a deal somewhere along the way we were able to get them back".〔〔Barry Miles. ''Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now''〕 Their practice at the time was to scribble songs in a school notebook, dreaming of stardom, always writing "Another Lennon–McCartney Original" at the top of the page.〔 'Love Me Do' is intrinsically a song based around two simple chords: G7 and C, before moving to D for its middle eight. It first profiles Lennon playing a bluesy dry "dockside harmonica" riff, then features Lennon and McCartney on joint lead vocals, including Everly Brothers-style harmonising during the beseeching "''please''" before McCartney sings the unaccompanied vocal line on the song's title phrase. Lennon had previously sung the title sections, but this change in arrangement was made in the studio under the direction of producer George Martin when he realised that the harmonica part encroached on the vocal (Lennon needed to begin playing the harmonica again on the same beat as the "do" of "love me do". Although when a similar situation later occurred on the 'Please Please Me' single session, the harmonica was superimposed afterwards using tape-to-tape overdubbing). Described by Ian MacDonald as "standing out like a bare brick wall in a suburban sitting-room, 'Love Me Do', (its ) blunt working class northerness, rang the first faint chime of a revolutionary bell" compared to the standard tin pan alley productions occupying the charts at the time. 'Love Me Do' was recorded by the Beatles on three different occasions with three different drummers at EMI Studios at 3 Abbey Road in London: * EMI Artist Test on 6 June 1962 with Pete Best on drums. This version (previously thought to be lost) is available on ''Anthology 1''. * First proper recording session 4 September 1962. In August, Best had been replaced with Ringo Starr. Producer George Martin did not approve of Best's drumming for studio work. It was the norm at that time to have a specialist studio drummer who knew the ways of studio work. The decision to fire Best was not Martin's. The Beatles with Starr recorded a version at EMI Studios. They recorded Love Me Do in 15 takes. * Second recording session 11 September 1962. A week later, The Beatles returned to the same studio and they made a recording of 'Love Me Do' with session drummer Andy White on drums. Starr was relegated to playing tambourine. As tambourine is not present on the 4 September recording, this is the easiest way to distinguish between the Starr and White recordings. First issues of the single, however, did feature the Ringo Starr version, prompting Mark Lewisohn to later write: "Clearly, the 11 September version was not regarded as having been a significant improvement after all". The Andy White version of the track was included on The Beatles' debut UK album, ''Please Please Me'', ''The Beatles' Hits EP'', and subsequent album releases on which "Love Me Do" was included (except as noted below). For the 1976 single re-issue and the 1982 "20th Anniversary" re-issue, the Andy White version was again used. The Ringo Starr version was included on the albums ''Rarities'' (American version) and ''Past Masters, Volume One''. The CD single issued on 2 October 1992 contains both versions. The Pete Best version remained unreleased until 1995, when it was included on the ''Anthology 1'' album. Capitol Records Canada pressed 170 singles which were released on 4 February 1963 with catalog number 72076.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first=Piers A. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How The Beatles got their start in Canada )〕 This pressing was dubbed from the Parlophone 45 released in England 5 October 1962. This version features Ringo on drums. 'Love Me Do,' featuring Starr drumming, was also recorded eight times at the BBC and played on the BBC radio programmes ''Here We Go'', ''Talent Spot'', ''Saturday Club'', ''Side By Side'', ''Pop Go The Beatles'' and ''Easy Beat'' between October 1962 and October 1963. The version of 'Love Me Do' recorded on 10 July 1963 at the BBC and broadcast on the 23 July 1963 ''Pop Go the Beatles'' programme can be heard on The Beatles' album ''Live at the BBC''. The Beatles also performed the song live on the 20 February 1963 ''Parade of the Pops'' BBC radio broadcast. In 1969, during the ''Get Back sessions'', The Beatles played the song in a slower, more bluesy form than they had in earlier recordings. This version of 'Love Me Do' is one of many recordings made during these sessions and subsequently appeared on some bootlegs. The song featured no harmonica by Lennon, and McCartney sang the majority of the song in the same vocal style he used for 'Lady Madonna'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Love Me Do」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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