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This article is about the 1963 Gerry and the Pacemakers song. For the 2014 video game, see How Do You Do It? (video game).
"How Do You Do It?"
Columbia DB4987 (EMI)[1]
Laurie 3261 (US)
Songwriter(s)Mitch Murray[1]
Producer(s)George Martin[1]
Gerry and the Pacemakers singles chronology
"How Do You Do It?"
(1963) 		"I Like It"
(1963)

"How Do You Do It?" is a song, written by

UK Singles Chart on 11 April 1963, where it stayed for three weeks.[2]

History

The writer of the song,

B-side.[4] In fact, George Martin came very close to issuing "How Do You Do It?" as the Beatles' first single[5] before settling instead on "Love Me Do", recorded during the same sessions.[6] Martin commented later: "I looked very hard at 'How Do You Do It?', but in the end I went with 'Love Me Do', it was quite a good record."[6] McCartney would remark: "We knew that the peer pressure back in Liverpool would not allow us to do 'How Do You Do It'."[7]

The Beatles' version of "How Do You Do It?" was officially unissued for over 30 years, finally seeing release in November 1995 on the retrospective Anthology 1.

While the Beatles' recording remained in the vaults, Martin still had faith in the song's appeal. Consequently he had another new client, Gerry and the Pacemakers, record "How Do You Do It?" as their debut single in early 1963. This version of "How Do You Do It?", produced by Ron Richards, became a number-one hit in the UK until it was supplanted by "From Me to You" (the Beatles' third single).[8] It was the title song of a 7-inch EP that also featured "Away from You", "I Like It" and "It's Happened to Me" (Columbia SEG8257, released July 1963).

Chart performance

Gerry and the Pacemakers' version of "How Do You Do It?" was initially issued in the US and Canada in the spring of 1963, but made no impact on the charts. After the group had issued several chart singles in North America, the track was reissued in the summer of 1964. "How Do You Do It?" entered the US charts on 5 July 1964, eventually reaching number nine;

Cash Box described it as a "bright jumper...that's sure to get chart action right off the bat" and also as "a charming, teen-angled stomp-atwist'er...that the outfit knocks out in very commercial solo vocal and combo instrumental manner."[11][12]

In their native UK, the single reached number one in the charts, staying there for three weeks in total.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-85112-250-7
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  2. ^ "Official Singles Chart UK Top 100". Theofficialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Lewisohn, Mark (2013). Tune In: The Beatles, All These Years, Vol. 1. Crown Archetype. pp. 670–671.
  4. ^ Lewisohn (2013), p. 699
  5. ^ The Beatles 2000, p. 77.
  6. ^ a b Lewisohn 1988, p. 18.
  7. ^ Miles 1997, p. 83.
  8. ^ "How Do You Do It". The Beatles Bible. 15 March 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  9. ^ "The Hot 100: September 5, 1964 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. 5 September 1964. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. 4 July 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  11. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 4 July 1964. p. 8. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  12. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 4 May 1963. p. 10. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

Works cited

External links
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