We Love You Beatles

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"We Love You Beatles"
Single by The Carefrees
B-side"Hot Blooded Lover"
GenrePop
LabelOriole (UK)
London International (US)
Songwriter(s)Lee Adams, Charles Strouse

"We Love You Beatles" is a song by

novelty record about The Beatles and the song peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100;[1][2][3] it was the only Beatles novelty record to reach the Top 40.[4]
It was released in the UK on the Oriole label #CB1916 and in the USA on the London International label #10614.

The song was based on "We Love You Conrad" from the musical

Bye Bye Birdie and has simple lyrics ("We love you Beatles, oh yes we do!").[4] Individual verses also have "We love you _____ (replace with "Ringo", "John", "Paul", and "George", in that order) along with reasons why the group loves that particular Beatle. It also includes at least three different vocal and instrumental quotations from the Beatles' 1963 hit song "She Loves You
", suggesting the fact that "We Love You Beatles" was a reply to it.

References

  1. ^ Farndale, Nigel (April 1, 2020). "One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown review — az fab formula for a Beatles miscellany". The Times. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ^ Womack, Kenneth (March 31, 2014). "50 Years of Beatles: The Fab Four's historic high-five | Penn State University". news.psu.edu. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ "'Post Malone' Joins Post Malone On Pop Songs Chart, Thanks to Sam Feldt's Tribute". Billboard. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. ^ .