PS I Love You (The Beatles)

PS I Love You is a song by The Beatles that is primarily written by Paul McCartney, although the credits of the song McCartney and John Lennon mention as authors.PS I Love You was published in 1962 on the B-side of the first Beatles single, Love Me Do . The song was also released the same year on the first LP of the Beatles,Please Please Me . Although the single when PS I Love You was released in Britain only 17th in the UK Singles Chart fetched, this single well meant the breakthrough for the Beatles in their homeland.

Background
According to McCartney's PS I Love You mostly written by himself. Although it is sometimes suggested that McCartney wrote for a friend from Hamburg, this is denied by McCartney himself: The lyrics are written by McCartney as a letter to a loved one. This idea used later for The Beatles Paperback Writer .

Recordings
On June 6 1962, the Beatles for the first time in the Abbey Road Studios in London . That day they took an unknown number of versions of PS I Love You on. It is not clear whether it was for real when recording or that it was an audition went. McCartney remembers that it was an audition.

On September 11th the Beatles took 10 takes of the number. That day session musician Andy White played the drums . Drummer Pete Best was in August of that year by The Beatles put aside and replaced by Ringo Starr of the Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes , because producer George Martin was not satisfied with Best.[5] [6] On September 4 The Beatles were the second time in the studio to record their first single, this time with Starr on drums. George Martin, however, was not satisfied with Starr's drumming. Acting producer Ron Richards therefore booked Andy White for the session on 11 September. Starr is featured on PS I Love You because hemaracas playing. The song is with Love Me Do , She Loves You and I'll Get You only mono released because the two-track master tapes have been erased.

[Credits edit ]

 * Paul McCartney - vocals , bass
 * John Lennon - acoustic guitar, vocals
 * George Harrison - lead guitar, vocals
 * Ringo Starr - maracas
 * Andy White - drums