Baby It's You

George, Paul and Lennon

This would be the second Shirelles song covered by The Beatles in their debut album, Please Please Me. Written by Burt Bacharach and Luther Dixon with lyrics by Mack David, Baby It's You was a hit for both The Shirelles and The Beatles. However another cover of this song by the band Smith, peaked the highest in the US Charts at #5 in 1969.

John(lying) and Paul

Baby It's You is part of The Beatles stage act from 1961 to 1963. The Beatles completely mimic the structure of the original Shirelles recording, not wanting to tamper with the 'girl group' classic that they so deeply admired. Lennon delivers a very confident lead vocal, which is accentuated in the fourth measure by the recurrence of the distinctive "sha la la" harmonies by Paul and George.


An interesting fact about this song, or rather what others thought of this song is that the title of the song is "Sha-la-la-la-la", because of its' repeated occurrence in the song.


I must add that credits should be given to the composers of this song. it is a great song, no matter who performs it, be it The Beatles, The Shirelles, Smith, The Carpenters, which ever way you like it, a great song will always be a great song. Hope you enjoy listening to it.