Step Inside Love / I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off You

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UK release date:: Mar 08, 1968

US release date:: May 06, 1968

Publisher:: Parlophone (UK) / Bell Records (US)

Reference:: R 5674 (UK) / 726 (US)

Timeline

Previous single Dec 15, 1967 • "Christmas Time Is Here Again!" by The Beatles released in the UK

Session March 1968 ? • Recording "I'm The Urban Spaceman"

Article Mar 04, 1968 • The Mothers Of Invention release "We're Only in It for the Money", a parody of "Sgt. Pepper"

Single Mar 08, 1968 • "Step Inside Love / I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off You" by Cilla Black released in the UK

Single Mar 08, 1968 • "And The Sun Will Shine / The Dog Presides" by Paul Jones released in the UK

Single Mar 15, 1968 • "Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1968)" by The Beatles released in the UK

Related sessions

This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions

Recording "Step Inside Love"

Feb 28, 1968

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Track list

Side 1

Step Inside Love

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:21 • Studio version • A

George Martin :: Producer

Cilla Black :: Vocals

Mike Vickers :: Music director

The Breakaways :: Backing vocals

Session Recording:: Feb 28, 1968

Studio :: EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Side 2

I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off You

Studio version

About

What does she think of the song? “I’m very pleased with it. It’s not an out and out ballad and I’m pleased that everybody likes it. It’s very important to me that my friends like it and that it gets good reviews. I like pleasing my friends“.
She tells how Paul came to write the song. “We had decided on a typical type opener for the show. Ringo was coming on and Paul said he would like to write a song for Ringo and I to sing but Paul’s Dad had already thought of a song we could do. So Paul asked if he could write a signature tune. Everybody thought he was daft when he came up with ‘Step Inside Love’. They all said: ‘You can’t open and close a TV show with a quiet number.’” The song’s success has proved Paul right.
Although the number was never intended as a single, it has been released now due to the fantastic demand from viewers. And it may surprise you to know that up to a few weeks ago “Step Inside Love” consisted of only the beginning and end parts heard in the series. Says Cilla: “It was only when we started getting these letters that I said: ‘How about a middle part?’ So Paul wrote it just before he went away.“
From New Musical Express, March 23, 1968

From New Musical Express, March 23, 1968

From Sold Price: Paul McCartney dedicated to Michael, George Martin and Cilla Black signed Step Inside Love Words and – October 5, 0120 10:00 AM BST (invaluable.com)

Last updated on September 29, 2021