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UK Release date : Friday, March 8, 1968

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

By Cilla Black7" Single • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney as producer, composer, or session musician in the 60s

Last updated on September 29, 2021


Details

  • UK release date: Mar 08, 1968
  • US release date: May 06, 1968
  • Publisher: Parlophone (UK) / Bell Records (US)
  • Reference: R 5674 (UK) / 726 (US)

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This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:

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Side 1

  1. Step Inside Love

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    2:21 • Studio versionA

    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

  1. I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off You

    Studio version


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)
Paul McCartney writing

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