Released in 1977
It's So Easy
Written by Buddy Holly • Norman Petty
Last updated on October 21, 2014
Released in 1977
Written by Buddy Holly • Norman Petty
Last updated on October 21, 2014
Album This song officially appears on the Holly Days Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1977
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Summer 1976
Officially appears on In Spite Of All The Danger / That'll Be The Day
Officially appears on One Hand Clapping (2 LP and 7”)
Officially appears on Beatles For Sale (Mono)
Officially appears on Maybe Baby - Original Soundtrack
Officially appears on Live At The BBC
Unreleased song
“It’s So Easy!” is a 1958 rock and roll song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty. The song was released as a single by The Crickets, with “Lonesome Tears” as b-side ; the single did not chart.
The Beatles performed the song at the 1969 Let It Be sessions.
In 1976, Denny Laine released it as a 45 single in 1976 as EMI 2523 produced by Paul McCartney.
Paul McCartney then recorded two versions of the song for a 75th anniversary tribute to Buddy Holly in 2011. As stated in RollingStone:
Buddy Holly was one of the Beatles’ biggest influences, a pioneer whose simple tunes and insane two-year hot streak inspired John Lennon and Paul McCartney to start writing their own songs. So it’s no shock McCartney contributed to Rave On, a giant sundae of a Holly tribute album (featuring the Black Keys, Kid Rock and others) due out June 28th. What’s surprising is how awesomely batshit his performance is. Over bar-band chug-a-lug, with scruffy guitars egging him on, he yowls through “It’s So Easy” like he popped some Viagra, then set his pants on fire. Things get truly odd around the three-minute mark: The music stops while he launches into a bizarro jive-rap about how he’s gonna hit the town with his lady. The chorus kicks back in, then McCartney delivers an even odder rap: “By ’bout half past nine, we’re gonna be down by the old juke joint, man, we’re gonna be playin’ them records, we’re gonna be dancin’, man, we’re gonna have such fun.” True, that.
Paul McCartney controls the publishing rights to the song through MPL Communications.
It's so easy to fall in love,
It's so easy to fall in love
Well people tell me love is for fools
So here I go breaking all of the rules
It seems so easy, yes so doggone easy
It seems so easy
Well, where you're concerned my heart has learned
It's so easy to fall in love,
It's so easy to fall in love yeah
It's so easy to fall in love,
It's so easy to fall in love
Look into your heart and see
What your love book has set apart for me
It seems so easy, yes so doggone easy
It seems so easy
Well, where you're concerned my heart has learned
It's so easy to fall in love,
It's so easy to fall in love yeah
It's so easy to fall in love,
It's so easy to fall in love
It seems so easy, yes so doggone easy
It seems so easy
Don't you know where you're concerned my heart has learned
It's so easy to fall in love,
It's so easy to fall in love
It's so easy to fall in love,
It's so easy to fall in love
Well people tell me love is for fools
So here I go breaking all of the rules
It seems so easy, yes so doggone easy
It seems so easy
Well, where you're concerned my heart has learned
It's so easy to fall in love,
It's so easy to fall in love
Official album • Released in 1977
3:47 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Background vocals, Bass (?), Drum machine (?), Drums (?), Guitar (?), Keyboard (?), Organ (?), Piano (?), Producer, Synthesizer (?), Vocals Linda McCartney : Background vocals, Keyboards (?) Denny Laine : Background vocals, Guitar (?), Vocals
Session Recording: Summer 1976 • Studio Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Official album • Released in 2011
4:35 • Studio version • B
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals Rusty Anderson : Backing vocals, Bass guitar Abe Laboriel Jr. : Backing vocals, Drums David Kahne : Producer Paul Wickens : Piano Brian Ray : Backing vocals, Bass guitar Roy Hendrickson : Recording engineer Fernando Lodeiro : Engineer assistant
Official album • Released in 2011
2:27 • Studio version • B1 • Alternate take; iTunes bonus track
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals Rusty Anderson : Backing vocals, Bass guitar Abe Laboriel Jr. : Backing vocals, Drums David Kahne : Producer Paul Wickens : Piano Brian Ray : Backing vocals, Bass guitar Roy Hendrickson : Recording engineer Fernando Lodeiro : Engineer assistant
Unofficial live
3:11 • Live
Concert From the concert in Dallas, USA on Aug 19, 2009
Unofficial live
3:06 • Soundcheck
Concert From the concert in Tokyo, Japan on Nov 21, 2013
Unofficial album • Released in 1990
2:30 • Rough mix • A1
Session Recording: Summer 1976 • Studio Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Unofficial album • Released in 1990
2:02 • Live
Concert From "4th Buddy Holly Week" in London, United Kingdom on Sep 14, 1979
Unofficial live • Released in 1998
2:02 • Live
Concert From "4th Buddy Holly Week" in London, United Kingdom on Sep 14, 1979
Concert Aug 19, 2009 in Dallas
Soundcheck Dec 01, 2017 in Perth
“It's So Easy” has been played in 5 concerts and 68 soundchecks.
Special Valentine’s Day Concert
Feb 14, 2015 • USA • New York • Irving Plaza
Lubbock • United Spirit Arena • USA
Oct 02, 2014 • Part of Out There Tour
Dallas • Cowboys Stadium • USA
Aug 19, 2009 • Part of Summer Live '09
Sep 14, 1979 • Part of Buddy Holly Week
Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989
With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.
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Mitya Sizikov • 1 year ago
Hello favourite site! Wikipedia claims that The Beatles performed It's So Easy at the 1969 Let It Be sessions. It may be true, but I couldn't find any Beatles version from January 1969. Do we have any proof?