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Released in 1999

She Said Yeah

Written by Larry Williams

Last updated on September 20, 2016


Album This song officially appears on the Run Devil Run Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1999

Master album

Related sessions

This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

Other Larry Williams songs interpreted by McCartney

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From Wikipedia:

[…] “She Said Yeah” was originally the B-side of the Larry Williams [Bad Boy] single, and has been covered by the Rolling Stones and the Animals, amongst others. The Beatles loved the song and almost certainly performed it on stage and fully intended to record it. Paul McCartney in the liner notes to his album Run Devil Run said “Me and John [Lennon] particularly loved Larry Williams…Bony Moronie…John did Slow Down…I was always going to do She Said Yeah“. Roy Young (who was invited to join The Beatles) recorded a cover version in 1959. Paul McCartney finally recorded it in 1999.

From an interview with Laura Gross (promotional interview for “Run Devil Run” in 1999):

Laura Gross: She Said Yeah, which I thought is a very sexy song.

Paul McCartney: Yeah. Sexy song. Yeah, man. She Said Yeah was a Larry Williams song. And it was really one of my favourites of his. In fact it was my favourite of Larry’s. He did some other good songs like Bony Moronie and stuff, which were big hits. But it was always a song I loved. And always wanted to get round to doing. In actual fact, I think, I remember turning Mick Jagger on to it. Remember distinctively having him up in to a little music room and the bit I love dum, dum, tiddely dum, baah. ?…? I was dancing away, showing Mick and he loved it. So, yeah, my main recollection of She Said Yeah is just as it being really one of my favourite Larry Williams tracks. And he’s just a great vocalist, Larry, you know, it’s a storming track, the original. So that’s kind of faithful to, we messed around with it a little bit, but that’s sort of like my memory of the original.

On January 24th 1969, The Beatles recorded “She Said Yeah” during the Get Back Sessions.


Lyrics

Dam deedle dee dam dam

Little girl, where did you come from

Try a little bit to make my mouth dribble

Come on baby, let's ride away in the rain

Baby you drive me crazy

Drive my poor heart hazy

Just a little bit

A little while with you

Come on baby, let's ride away in the rain


She said yeah, dam deedle dee dam dam

She said yeah, yeah yeah yeah

Come on baby I want to make love to you


Well you drive me crazy

Dam deedle dee dam dam

My love is lazy

Dam deedle dee dam dam

Little miss I want to kiss

Come on baby, won't you do what I wish


Well I got the feeling, dam deedle dee dam dam

In my soul, dam deedle dee dam dam

I'm going to love you, you know

One night or another

Come on baby, let me hear you say you love me

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Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.

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