- Album This song officially appears on the Live At The BBC Official live.
Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Get Back sessions - January 29, 1969 - Day 18
Jan 29, 1969
Other Leiber & Stoller songs
Officially appears on Anthology 1
Officially appears on Live At The BBC
Officially appears on Beatles For Sale (Mono)
Officially appears on Anthology 1
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Song facts
From Wikipedia:
“Some Other Guy” is a rhythm and blues song, written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Richard Barrett. It was first released by Barrett as a single in 1962, with a backing band featuring an electric piano, an unusual sound in pop music at the time.
The Beatles
The song was part of The Beatles’ live repertoire in 1962-63, and a recording was made on 19 June 1963 during a live BBC radio performance by the band at The Playhouse Theatre, London. This recording was first released for purchase by the public on the album Live at the BBC in 1994. The song has special significance in Beatles lore, as it is featured in the only known existing film with synchronized sound showing The Beatles performing live at the famous Cavern Club. The crude, grainy footage features John Lennon and Paul McCartney singing the song’s melody in unison on Wednesday 22 August 1962. This is also the first film of Ringo Starr as the Beatles drummer, Pete Best having been discharged the week before. At the end of the song you can hear someone in the audience screaming “We want Pete!“
McCartney stated: “Some Other Guy” is a great song…It really got us started because that’s one of the earliest bits of film of The Beatles. It was the song we sang when Granada Television came to The Cavern. It was also a bit of a muso song…” The song as The Beatles play it is in the key of D, with a slow A-C-D intro and second interval I-♭VII-I on every tonic (and the equivalent for IV and V). The “muso song” reference is thought to relate to the fact that it is a rare early example of a rock and roll song being topped and tailed by a ♭VII-I cadence. […]
Last updated on September 25, 2014
Lyrics
Some other guy, now
Is taking my love away from me, oh now
Some other guy, now
Is taking away my sweet desire, oh now
Some other guy, now
Just threw water, hold my hand, oh now
I'm the lonely one, as lonely as I can feel, all right
Some other guy
Is tippin' up behind me like a yellow dog, oh now
Some other guy, now
Has taken my love just like I'm gone, oh now
Some other guy, now
Has taken my love away from me, oh now
I'm the lonely one, as lonely as I can feel, all right
Oh oh oh oh
Some other guy
Is making me very, very mad, oh now
Some other guy, now
Is breaking my padlock off my pad, oh now
Some other guy, now
Took the first girl I've ever had, oh now
I'm the lonely one, as lonely as I can feel, all right now
Oh oh oh oh
I'm talking to you, right now
Officially appears on
Official live • Released in 1994
2:01 • Radio show • L1 • ‘Some Other Guy’ was first recorded in 1962 by Richie Barrett. Not much of a hit anywhere, but a Liverpool anthem as almost every Mersey group tackled it.
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar
Concert From "Easy Beat" in London, United Kingdom on Jun 23, 1963
Live At The BBC (2013 remaster)
Official live • Released in 2013
2:01 • Radio show • L1.2013 • ‘Some Other Guy’ was first recorded in 1962 by Richie Barrett. Not much of a hit anywhere, but a Liverpool anthem as almost every Mersey group tackled it.
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar
- Guy Massey :
- Remastering
- Alex Wharton :
- Remastering
Concert From "Easy Beat" in London, United Kingdom on Jun 23, 1963
Official album • Released in 2013
2:02 • Live • L2
Concert From "Saturday Club" in London, United Kingdom on Jan 26, 1963
Bootlegs
The Beatles At The Beeb - Volume 1
Unofficial live • Released in 2003
2:04 • Live
Concert From "Saturday Club" in London, United Kingdom on Jan 26, 1963
The Beatles At The Beeb - Volume 3
Unofficial live • Released in 2003
2:03 • Live
Concert From "Easy Beat" in London, United Kingdom on Jun 23, 1963
The Beatles At The Beeb - Repair
Unofficial live • Released in 2003
2:03 • Live • Easy Beat #2 23Jun63
A/B Road Complete Get Back Sessions - Jan 29th, 1969 - 3 & 4
Unofficial album • Released in 2004
0:22 • Rehearsal • Jan.29 - D4-07 - Some Other Guy 29.44
- Session Recording:
- Jan 29, 1969
- Studio :
- Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
Live performances
“Some Other Guy” has been played in 29 concerts and 1 soundchecks.
Latest concerts where Some Other Guy has been played
Jun 23, 1963 • Part of BBC Sessions
Blackburn • King George's Hall • United Kingdom
Jun 09, 1963 • Part of Roy Orbison / The Beatles Tour
Newcastle upon Tyne • Newcastle City Hall • United Kingdom
Jun 08, 1963 • Part of Roy Orbison / The Beatles Tour
Glasgow • Odeon Cinema • United Kingdom
Jun 07, 1963 • Part of Roy Orbison / The Beatles Tour
Leeds • Odeon Cinema • United Kingdom
Jun 05, 1963 • Part of Roy Orbison / The Beatles Tour
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