Released in 1977
Your Feet's Too Big
Written by Fred Fisher • Ada Benson
Last updated on April 9, 2025
Released in 1977
Written by Fred Fisher • Ada Benson
Last updated on April 9, 2025
Album This song officially appears on the Live! At The Star-Club In Hamburg, Germany; 1962 Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1977
Summer 1991 • From Club Sandwich
From Wikipedia:
“Your Feet’s Too Big” is a song composed in 1936 by Fred Fisher with lyrics by Ada Benson. It has been recorded by many artists, notably the Ink Spots and by Fats Waller in 1939. The song became associated with Waller who ad-libbed his own lyrics such as “Your pedal extremities are colossal, to me you look just like a fossil” and his catchphrase, “You know, your pedal extremities really are obnoxious. One never knows, do one?” It was performed in the 1978 revue of Waller tunes, Ain’t Misbehavin’.
According to Mark Lewisohn in “The Complete Beatles Chronicle“, The Beatles performed “Your Feet’s Too Big” regularly between 1961 and 1962, with Paul McCartney on lead vocals. A version, recorded in Hamburg in 1962, was released on “Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962.”
I nearly did ‘Bearcat Mama’, too, with those old-fashioned chord changes. ‘Your Feet’s Too Big’ by Fats Waller was in the same vein: it was just a bit of laugh. If a gig got a bit serious you could do ‘Your Feet’s Too Big’. The kids at the Cavern used to like it, it was a popular request with the girls.
Paul McCartney – Interview with Club Sandwich about his “Unplugged” project, Summer 1991
Star Club - Hamburg, Germany - December 1962
Live bootleg
2:29 • Live • The recording date is a guess - all we now for certain is that the Star-Club tapes were recorded between December 18 and 31, 1962.
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