The Beatles Song of the Day is “Do You Want To Know A Secret.” The song is on The Beatles debut album “Please Please Me.” John Lennon wrote this song to give George Harrison a song to sing on the album. John Lennon: rhythm guitar and backing vocal/ Paul McCartney: Bass guitar and backing vocal/ George Harrison: lead guitar and lead vocal/ Ringo Starr: Drums. The song was recorded at Abbey Road on February 11th, 1963. Producer: George Martin. John said he got the idea for the song from an old Disney tune, probably “Wishing Well” from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” This was not an inspired record. George doesn’t sing it very well and the recording was poorly done. John Lennon said later that he gave the song to Harrison because “it only had three notes and he wasn’t the best singer in the world. He has improved a lot since then.”

Rating of “Do You Want To Know A Secret” 1 to 5ive stars **

• The length of the song is 1:55.
• This song was released as a single in the United States during the height of Beatlemania and incredibly reached #2 on the U.S. Pop charts.
• “Do You Want To Know A Secret?” would be a huge hit in the United Kingdom for Billy J. Kramer and  Dakota’s. It went to #1 in the United Kingdom but was a flop in the United States. It was the first Lennon-McCartney song that was a hit by someone other than The Beatles.
• “Do You Want To Know A Secret?” did not make Rolling Stones The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs list or Spignesi and Lewis’ “100 Best Beatles Songs” list.

“Do You Want To Know A Secret” {Lennon-McCartney}