The Beatles Song of the Day is “You Really Got A Hold On Me.” The song appears on The Beatles second album “With The Beatles.” “You Really Got A Hold Of Me” was written by Motown superstar Smokey Robinson. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles had a hit with the song in 1962 it reached #8 on the Top 4o. The song was a part of The Beatles concert repertoire in late 1962 and 1963.  John Lennon: vocal and rhythm guitar/ Paul McCartney: harmony vocal and bass guitar/ George Harrison: vocal and lead guitar/ Ringo Starr: drums/ George Martin: piano. The song was recorded on July 18th and October 17th, 1963 at Abbey Road. Producer: George Martin.

Rating the song “You Really Got A Hold On Me” on a scale of 1 to 5 stars ***

• It was John Lennon’s decision to cover this song. They decided to cover this in July when they started working on their second album and at the time didn’t have a lot of new original material to record.
• The song didn’t make Rolling Stone Magazine’s The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs list or Spignesi and Lewis’ “The Beatles 100 Best Songs” list-they didn’t rank cover versions.
• Length of song 3:01
• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame would select “You Really Got A Hold On Me”[ Smokey and The Miracles version} as being one of the  500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.
• The Beatles would later perform “You Really Got A Hold On Me” on their 1970 documentary “Let It Be.”
• The Beatles never released “You Really Got A Hold On Me” as a single.”

YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME  [William “Smokey” Robinson

I don’t like you, but I love you Seems that I’m always thinking of you Oh, oh, oh, you treat me badly I love you madly You’ve really got a hold on me You’ve really got a hold on me, baby

I don’t want you, but I need you Don’t want to kiss you but I need you Oh, oh, oh, you do me wrong now My love is strong now You’ve really got a hold on me You’ve really got a hold on me, baby

I love you and all I want you to do Is just hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me

Tighter Tighter

I want to leave you, don’t want to stay here Don’t want to spend another day here Oh, oh, oh, I want to split now I just can’t quit now You’ve really got a hold on me You’ve really got a hold on me, baby

I love you and all I want you to do Is just hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me

You’ve really got a hold on me You’ve really got a hold on me