The Beatles Song of the Day is “Ask Me Why” which appears on their debut album “Please Please Me’ This was the sixth song on side 1 of the album [I miss albums and there was a science to how to sequence and album. Now all that is lost with CD’s and every other format} After there straight covers we are back to a Lennon-McCartney original. This Lennon-McCartney song was written by John Lennon. John Lennon: Lead vocal and rhythm guitar/ Paul McCartney: Bass guitar and harmony vocal/ George Harrison: Lead guitar and harmony vocal/ Ringo Starr: Drums. Recorded at Abbey Road on November 26th, 1962. Producer: George Martin. This is an early Lennon song written under the influence of Smokey Robinson. Lennon’s words are superior to the music, which sounds rushed. This song was just a knock off B-Side. Nothing special.
Rating On A Scale of 1-5 stars **
- “Ask Me Why” is 2:24 in length.
- “Ask Me Why” was released as the B-Side of The Beatles single “Please Please Me”
- “Ask Me Why” does not make “100 Best Beatles Songs” by Spignesi and Lewis or Rolling Stone Magazine’s “The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs”
- “Ask Me Why” was released as the B-Side to “Please Please Me’ on January 11th, 1963- 50 years ago yesterday.
“Ask Me Why”- Lennon-McCartney
Now you’re mine, my happiness still makes me cry And in time, you’ll understand the reason why If I cry, it’s not because I’m sad But you’re the only love that I’ve ever had
I can’t believe it’s happened to me I can’t conceive of any more misery
Ask me why, I’ll say I love you And I’m always thinking of you
I love you, ’cause you tell me things I want to know And it’s true that it really only goes to show That I know that I, I, I, I Should never, never, never be blue
Ask me why, I’ll say I love you And I’m always thinking of you
I can’t believe it’s happened to me I can’t conceive of any more misery
Ask me why, I’ll say I love you And I’m always thinking of you You, you
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