Name 4 "Should've Been A-Sides" singles by The Fab

[MeanMrMustard]

We all have songs in the Beatle catalog that we personally feel were "passed over" or not given the recognition they deserved. Name four songs that you feel should have been A-side singles. (note : I'm relying ONLY on memory with my particular choices, hoping that none of mine were a-sides OR even placed on a single somewhere in the world)

list in order of importance to you :

1) Here, There, Everywhere
2)Little Child (The Fab should've made a longer version than the one appearing on MTB or WTB)I think it would've been a rockin' early A-side and possibly enormous hit.
3)While My Guitar Gently Weeps (maybe a slightly shorter, 1968 "radio-friendly" White Album edit)
4) You Won't See Me (hey, if Ann Murray could redo this   , why didn't the original Fab version get any recognition ? I always liked this one on R. S.)It wasn't just "album filler" to me...the Beatles NEVER HAD ANY.

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Good topic 3M


The Beatles were cool enough, to release singles that never made it on albums....or inbetweenies I called them. I mean, was there a single from The White Album when it was orginally released? I can think of at least 4 singles just from that one.

I'll have to check the singles cataloge before I post more....I have no idea what they did release as a single.

[Kylenz]

Ob La Di Ob La Da would've been a massive hit from the white album had it been released, but they didn't have to worry as the Marmalade did an admirable job of doing an excellent version that climbed the charts.

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds would be another one. And, for a third, I would pick Come And Get It. Paul's version. They could still have released it under the Beatles banner (no one had to know it was Paul playing everything hehehe).

[mervap]

The choices are many and, as always, endlessly debatable. Here are mine:

1 )  Good Day Sunshine- Something even the adults could like.

2 )  Hey Bulldog- One of the best riffs ever.

3 )  Back In the U.S.S.R.- A great rocker in the Beach Boys mold.

4 )  You're Going To Lose That Girl- Let's face it: these guys could have put out almost any of their songs during the first two years of their career (post Sullivan) and it would have sold in bucketloads...This one is just a personal fave.

[EddieV]

1. I Saw Here Standing There

2. All My Loving

3. Yesterday, all though it was released later as a single

4. Drive My Car

5. MArtha My Dear

6. Oh Darling

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1. I Saw Here Standing There

2. All My Loving

I have these on singles somewhere...were they not A sides?

Yikes, can you imagine having to use those tunes as B sides?

[mervap]

It's amazing how different the releases went in different countries...."I Saw Her Standing There" was the b-side to "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the US...while "This Boy" got that spot in the UK. I know that "All My Loving" had no single release stateside, but Canada may have been different.

[MeanMrMustard]

. And, for a third, I would pick Come And Get It. Paul's version.

Paul's version on Anthology 3 was just the guide demo for Badfinger's Pete Ham & Tom Evans to follow. I'll admit, Macca's version of his own composition is great also, but it forever languishes in it's "unpolished" state. It's good, but Badfinger's version is best  IMO.

-km

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Thank you 3m....I totally agree with that.

[Kylenz]

Yeah but Paul just basically made the Badfinger dudes follow his demo right down to the letter - he must have really laid down the law to them "my way or the highway" .. and well, who would argue with Paul McCartney! hehe

I like the level of production on Paul's demo - lots of reverb on the drums which gives it a 'modern' sound, I'm sure most people would hear it and wouldn't realise it's just him. All it needed were the backing vocals and Badfinger's version is just a little bit faster - I suspect Paul knew exactly what he needed to do to make this a hit for Badfinger, things he probably learned from George Martin (remember Please Please Me was originally a slowish tempo then GM asked them to try it at a faster pace and voilla... there's a hit record!).

[EddieV]

1. I Saw Here Standing There

2. All My Loving

I have these on singles somewhere...were they not A sides?

Yikes, can you imagine having to use those tunes as B sides?

They weren´t officially singles, maybe later,sometime in the 70´s?

[Kylenz]

They were on EPs in the early 60s - still 45s, but not "singles". I've got them in my collection somewhere, buried among my scratched-up Mary Hopkin 45s and early 70s Apple label Macca lol 

[chris]

1. I Saw Here Standing There

2. All My Loving

I have these on singles somewhere...were they not A sides?

Yikes, can you imagine having to use those tunes as B sides?

They weren´t officially singles, maybe later,sometime in the 70´s?

i would swear that i saw her standing there was the b-side to i wanna hold your hand. did make it on a single...but not as an a-side.

there are so many choices...

oh darling has always been a fave of mine
(since no single was released from sgt pepper) a day in the life would have been great
in my life is as beautiful a song as was ever written
for no one is as haunting a melody as paul has ever done.

this is my list today. it would probably be different tomorrow. 

[mervap]

"I Saw Her Standing There" was indeed the B-side to "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the US.

[Paperback Writer]

1.What Your Doing?  - This just killllls on LOVE

2.Drive My Car - obvious one

3.In My Life - has out-lived some of the singles

4. And Your Bird Can Sing - the perfect blend of the old and new sounds of The BeaTles.