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Encyclopedia > Anna (Go to Him)
"Anna (Go to Him)"
"Anna (Go to Him)" cover
Song by The Beatles
from the album Please Please Me
Released March 22, 1963 (mono)
April 26, 1963 (stereo)
Recorded February 11, 1963
Genre Rock and roll
Length 2:54
Label Parlophone
Writer(s) Arthur Alexander
Producer(s) George Martin
Please Please Me track listing
Side one
  1. "I Saw Her Standing There"
  2. "Misery"
  3. "Anna (Go to Him)"
  4. "Chains"
  5. "Boys"
  6. "Ask Me Why"
  7. "Please Please Me"
Side two
  1. "Love Me Do"
  2. "P.S. I Love You"
  3. "Baby It's You"
  4. "Do You Want to Know a Secret?"
  5. "A Taste of Honey"
  6. "There's a Place"
  7. "Twist and Shout"

"Anna (Go to Him)" is a song written and originally performed by Arthur Alexander and was released by him on Dot Records on 17 September 1962. A personal favourite of John Lennon's, it became part of The Beatles' early repertoire and was consequently recorded by them on their 1963 debut album, Please Please Me. Despite the title, throughout the song lead vocalist John Lennon sings "go with him" rather than "go to him". Cover of The Beatles album Please Please Me. ... [[ For other uses, see Song (disambiguation). ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Arthur Alexander (May 10, 1940 - June 9, 1993), born in Florence, Alabama, was perhaps the biggest star to arise out of the American country-soul scene. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... I Saw Her Standing There is a song performed by The Beatles on their album Please Please Me. ... Please Please Me was the title of the Beatles first international hit single (Love Me Do was successful mainly in Liverpool, their home town) and also the title of their first album. ... Chains is a song performed by The Beatles on their album Please Please Me. ... Boys is a song by The Beatles on their first album Please Please Me. ... Ask Me Why is a song by The Beatles from their album Please Please Me. ... Please Please Me is the second single released from The Beatles first album, Please Please Me. ... Love Me Do is an early Lennon-McCartney song, mainly written by Paul McCartney in 1961-2. ... P.S. I Love You is a Lennon-McCartney song recorded by the Beatles and released on October 5, 1962 as the B-side of their Love Me Do single. ... Baby Its You is a song written by Burt Bacharach (music), and Barney Williams and Mack David (lyrics). ... Do You Want to Know a Secret? is a song by The Beatles from the 1963 album Please Please Me, sung by George Harrison. ... A Taste of Honey is a song covered by The Beatles on the album Please Please Me. ... Theres A Place is a song by The Beatles from their album Please Please Me. ... Twist and Shout is a song originally by Phil Medley and Bert Russell. ... Arthur Alexander (May 10, 1940 - June 9, 1993), born in Florence, Alabama, was perhaps the biggest star to arise out of the American country-soul scene. ... Dot Records was a American record label which was active between 1950 and 1977. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


George Harrison competently picked out the distinctive guitar phrase (played on a piano for the original) and Ringo Starr ably handled the technically complex drum pattern copied from Alexander's version. When recording the Please Please Me album, The Beatles were running late in the studio by the time they recorded "Anna (Go to Him)" because immediately prior to attempting this song they had spent a frustrating 13 takes on "Hold Me Tight" which they subsequently re-recorded on 12 September 1963 for their With the Beatles album. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940 in Liverpool), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer and actor, best known as the drummer of the Beatles. ... With the Beatles was The Beatles second album, recorded four months after the bands first album and released in late 1963. ... With the Beatles (side 1) - Parlophone yellow and black label With the Beatles was the Beatles second British album, recorded four months after the bands first album and released 22 November 1963. ...

  • Recorded for two Pop Go The Beatles BBC radio shows, "Anna (Go to Him)" was also issued on the EP Souvenir of Their Visit: The Beatles in the US.

The Beatles recorded the song on February 11, 1963 in three takes; the master take was Take 3. It was remixed on February 25. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single, but are too short to qualify as albums. ...


Instrumentation

  • John Lennon on rhythm guitar, lead vocal
  • Paul McCartney on bass guitar, eerie "ahh" backing vocal, similar to the edited music on the LOVE album
  • George Harrison on lead guitar, also on eerie backing vocal, along with Paul.
  • Ringo Starr on drums

Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born June 18, 1942) is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... Look up eerie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection or profound oneness. ...

Trivia

v • d • e
The Beatles
John Lennon • Paul McCartney • George Harrison • Ringo Starr •
Pete Best • Stuart Sutcliffe
Management
Allan Williams • Brian Epstein • Allen Klein • Lee Eastman • Neil Aspinall • Mal Evans • Apple Records
Production
George Martin • Geoff Emerick • Norman Smith • Phil Spector • Jeff Lynne • Abbey Road Studios
Official studio albums
Please Please Me (1963) • With the Beatles (1963) • A Hard Day's Night (1964) • Beatles for Sale (1964) • Help! (1965) • Rubber Soul (1965) • Revolver (1966) • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) • Magical Mystery Tour (U.S.-1967/UK-1976) • The Beatles (The White Album) (1968) • Yellow Submarine (1969) • Abbey Road (1969) • Let It Be (1970)
Past Masters compilations
Past Masters, Volume One (1988) • Past Masters, Volume Two (1988)
Filmography
A Hard Day's Night (1964) • Help! (1965) • Magical Mystery Tour (1967) • Yellow Submarine (1968) • Let It Be (1970)
Related articles
Line-ups • Bootlegs • Discography • Love (Cirque du Soleil) • Lennon/McCartney • Anthology • Influence • The Quarrymen • London • Beatlemania • Fifth Beatle • Paul is dead • British Invasion • Apple Corps • Northern Songs • Yoko Ono • Billy Preston • Tony Sheridan • Chas Newby • Andy White • Jimmy Nicol • Astrid Kirchherr • Klaus Voormann

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