9 Hidden Details In Beatles Tracks You Never Noticed

Please Please Me, aside from being the most polite Beatles song, holds a pretty special place in the band’s canon purely because it’s the title track from the band’s debut album. Parlophone Records, smitten with the national interest that had piqued following the success of their first two singles (of which Please Please Me was one) and desperate to make some of that sweet, sweet cashola from a horde of hysterical teenage girls, jumped on the chance to get a full album of tunes out, pronto-like.

To ensure that the record was finished quickly, the group just recorded their usual stage show live in the studio over the course of three three-hour sessions, all in the same day. At 10am on Monday 11th February 1963 the lads went into the booth at EMI, and at 10.45pm on Monday 11th February 1963 the lads came back out of the booth at EMI with the masters to one of the most important albums in history under their belts. Oh, and John Lennon had a particularly bad cold that day too.

The emphasis on capturing a live sound ultimately meant two things though. Firstly, it meant that fans could get the closest thing to a Saturday night in the Cavern Club possible without leaving the comfort of their own living rooms, and, secondly, it meant that there were all sorts of little details and endearing mishaps that made the final cut.

But one of the most noticeable slips on the record can be heard about a minute and a half into Please Please Me, which was recorded a couple of months earlier. Going into the last verse John Lennon is quite clearly trying to suppress a laugh as he goes to sing “Come on!”.

Why was he laughing? Probably because he'd just botched the lyrics. Instead of singing 'I know you never even try girl' (as Paul does in his harmonising part), he actually sings 'Why do I never even try girl?'. Hilarity ensued.