I Saw Him Standing There - Other Recorded Versions

Other Recorded Versions

A 1974 live version was recorded by the Elton John Band with John Lennon and released as the B-side to the latter's "Philadelphia Freedom" single. The song is available on the Lennon box set, and on Elton John's To Be Continued... box set as well as the expanded CD edition of his 1976 live album Here and There. Lennon's introduction:

This was the last major live performance by John Lennon. After Lennon's death the track was released as a single and reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1981, making it the first time that any version of the song had entered the UK charts.

McCartney included "I Saw Her Standing There" on his live albums Tripping the Live Fantastic (1990), Back in the US (2002) and Back in the World (2003). In 1987, he recorded a new version for his album CHOBA B CCCP, but left it to outtakes. The song has become a mainstay of McCartney's live sets, and a special version was played when McCartney and his band returned to Liverpool in June 2008. It featured special guest drummer Dave Grohl, the lead singer of the Foo Fighters.

McCartney performed "I Saw Her Standing There" at the 1986 Prince's Trust Rock Gala, as part of the 10th anniversary celebration of HRH Prince Charles' charity. He was supported by an all-star band featuring Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, and Ray King. . Interviewed at the time, McCartney said: "It is a good thrill playing with musicians of this calibre ... since it was a birthday thing, they wanted to do something silly at the end, and that's me!!" This performance was released to iTunes Stores in October 2009 as part of the Digital Video Singles label. Paul McCartney also performed a duet of this song with Billy Joel during the inaugural concert at Citi Field in Flushing, New York.

Other versions include:

• The Supremes recorded a version of the song under the title "I Saw Him Standing There." It was recorded during the sessions for their A Bit of Liverpool album, but remained unreleased until 2008.
• The Who filmed and recorded a version of the song for their film The Kids Are Alright; Keith Moon sang the lead vocal. However, this was not released on the film or soundtrack album, and has only been available on bootleg recordings. The Who also performed the song on their 1982 Farewell Tour, with John Entwistle on lead vocal, including a performance at Shea Stadium.
• Los Impala which is considered to be the first Venezuelan rock band, recorded a cover of the song with lyrics translated to Spanish entitled "La vi parada ahí". The song is included in their debut album from 1963.
• Led Zeppelin performed the song live on 4 September 1970 at the Los Angeles Forum as a "Communication Breakdown" medley featuring "Good Times Bad Times" and "For What It's Worth" on the Live on Blueberry Hill bootleg.
• Daniel Johnston covered "I Saw Her Standing There" on his album Continued Story with Texas Instruments.
• Santo & Johnny did a version (which features steel guitar) on an LP of Beatles songs.
• In 1977, The Tubes covered "I Saw Her Standing There" on their live CD What Do You Want From Live.
• In 1988, Yugoslav band Azra covered "I Saw Her Standing There" on their live album Zadovoljština.
• Carmaig de Forest recorded an acoustic version of "I Saw Her Standing There" in his own kitchen in 1991. Halfway through the song, it turns into his own composition "Julie Among the Redwoods", but reverts back to "I Saw Her Standing There" in the end.
• Peter Grant recorded a jazz version on his debut album New Vintage released in 2006.
• The Punkles did a punk cover on their first album, Beat The Punkles.
• Allister released a cover version on the Japanese-only EP, Guilty Pleasures.
• In 1991, Mexican singer Mimí recorded a Spanish version of this song called "Te Ví Parado Ahí" and included it on her self-titled debut album.
• Serbian doo wop band Vampiri recorded a version with lyrics in Serbian language entitled "Poziv na ples" ("Dance Invitation"), on their 1993 album Bebe.
• N.E.R.D's Pharrell Williams appeared at the 2004 Grammy Awards, performing the song on drums with Sting, Dave Matthews and Vince Gill.
• Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis on Jerry Lee Lewis's 2006 CD Last Man Standing.
• Jerry Garcia recorded the song on his Run for the Roses album in 1982.
• Pink Fairies played the song on their 1972 album What a Bunch of Sweeties.
• Bob Welch who played the song on his 1979 album Three Hearts.
• Duffy Power & The Graham Bond Quartet recorded a slower version of this song in 1963 (There/Farewell Baby U.K. Parlophone R 5024 1963).
• Tiffany version of the song appeared on her debut self-titled album.

• Seminal punk rock group Ramones began most of their songs live with the count "1-2-3-4", usually from Dee Dee Ramone, and the count is included in many of their studio songs. They deliberately tried to hark back to "I Saw Her Standing There".