I Wanna Be Your Man - The Beatles' Version

The Beatles' Version

"I Wanna Be Your Man"
Song by The Beatles from the album With The Beatles
Released 22 November 1963
Genre Beat
Length 1:58
Label Parlophone
Writer Lennon–McCartney
Producer George Martin
With The Beatles track listing
14 tracks
Side one
  1. "It Won't Be Long"
  2. "All I've Got to Do"
  3. "All My Loving"
  4. "Don't Bother Me"
  5. "Little Child"
  6. "Till There Was You"
  7. "Please Mister Postman"
Side two
  1. "Roll Over Beethoven"
  2. "Hold Me Tight"
  3. "You Really Got a Hold on Me"
  4. "I Wanna Be Your Man"
  5. "Devil in Her Heart"
  6. "Not a Second Time"
  7. "Money"

The Beatles' version was sung by Ringo Starr and appeared on the group's second UK album, With The Beatles, released 22 November 1963. It was driven by a heavily tremoloed, open E-chord on a guitar played through a Vox AC30 amplifier. John Lennon was dismissive of the song in 1980, saying:

“ It was a throwaway. The only two versions of the song were Ringo and the Rolling Stones. That shows how much importance we put on it: We weren't going to give them anything great, right? ”

Bob Dylan recorded a song for Blonde on Blonde (1966) called "I Wanna Be Your Lover" as a "tip of the hat" to the Lennon/McCartney song. It was left off the final album, but was eventually released on Biograph (1985).

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