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"'Some Other Guy'" is a rhythm and blues song, written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Richie Barrett. First released as a single by Barrett, it featured an electric piano, then an unusual sound in pop music. Covered shortly afterwards by Liverpool's the Big Three and the Beatles, the song was a standard in the Merseybeat scene.

The Beatles



The song was part of the Beatles' early repertoire, and film footage of The Beatles performing it live is the only known film with synchronized sound showing the group at the Cavern Club. The grainy footage features John Lennon and Paul McCartney singing the song's melody on 22 August 1962. It is also the first film of Ringo Starr as the Beatles drummer, Pete Best having left the band the week before. At the end of the song, a fan in the audience can be heard shouting "We want Pete!" This footage was featured in 'Anthology', while a BBC live version was released on the album 'Live at the BBC' in 1994.

McCartney stated: "It is a great song... It really got us started because that's one of the earliest bits of film of The Beatles. It was the song we sang when Granada Television came to the Cavern. It was also a bit of a muso song..."Paul McCartney cited in Dominic Pedler. 'The Songwriting Secrets of The Beatles'. Music Sales Limited. Omnibus Press. NY. 2003. p232 The Beatles play it in the key of D, with a slow ACD intro and second interval IVIII on every tonic (and the equivalent for IV and V). The "muso song" reference may relate to it being early example of a rock & roll song topped and tailed by a VIII cadence.Dominic Pedler. 'The Songwriting Secrets of The Beatles'. Music Sales Limited. Omnibus Press. NY. 2003. p233

Pete Best released a cover on his 1965 album, 'Best of The Beatles'. Best's version and The Beatles' version are similar in sound and structure.

In the three-part TV series 'Cilla' featuring Sheridan Smith playing Cilla Black, Smith sings the song as "Some Other 'Girl'", but otherwise her lyrics are the Barrett originals (save for "Some other girl, now, has just thrown water on my 'hand'"). Smith also starts singing the line "Some other girl, now, is sipping up the honey like a yellow dog", but the scene is cut before the line is completed. She sings the line, "is breaking the padlock off my pad" three times.

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Category:1962 singles

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Category:Songs written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

Category:The Searchers (band) songs

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Category:Atlantic Records singles

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