Beatles For Sale album artwork Written by: Perkins
Recorded: 18 October 1964
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: four December 1964 (UK), 15 Dec 1964 (US)

Available on:
Beatles For Sale
Anthology ii
Live At The BBC

Personnel

George Harrison: vocals, lead guitar
John Lennon: acoustic rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: bass
Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine

Sung past George Harrison as the last runway on the Beatles For Sale anthology, 'Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby' was originally recorded by Carl Perkins in 1957.

This is another Cavern thing, an old Carl Perkins number. Nosotros've got that clipped record repeat upshot for it over again. It's a swinging end to the album, and George has a good solo again.

The Beatles recorded two other Perkins songs for EMI – 'Love Don't' and 'Matchbox', both sung by Ringo Starr. They also played a number of his songs live: John Lennon sang 'Tennessee', 'Bopping The Blues', 'Bluish Suede Shoes', and early versions of 'Honey Don't'; Paul McCartney performed 'Sure To Autumn (In Love With You)' and duetted with Lennon on 'Lend Me Your Comb'.

George Harrison, meanwhile, was arguably the group'southward biggest Perkins fan. His early guitar solos deployed many of the same licks, and he had sung 'Your Truthful Love' and 'Glad All Over', as well as 'Everybody's Trying To Be My Infant'.

Additionally, during The Beatles' first tour of Scotland in 1960, as the bankroll ring for Johnny Gentle, they all decided to adopt pseudonyms. George became briefly known equally Carl Harrison, later his idol.

'Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby' returned to The Beatles' live fix in 1965, following the release of Beatles For Auction. A version recorded at Shea Stadium on 15 August was included on Anthology two.

BBC recordings

The Beatles performed 'Everybody's Trying To Exist My Baby' on 5 occasions for BBC radio. The first, for Pop Go The Beatles, was recorded on 24 May 1963 and broadcast on 4 June.

On the show They also played versions of 'From Me To You', 'Do Y'all Want To Know A Secret', 'Misery', 'Yous Really Got A Hold On Me', and 'The Hippy Hippy Milkshake'. The latter 2 songs were included on the 2013 digital collection Bootleg Recordings 1963.

The second BBC version of 'Everybody'south Trying To Be My Baby' was for Saturday Club. Information technology was recorded on 31 March 1964 and broadcast on iv April.

In addition to the Carl Perkins vocal, The Beatles performed 'I Phone call Your Name', 'I Got A Adult female', 'You Tin can't Do That', 'Can't Buy Me Love', 'Sure To Fall (In Dearest With You)', and 'Long Alpine Sally'. 'I Got A Woman' was released in 2013 on the anthology On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2.

The next time The Beatles recorded 'Everybody's Trying To Be My Babe' was on 17 November 1964 for Peak Gear. The prove was broadcast on 26 Nov.

During the prove the band also played 'I'thou A Loser', 'Dearest Don't', 'She's A Woman', 'I'll Follow The Sun', and 'I Experience Fine'. 'I Feel Fine'' was included on 1994's Live At The BBC, while 'Honey Don't', 'I'll Follow The Sun', and an outtake version of 'I Experience Fine' were all released on On Air.

On 17 November they also recorded versions of 'I'm A Loser', 'Everybody's Trying To Exist My Baby', 'I Feel Fine', and 'She's A Woman'. Although recorded for Elevation Gear, they were outset broadcast on the 26 Dec edition of Saturday Club. This version of 'Everybody'southward Trying To Be My Baby' was included on Alive At The BBC.

The Beatles' 5th and final BBC recording of the song was made on 26 May 1965 for the show The Beatles (Invite You To Take A Ticket To Ride). It was first broadcast on 7 June.

They also recorded short and long versions of 'Ticket To Ride', plus 'I'1000 A Loser', 'The Night Before', 'Love Don't', 'Dizzy Miss Lizzy', and 'She'south A Adult female'. 'Empty-headed Miss Lizzy' and the short version of 'Ticket To Ride' were released on Live At The BBC.

In the studio

The Beatles recorded 'Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby' in a single take on xviii October 1964.

For this album nosotros rehearsed only the new ones. Songs like 'Honey Don't' and 'Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby', we'd played live so often that we only had to get a audio on them and do them.

The recording contained a big corporeality of echo on Harrison'due south vocals, which were double tracked to make them audio even fuller. For this, EMI'due south engineers used a technique chosen STEED: single record echo and echo filibuster.

The Beatles inserted a brusk interruption between the lines in the start verse, an organization borrowed from Perkins' original recording of 'Blueish Suede Shoes'. The fake ending, meanwhile, appears to accept been the group'south ain invention: a version recorded at Hamburg's Star-Club in December 1962 features no fewer than 4 extra instrumental flourishes at the shut.

Lyrics

Well they took some honey from a tree
Dressed it up and they called it me

Everybody'south trying to exist my baby
Everybody'due south trying to exist my infant
Everybody's trying to be my babe, now

Woke up last night, at half past four
Fifty women knocking on my door

Everybody's trying to be my infant
Everybody's trying to be my babe
Everybody'due south trying to be my baby, now

Went out last nighttime, I didn't stay tardily
'Fore I got home I had nineteen dates

Everybody's trying to be my infant
Everybody's trying to be my baby
Everybody's trying to be my baby, now

Went out terminal dark, I didn't stay late
'Fore I got home I had nineteen dates

Everybody's trying to be my baby
Everybody'south trying to be my babe
Everybody'due south trying to be my baby, now

Well they took some honey from a tree
Dressed information technology up and they called it me

Everybody'south trying to exist my baby
Everybody's trying to be my baby
Everybody's trying to exist my baby, at present