Released in 1999
Coquette
Written by Johnny Green • Gus Kahn • Carmen Lombardo
Last updated on September 21, 2016
Released in 1999
Written by Johnny Green • Gus Kahn • Carmen Lombardo
Last updated on September 21, 2016
Album This song officially appears on the Run Devil Run Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1999
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Mar 01, 1999
Officially appears on This One
Officially appears on My Brave Face
Officially appears on My Brave Face
Unreleased song
Officially appears on Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino
Oct 01, 1999
Oct 15, 1999 • From USA Today
“Coquette” is a song by Fats Domino, released as the B-Side of “Whole Lotta Loving” in October 1958. A cover by Paul McCartney appears on “Run Devil Run” released in 1999.
From the liner notes of “Run Devil Run”:
An obscure Fats Domino B-side. “It’s just me singing Fats. We tried fixing little bits of it because I thought ‘God, this is too much like a pub singer’ … but we ended up going back to the earliest mix, it just has a feeling“.
From an interview with Laura Gross (promotional interview for “Run Devil Run” in 1999):
Paul McCartney: Coquette was a B-side of Fats Domino’s, that, I always liked the tune. Hear me, why you been fooling, little Coquette. It’s just a charming little song and I always loved it, you know. And it was just one of mine that I always meant to do one of these days, either with the Beatles or, it never came up. So, I just remembered it. I thought, right, got to do that one. So that’s one, that’s got a bit of a retro sound. It’s, it’s really me doing Fats, you know. I love it so much that I couldn’t do it any other way.
Hear me, why you keep fooling, little coquette
Making fun of the one who loves you?
Breaking hearts you are ruling, little coquette
True hearts tenderly dreaming of you
Someday you'll fall in love as I fell in love with you
Maybe the one you love will just be fooling too
And when you are alone with all your regrets
You know, my little coquette, I love you
Mm, someday you'll fall in love as I fell in love with you
Now, maybe the one you love will just be fooling too
And when you are alone with all your regrets, oo oo
Now, you know, my little coquette, I love you
Official album • Released in 1999
2:43 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass guitar, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocal Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mick Green : Electric guitar David Gilmour : Electric guitar Ian Paice : Drums Pete Wingfield : Piano Chris Thomas : Producer Paul Hicks : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Mar 01, 1999 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Run Devil Run - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
2:43 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass guitar, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocal Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mick Green : Electric guitar David Gilmour : Electric guitar Ian Paice : Drums Pete Wingfield : Piano Chris Thomas : Producer Paul Hicks : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Mar 01, 1999 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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