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Released in 1965

You Like Me Too Much

Written by George Harrison

Last updated on March 16, 2016

Album This song officially appears on the Help! (Mono) LP.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1965

Master album

Related sessions

This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

Early George Harrison songs

From Wikipedia:

“You Like Me Too Much” is a song by the Beatles written by George Harrison. It was released in 1965 on the Help! album in the United Kingdom and on Beatles VI in the United States.

Musical characteristics

The song is in the key of G Major and in 4/4 time. There is an introduction using piano and electric piano, with Paul McCartney and George Martin playing two different piano parts on separate ends of the same Steinway grand piano. The Steinway appears only in the song’s intro and was overdubbed separately, as were McCartney’s bass and Harrison’s vocal overdubs. The electric piano is a Hohner Pianet, played by John Lennon, and you can hear the instrument’s tremolo being switched off after the intro.

The piano introduction was later used by Bob Dylan for his song “Temporary Like Achilles“. The quick transition from G chord to a flat-III (Bflat) is unusual, especially as its F-natural note is melodically sustained against the following D-Major chord (with its concomitant F#) creating “the most bluesy moment of the entire song.” The verse opens with three repetitions of a simple four note motif (“Though you’ve gone away this morning, you’ll be back again tonight“) during which the chords mirror the lyrics in shifting from ii (Am chord) on “gone away” to IV (C chord) on “back again” to the tonic (G chord) on “tonight.”

Recording

The song was recorded on 17 February 1965 in Abbey Road studio 2. It was one of the two songs on Help! written by Harrison, with the other being “I Need You.” Help! was the first album since the 1963 release of With the Beatles to include songs written by Harrison. […]

From The Usenet Guide to Beatles Recording Variations:

  • [a] mono 18 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PMC 1255 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol T 2358 Beatles VI 1965.
    CD: EP Box set 1991.
  • [b] stereo 23 Feb 1965.
    UK: Parlophone PCS 3071 Help! 1965.
    US: Capitol ST 2358 Beatles VI 1965.
  • [c] stereo 1987.
    CD: EMI CDP 7 46439 2 Help! 1987.

The CD reproduction of [c] is so clear that a click can be heard where they turn off the Leslie speaker for the piano after the intro! This is probably on the other mixes also.

Lyrics

Though you've gone away this morning

You'll be back again tonight

Telling me there'll be no next time

If I just don't treat you right

You'll never leave me and you know it's true

'Cause you like me too much and I like you

You've tried before to leave me

But you haven't got the nerve

To walk out and make me lonely

Which is all that I deserve

You'll never leave me and you know it's true

'Cause you like me too much and I like you

I really do

And it's nice when you believe me

If you leave me

I will follow you

And bring you back where you belong

'Cause I couldn't really stand it

I'd admit that I was wrong

I wouldn't let you leave me 'cause it's true

'Cause you like me too much and I like you

'Cause you like me too much and I like you

I really do

And it's nice when you believe me

If you leave me

I will follow you

And bring you back where you belong

'Cause I couldn't really stand it

I'd admit that I was wrong

I wouldn't let you leave me 'cause it's true

'Cause you like me too much and I like you

'Cause you like me too much and I like you

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Live performances

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.

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