That Means a Lot

That Means a Lot

Song infobox
Name = That Means a Lot
Artist = The Beatles
Album = Anthology 2
Released = March 18 1996 (UK)
March 19 1996 (US)
track_no = 6
Recorded = 20 February 1965
Genre = Rock
Length = 2:49
Writer = Lennon/McCartney
Label = Apple Records
Producer = George Martin
prev = "If You've Got Trouble"
prev_no = 5
next = "Yesterday" (Take 1)
next_no = 7

"That Means a Lot" was an unreleased Beatles song, recorded in 1965. It was originally to be included on the album "Help!", but both John Lennon and Paul McCartney disliked the track, and so it was kept off.

Not to waste the tune, Brian Epstein, the Beatles' business manager, introduced the song to another of the acts he managed, P. J. Proby. An American, he had been introduced to Brian by Jack Good, who had created numerous television shows, and had created a Beatles TV program "Around the Beatles". He also paired P. J. with Cilla Black on a couple of tours.

P.J. released "That Means A Lot" in September of 1965. (Arranged & conducted by George Martin, Produced by Ron Richards.)

The Beatles version of the song was released in 1996 on the Anthology 2 album. The song is credited to Lennon/McCartney, although which of the two wrote the bulk of the song is in debate. In his famed interviews with Playboy Magazine, Lennon claimed the song was Paul's, while Proby has claimed with certainty that the song was purely Lennon's. It is also possible that the song was subjected to a regular occurrence in the Beatles, that of Lennon or McCartney contributing a middle-eight to the other's verses and choruses. The optimism in the verses and choruses is typical of McCartney's songwriting, while the "Love can be suicide" middle-eight is similar to the attitude Lennon displayed in many other songs of the time-period.

An attempt to remake the song was recorded on 30 March (called "take 20" by Norman Smith over the studio talkback system), but was unsuccessful after three takes, all markedly different from the original.Lewisohn, Mark, "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions" (London: Hamlyn, 1988, ISBN 0-681-03189-1), p. 57]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/that-means-a-lot/ The Beatles Bible: That Means A Lot]

References

* Liberty 45 rpm single #10215, P.J. Proby "That Means A Lot": details printed on label.


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