100 GREATEST BEATLES SONGS
'All I've Got to Do'
Main Writer: Lennon
Recorded: September 11, 1963
Released: January 20, 1964
Not released as a single
Recorded: September 11, 1963
Released: January 20, 1964
Not released as a single
"Smokey Robinson was like God in our eyes," McCartney once
said. And nowhere was Robinson's divine presence more felt than on With the
Beatles. The album features the band's cover of "You Really Got a Hold
on Me," as well as Lennon's "Not a Second Time" and "All
I've Got to Do," which Lennon described as "me trying to do Smokey
Robinson." "All I've Got to Do" is one of the most soulful songs
of the early Beatles originals: With its plaintive vocal, it recalls the
Miracles' "(You Can) Depend on Me," especially when Lennon's voice
soars through the bridge. Robinson cast a wide shadow on the Beatles long after
they split: In the Seventies, Harrison wrote a tribute called "Pure
Smokey," and Lennon admitted that he was still trying to sing like Robinson
during the Double Fantasy sessions.
Appears On: With
the Beatles
“The Beatles”
was a great band and I think they were the best. I love all their songs but my
favorite song is “In my life”. I guess John lennon was the leader of the band
with Paul Mccartney too. If they didn´t stop playing I´d like to go to a
concert of them.
