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"You Know My Name (Look up the Number)" is a song by The Beatles , written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney , and originally released as the B-side of the single " Let It Be " on 6 March 1970 . Although first issued with their penultimate single, it was recorded in five separate sessions beginning with four in May and June of 1967, and one in 1969. Earlier in 1967 Frank Zappa released the song " America Drinks And Goes Home " on the Mothers Of Invention album '' Absolutely Free '' where he also combined a silly tune with Nightclub sound effects to parody his formative years in the early 1960s playing with drunken bar bands. Similar tunes were also recorded by The Rolling Stones , " On With The Show " (1967) and Jimi Hendrix , " My Friend " (1968). The song is a Music Hall comedy number and is perhaps the silliest song in the Beatles' catalogue. Lennon came up with the lyric and title after seeing a phone book. He said: McCartney once told Beatle recording analyst Mark Lewisohn , " {Link without Title} are only just discovering things like 'You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)'—probably my favourite Beatles' track!"2 He went on to explain: The song features a Saxophone solo played by The Rolling Stones ' Brian Jones .3 The lyrics includes a reference to Dennis O'Dell, associate producer on the '' A Hard Day's Night '' film,4. Partway through the song, Lennon introduces McCartney as lounge singer "Dennis O’Bell," one consonant away from the name of the film producer Lennon had worked with not only on ''Hard Day's Night'' but also '' How I Won The War ''. The reference prompted numerous telephone calls to O'Dell's home by fans who told him, "We have your name and now we've got your number," as well as personal visits by fans wanting to live with him. RECORDING All four Beatles participated in the first four recording sessions on 17 May , and 7 June - 9 1967 . Jones' saxophone part was recorded on 8 June .5 The song was left unreleased and untouched until 30 April 1969 , when Lennon and McCartney laid down all the vocal tracks and added additional sound effects with the help of Mal Evans . George Harrison and Ringo Starr did not participate in this last session.6 Nick Webb, second Engineer on the 30 April session described it this way: Despite the fun sessions described by McCartney and Webb, the song was not released for another year. RELEASE Although eventually released as a Beatles song, "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" was nearly released as the 1969 ). Apple issued a press release, describing the record as Lennon and Yoko Ono singing and backed by "many of the greatest show business names of today" which the press believed was a thinly disguised reference to the Beatles. The record was canceled before it was issued. Three months later, the song was released as the B-side to the Beatles' single, " Let It Be ." The original Plastic Ono Band single catalog number is visible, though scratched out, in the runout groove of the original British pressings of the "Let It Be" single.9 "What's the New Mary Jane" was not officially issued by the Beatles until the release of ''Anthology 3'' in 1996, although the song did appear on Bootleg records. "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" was the last Beatles song from the group's official canon to be included on an album, issued on 12" vinyl for the first time on '' Rarities '' (which had been included as a bonus disc in the British and American boxed set, ''The Beatles Collection'' in 1978, and released separately as an album in the United Kingdom in 1979). The first stand-alone American album to feature "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" was the U.S. '' Rarities '', which was released in 1980.10 The first CD version was issued in 1988 on the '' Past Masters, Volume Two '' compilation. "You Know My Name (Look up the Number)" was available only in mono until 1996, when an extended stereo mix was finally issued on ''Anthology 2''. However, while this mix restores portions of the song, it omits others that were released on the mono single. Therefore, a stereo version featuring all 5 sections uncut has never been released. On the U.S. pressings of the original 7" single, the song was erroneously titled "You Know My Name (Look Up ''My'' Number)" CREDITS
:Credits per Ian MacDonald .11 TRIVIA Some lyrics to this song are sung on Pearl Jam 's extended jam on the song Daughter on their live album, Live At Benaroya Hall NOTES FURTHER READING |
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