I Saw Her Standing There

"I Saw Her Standing There"
US picture sleeve (reverse)
Single by the Beatles
A-side"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
Released
  • 22 March 1963 (1963-03-22) (UK Please Please Me album)
  • 26 December 1963 (US single)
Recorded11 February 1963
StudioEMI, London
GenreRock and roll
Length2:55
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)McCartney-Lennon
Producer(s)George Martin
The Beatles US singles chronology
"She Loves You"
(1963)
"I Saw Her Standing There"
(1963)
"Twist and Shout"
(1964)
Music video
"I Saw Her Standing There" (Remastered 2009) on YouTube

"I Saw Her Standing There" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. It is the opening track on the band's 1963 debut UK album Please Please Me and their debut US album Introducing... The Beatles.

In December 1963, Capitol Records released the song in the United States as the B-side on the label's first single by the Beatles, "I Want to Hold Your Hand". While the A-side topped the US Billboard chart for seven weeks starting 1 February 1964, "I Saw Her Standing There" entered the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 February 1964, remaining there for 11 weeks, peaking at No. 14. The song placed on the Cashbox chart for only one week at No. 100 on the same week of its Billboard debut. In 2004, "I Saw Her Standing There" was ranked No. 139 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.