"It's for You" | ||||
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Single by Cilla Black | ||||
from the EP It's for You | ||||
B-side | "He Won't Ask Me" | |||
Released | 31 July 1964 | |||
Recorded | 2 July 1964 | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Length | 2:24 | |||
Label | Parlophone R5162 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney | |||
Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
Cilla Black singles chronology | ||||
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"It's for You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles for Cilla Black for whom it was a UK Top Ten hit in 1964. The song is mainly a McCartney composition.
In the US, Black's version of the song peaked at No. 79. In Canada it reached No. 24.[1] A 1971 version by Detroit-area group Springwell (who recorded the track in Canada) is actually the highest charting version of "It's For You" in North America, peaking at No. 60 US and No. 21 Canada.[2]