It's for You

"It's for You"
A-side label of UK single
Single by Cilla Black
from the EP It's for You
B-side"He Won't Ask Me"
Released31 July 1964
Recorded2 July 1964
GenreTraditional pop
Length2:24
LabelParlophone R5162
Songwriter(s)Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)George Martin
Cilla Black singles chronology
"You're My World"
(1964)
"It's for You"
(1964)
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
(1964)

"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]

  1. ^ "RPM Top 40 & 5 - November 2, 1964" (PDF).
  2. ^ "RPM Top 100 - October 23, 1971" (PDF).