| "There's a Place" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 B-side label of US single "Twist and Shout" | ||||
| Song by the Beatles | ||||
| from the album Please Please Me | ||||
| Released | 22 March 1963 | |||
| Recorded | 11 February 1963 | |||
| Studio | EMI, London | |||
| Genre | Pop,[1] beat,[2] rock and roll[3] | |||
| Length | 1:49 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Songwriter(s) | McCartney–Lennon | |||
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
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"There's a Place" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their debut album, Please Please Me, released in March 1963. It was written primarily by John Lennon and credited to McCartney–Lennon. In the United States, the song was released in July 1963 on the group's first US LP, Introducing... The Beatles, later reissued in January 1964 as Beatlemania surged there. It was also issued as a non-album single in the US, in March 1964, as the B-side to "Twist and Shout", reaching number 74 in the Billboard Hot 100.
Lennon said that "There's a Place" was his attempt at writing a song in the Motown style. According to Paul McCartney, the song's title phrase originated from "There's a Place for Us", from the soundtrack album to the 1961 film West Side Story. The song's lyrics relate to the singer's ability to overcome his loneliness by retreating into the haven of his mind.
"There's a Place" has received a favourable response from several music critics. Some reviewers admire its harmonies and recognise the lyrics as exhibiting a depth not found in contemporaneous pop songs. Some have seen it as anticipating the later introspection of the Beatles and Lennon in particular, heard in songs like "I'm Only Sleeping" and "Tomorrow Never Knows".
- ^ Marshall 2006, p. 11.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "The Early Beatles – The Beatles". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Connolly 2018, p. 151.