"Please Mister Postman" Lyrics

by Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, and Robert Bateman

As Released by the Marvelettes (1961)

(Stop)
Oh yes, wait a minute Mister Postman
(Wait)
Wait Mister Postman

Please Mister Postman, look and see
(Oh yeah)
If there's a letter in your bag for me
(Please, Please Mister Postman)
Why's it takin' such a long time
(Oh yeah)
For me to hear from that boy of mine

There must be some word today
From my boyfriend so far away
Pleas Mister Postman, look and see
If there's a letter, a letter for me

I've been standin' here waitin' Mister Postman
So patiently
For just a card, or just a letter
Sayin' he's returnin' home to me

(Mister Postman)
Mister Postman, look and see
(Oh yeah)
If there's a letter in your bag for me
(Please, Please Mister Postman)
Why's it takin' such a long time
(Oh yeah)
For me to hear from that boy of mine

So many days you passed me by
See the tears standin' in my eyes
You didn't stop to make me feel better
By leavin' me a card or a letter

(Mister Postman)
Mister Postman, look and see
(Oh yeah)
If there's a letter in your bag for me
(Please, Please Mister Postman)
Why's it takin' such a long time

(Why don't you check it and see one more time for me, you gotta)
Wait a minute
Wait a minute
Wait a minute
Wait a minute
(Mister Postman)
Mister Postman, look and see

(C'mon deliver the letter, the sooner the better)
Mister Postman



As Released by the Beatles (1963)

Wait, oh yes wait a minute mister postman
Wait, wait mister postman

Mister postman look and see
If there's a letter in your bag for me
I been waiting such a long time
Since I heard from that girl of mine

There must be some word today
From my girlfriend so far away
Please mister postman look and see
If there's a letter, a letter for me
I been standing here waiting mister postman
So patiently
For just a card or just a letter
Saying she's returning home to me

Please Mr. Postman, look and see
If there's a letter, oh yeah for me,
I've been waiting, a long long time
Since I've heard from that girlfriend of mine.

So many days you passed me by
See the tear standing in my eye
You didn't stop to make me feel better
By leaving me a card or a letter

You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute
You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute
You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute
You gotta check it and see, one more time for me

Wait
Wait
Wait
Deliver the letter, the sooner the better

Wait

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

I Wanna Hold Your Hand is a comedy film directed and co-written by Robert Zemeckis that takes its name from the 1963 Beatles song. It was produced and co-written by Bob Gale. The film is about "Beatlemania" and is a fictionalized account of the day of the Beatles' first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show (February 9, 1964). It was released in 1978 by Universal Studios.

The movie was Robert Zemeckis' directorial debut. Even though the film was modestly budgeted, in order to convince Universal to bankroll the film, Steven Spielberg had to promise studio executives that, if Zemeckis was seen to be doing a markedly poor job, he would step in and direct the film himself.

Despite positive previews and critical response (The New York Times wrote that "the whole film sparkles with a boisterous lunacy" and called its plot "positively dazzling"), the film was not a financial success and was considered a flop, unable to recoup its rather modest $2.8 million budget. Zemeckis later said, "One of the great memories in my life is going to the preview. I didn't know what to expect [but] the audience just went wild. They were laughing and cheering. It was just great. Then we learned a really sad lesson....just because a movie worked with a preview audience didn't mean anyone wanted to go see it."

Over a year later, in December 1979, four of the film's stars - Bobby DiCicco, Wendie Jo Sperber, Nancy Allen and Eddie Deezen - appeared in the Spielberg-directed comedy movie 1941, which was written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis.

Plot summary

The time is 1964; The Beatles are about to go on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. Girls are fainting during their concerts from sheer excitement at being in the same theater with them. Four Jersey girls set off to New York City to see the Beatles' Ed Sullivan show: Rosie Petrofsky (Wendie Jo Sperber) is in love with Paul, and wants to meet him in person; Grace Corrigan (Theresa Saldana), is certain that if she can get some exclusive photos of The Beatles, her career as a photographer will be secured; Pam Mitchell (Nancy Allen), who about to get married and wants to have one last night of fun before her wedding, is dragged along by Rosie and Grace; and Janis Goldman (Susan Kendall Newman) believes that the Beatles "undermine artistic integrity", and tags along to protest the their music. With the help of Larry Dubois (Marc McClure) - their "chauffeur" - and tough guy Tony Smerko (Bobby Di Cicco), these teens are about to encounter some wacky characters and learn more about loyalty, deceit, music, and love than they'd ever imagined.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack also features a total of 17 original Beatles recordings. They are:

1. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
2. "Please Please Me"
3. "I Saw Her Standing There"
4. "Thank You Girl"
5. "Boys"
6. "Twist and Shout"
7. "Misery"
8. "Till There Was You"
9. "Love Me Do"
10. "Do You Want to Know a Secret?"
11. "P.S. I Love You"
12. "Please Mister Postman"
13. "From Me to You"
14. "Money (That's What I Want)"
15. "There's a Place"
16. "I Wanna Be Your Man"
17. "She Loves You"

The song "She Loves You" was featured twice toward the end of the film. The first time was during the group's appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday - February 9, 1964. For this sequence of the film, stand-in Beatle-lookalike doubles, dressed in identical attire and holding the same type of musical instruments in a similar manner, were seen mimicking the group's performance of the song from that show while being shown on the stage floor, albeit from a distance so as not to see their identities, while the actual footage of The Beatles on The Sullivan Show of 02/09/1964 was revealed from the camera operator's point-of-view. These two elements were combined together, along with reactions from the studio audience to recreate a brilliant moment in time. The second time "She Loves You" was featured occurred during the film's end credits.

Other songs by the Beatles, that were to be published years after their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, are referenced as in-jokes throughout the film. They are:

1. "Helter Skelter," mentioned by an aristocratic woman who sojourns at the Beatles' hotel ("Things are all helter skelter!");
2. "Get Back", mentioned by a cop trying to calm a riot against his arrest of a very young Beatles' fan ("Get back girls, get back!");
3. "One After 909", "909" being the number of the hotel room of a man who is searching for a hooker in New York;
4. "Polythene Pam", in the name of "Pam Mitchell", the girl that manages to sneak inside the Beatles' room and then has fetishistic behaviors towards objects and musical instruments belonging to the group. "Polythene Pam" was inspired by an evening that John spent with poet Royston Ellis and his girlfriend, Stephanie. The three wore polythene (a common British contraction of the word and the IUPAC version of the word polyethylene) bags and slept in the same bed out of curiosity about kinky sex.
5. "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", mentioned by a member of the Beatles' staff named Neil (probably a reference to the Beatles' road manager and personal assistant Neil Aspinall) while speaking to a cop after Pam has been discovered lying under John Lennon's bed ("Is that the bird that was under Lennon's bed?", a reference to a widespread interpretation that sees in "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" a confession of adultery).
6. "Girl", once again during the scene in which Pam is discovered: the cop doesn't get the aforementioned "bird" allusion, and Neil promptly states: "Girl"; to make this reference even clearer, the cop answers: "Girl, girl" (mimicking the chorus of the song). Noticeably, as the dialogue goes on, Neil speaks about an arrangement he made with Brian (a reference to the real Beatles' manager Brian Epstein) concerning how to handle the situation with the press.

Wikipedia

Beatles Covers: Stars on 45 - The Beatles Mix

The Beatles Recording the "Abbey Road" Album (1969)

25 February 1969
- Old Brown Shoe (Take 2)
- All Things Must Pass (Take 2)
- Something (Take 1)

26 April 1969 [4:00 p.m. - 4:15 a.m.]
- Oh! Darling (Take 26)



26 April 1969 [4:00 p.m. - 4:15 a.m.]
- Octopus's Garden (Take 2)

29 April 1969 [7:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.]
- Octopus's Garden (Take 32)

1 July 1969 [3:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.]
- You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 30)

2 July 1969 [3:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.]
- Her Majesty (Take 3)



2 July 1969 [3:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.]
- Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Take 13)

9 July 1969 [2:30 p.m. - 10:15 p.m.]
- Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Take 5)

10 July 1969 [2:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.]
- Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Take 21 RS13)



11 July 1969 [2:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.]
- Something (Take 37)

21 July 1969 [2:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.]
- Come Together (Take 1)

24 July 1969 [3:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.]
- Ain't She Sweet



30 July 1969 [2:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.]
- Huge Medley #1



30 July 1969 [2:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.]
- Huge Medley #2

4 August 1969 [2:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
- Because (Vocal Harmonies Only)

18 August 1969 [2:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.]
- The End

BONUS:

Studio Outtakes Medley
- Back in The USSR
- Birthday
- Come Together
- Dear Prudence
- Getting Better
- Good Morning, Good Morning
- Hello Goodbye
- Helter Skelter
- Here Comes the Sun
- Hey Bulldog
- I Am The Walrus
- Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds
- Octopus's Garden
- Revolution
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Something
- Tomorrow Never Knows
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Within You, Without You

The Beatles Recording the "Let It Be" Album (1969/1970)

21 January 1969
- She Came In Through the Bathroom Window (Take 21.78)

22 January 1969
- Dig A Pony (Takes 22.21 & 22.23)

24 January 1969
- Two Of Us (Take 24.30)



25 January 1969
- For You Blue (Takes 25.34 & 25.49 + 25.45)
- Let It Be (Take 25.81)

26 January 1969
- Rip It Up/Shake, Rattle and Roll (Takes 26.56 & 26.57)



26 January 1969
- Miss Ann/Kansas City/Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Take 26.58)
- Blue Suede Shoes (Take 26.59)

27 January 1969
- Oh! Darling (Take 27.56)

28 January 1969
- Teddy Boy (Take 28.83 + Take 24.33)



29 January 1969
- Cannonball/Not Fade Away/Hey Little Girl/Bo Diddley (Take 29.49)
- Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues (Take 29.53)

31 January 1969
- Two Of Us (Take 13.13 + Take 13.15)



17 May + 7/8 June 1967 & 30 April 1969 [7:15 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.]
- You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (Take 30)

3 January 1970 [2:30 p.m. - 12:15 a.m.]
- I Me Mine (Take 16)

26/27/30 January 1969
- Get Back (Takes 23.78 & 23.79/Acetate 1)
- Get Back (Take 27.63/Acetate 1)



26/27/30 January 1969
- Two Of Us (Take 24.69/Acetate 3)
- One After 909 (Take 30.08 + Take 30.09 + Take 30.17/Acetate 3)
- Don't Let Me Down (Takes 22.80 & 22.60/Acetate 3)
- Dig A Pony (Take 22.70/Acetate 3)



26/27/30 January 1969
- Get Back (Takes 27.63 & 28.43/Acetate 3)
- For You Blue (Take 25.46/Acetate 3)
- Dig It (Take 26.55 + Take 24.85/Acetate 3)
- Let It Be (Take 26.74/Acetate 1)



26/27/30 January 1969
- The Long and Winding Road (Take 26.91/Acetates 1 & 3)
- For You Blue (Take 25.46 + Overdubs)
- Across The Universe (Acetate 4)
- I've Got a Feeling (Takes 22.71 & 27.84/Acetate 3)

The Beatles Recording the "White Album" (1968)

3 February 1968 [7:00 p.m - 12:00 a.m.]
- Lady Madonna (Take 3)
- Across the Universe (Take 2)

4 February 1968 [8:00 p.m - 2:00 a.m.]
- Across the Universe (Take 7)



6 February 1968 [9:00 p.m - 2:00 a.m.]
- Lady Madonna (Take 4 Overdubs Session)
- Lady Madonna (Take 4 + Take 4 w/ Overdubs & Take 5)

6 June 1968 [2:45 p.m - 2:45 a.m.]
- Don't Pass Me By (Takes 3 & 5)



11 June 1968 [2:30 p.m - 12:50 a.m.]
- Mother Nature's Son/Blackbird (Rehearsal)
- Blackbird (Unknown Take + Takes 4 & 32 RM6)
- Good Night (Rehearsal + Unknown Take)



5 July 1968 [5:00 p.m - 1:30 a.m.]
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Take 5)

- 9 July 1968 [4:00 p.m - 9:30 p.m.]
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Take 21)

- 10 July 1968 [7:00 p.m - 1:30 a.m.]
- Revolution (Take 15)

- 12 July 1968 [3:00 p.m - 11:00 p.m.]
- Don't Pass Me By (Take 7 RM4)

- 15 July 1968 [3:30 p.m - 8:00 p.m.]
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Take 23 RM21)



16 July 1968 [4:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m.]
- Cry Baby Cry (Take 1)

18 July 1968 [10:30 p.m - 3:30 a.m.]
- Helter Skelter (Take 2)

19 July 1968 [7:30 p.m - 4:00 a.m.]
- Sexy Sadie (Take 6)



19 July 1968 [7:30 p.m - 4:00 a.m.]
- Sexy Sadie (Unknown Takes)

22 July 1968 [7:00 p.m - 1:40 a.m.]
- Good Night (Take 36 RM6)

23 July 1968 [7:00 p.m - 2:30 a.m.]
- Everybody's Got Something Except Me and My Monkey (Take 12 RM5)

25 July 1968 [7:00 p.m - 3:15 a.m.]
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Take 1)



30 July 1968 [7:30 p.m. - 2:30 a.m.]
- Hey Jude (Takes 2, 7 & 9)



9 August 1968 [7:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.]
- Mother Nature's Son (Take 2)

12 August 1968 [7:00 p.m. - 4:15 a.m.]
- Not Guilty (Take 102 RM1)

15 August 1968 [7:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m.]
- Rocky Raccoon (Take 8)



15 August 1968 [7:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m.]
- Rocky Raccoon (Take 10 RM1)

- 20 August 1968 [5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m./8:00 p.m. - 4:00 a.m.]
- Yer Blues (Take 16 + Take 17 RM3)
- Mother Nature's Son (Take 26 RM8)
- Wild Honey Pie (Take 1 RM6)



21 August 1968 [7:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.]
- Sexy Sadie (Take 117 RM5)

23 August 1968 [7:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m.]
- Back in The USSR (Take 6 RM1)

29 August 1968 [8:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.]
- Dear Prudence (Take 1)

10 September 1968 [7:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m.]
- Helter Skelter (Take 21 RM1)



16 September 1968 [7:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.]
- I Will (Take 1)
- Can You Take Me Back? (Take 19)
- Down In Havana (Take 30)
- Step Inside Love (Take 34)
- Los Paranoias (Take 35)
- The Way You Look Tonight (Take 36)

- 18 September 1968 [5:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.]
- Birthday (Take 32 RM1)



25 September 1968 [7:30 p.m. - 5:00 a.m.]
- Happiness is A Warm Gun (Take 65 + Overdubs)

26 September 1968 [7:00 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.]
- Glass Onion (Take 33 RM1)

8 October 1968 [4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.]
- I'm So Tired (Take 3 + Take 6 + Take 9)
- I'm So Tired (Take 14 + Overdubs)

9 October 1968 [7:00 p.m. - 5:30 a.m.]
- Why Don't We Do It In The Road? (Take 4)

13 October 1968 [7:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m.]
- Julia (Take 1)