Love Me Do

"Love Me Do"
American 45
Single by The Beatles
from the album Please Please Me
B-side	"P.S. I Love You"
Released	5 October 1962 27 April 1964 (US)
Format	7"
Recorded	6 June; 4 and 11 September 1962, EMI Studios, London
Genre	Pop, rhythm and blues
Length	2:22
Label	Parlophone R4949 Capitol Canada 72076 Tollie 9008
Writer(s)	Lennon–McCartney
Producer	George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology
— "Can't Buy Me Love" (US-1964) "Love Me Do" (UK-1962) — "Love Me Do" (US-1964) "Please Please Me" (UK-1963) — "A Hard Day's Night" (US-1964)
Please Please Me track listing 14 tracks Side one "I Saw Her Standing There" "Misery" "Anna (Go to Him)" "Chains" "Boys" "Ask Me Why" "Please Please Me" Side two "Love Me Do" "P.S. I Love You" "Baby It's You" "Do You Want to Know a Secret" "A Taste of Honey" "There's a Place" "Twist and Shout"

"Love Me Do" is the Beatles' first single, backed by "P.S. I Love You" and released on 5 October 1962. When the single was originally released in the United Kingdom, it peaked at number seventeen; in 1982 it was re-promoted (not re-issued, retaining the same catalogue number) and reached number four. In the United States the single was a number one hit in 1964. In 2012, the song became Public Domain in Europe. There are currently law proposals to extend the copyright another 20 years.