The Beatles Were An English Rock Band Formed In Liverpool In 1960. With The Line-Up Comprising John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison And Ringo Starr They Are Regarded As One Of The Most Influential Bands Of All Time. The Group Was Integral To The Development Of 1960s Counterculture And Popular Music's Recognition As An Art Form. Rooted In Skiffle Beat And 1950s Rock And Roll Their Sound Incorporated Elements Of Classical Music And Traditional Read More On Last.Fm
The Title Was Inspired By Leonard Bernstein And Stephen Sondheim's "Somewhere" From West Side Story Which Contained The Line "somewhere There's A Place For Us". McCartney Owned The Album Of The Soundtrack At The Time Of Writing "There's A Place" And Acknowledges Its Influence. The "place" In Question Was "the Mind" Making Its Subject Matter Slightly More Cerebral Than Britain's Kissing And Cuddling Songs And America's Surf Music From That Period. Lennon Is Quoted As Saying "'There's A Place' Was My Attempt At A Sort Of Motown Black Thing." It Says The Usual Lennon Things 'In My Mind There's No Sorrow...' It's All In Your Mind." Composed At McCartney's Forthlin Road Home It Was Part Of The Group's Stage Repertoire In 1963. With Its Major Seventh Harmonica Intro Later Reprised And Searing Two-Part Vocal Harmonies In Fifths Lennon Low McCartney High It Stands Out As An Early Beatles Milestone Track. The Song Was Recorded On 11 February 1963 In Ten Takes During The First Of Three Sessions For Please Please Me. The Song Was Officially Credited To "McCartney/Lennon" As Were All Other Lennon/McCartney Compositions On The Original UK Release Of Please Please Me.