Step Inside Love
| "Step Inside Love/Los Paranoias" | ||||
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| Single by Cilla Black | ||||
| Released | 8 March 1968 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:22 | |||
| Label | Parlophone R5674 | |||
| Writer(s) | Lennon–McCartney | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
| Cilla Black singles chronology | ||||
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| "Step Inside Love/Los Paranoias" | ||||
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| Song by The Beatles from the album Anthology 3 | ||||
| Released | 28 October 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 16 September 1968 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 2:30 | |||
| Label | Apple Records | |||
| Writer | Lennon–McCartney | |||
| Producer | Chris Thomas | |||
| Anthology 3 track listing | ||||
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"Step Inside Love" is a song written by Paul McCartney (credited as "Lennon–McCartney") for Cilla Black in 1967 as a theme for her TV series Cilla, which first aired in the beginning of 1968. Her version was released as a single on 8 March 1968. It reached number eight in the British charts. The recording was also featured on Black's third solo studio album Sher-oo![1] Remixed club versions of Cilla's original 1960s vocal were released in 2009 on her album "Cilla All Mixed Up".
In 2002, DJ Tommy Sandhu managed to coax Cilla back into the recording studio to re-record "Step Inside Love". Sandhu then remixed the song and 3,000 white labels of it were sent to British clubs under the name TS vs CB. The 12" charted at number three on Music Week's club chart. A maxi single of all of these remixes was released to download worldwide on 30 November 2009.[2]
McCartney recorded the song on 16 September 1968 during The Beatles (a.k.a. "The White Album") sessions, but it did not appear on the album. After ad libbing "Step Inside Love", McCartney led the group into "Los Paranoias", which was written by all four members of the band. The two songs were released as a single CD track on Anthology 3 in 1996.
In 2010, during a BBC interview, Black revealed that the song had been banned in South Africa due to fears that the lyrics contained hidden sexual elements.
[edit] The Beatles personnel
- Personnel per The Beatles Bible[3]
[edit] Rare versions
On 15 September 1997 EMI Records released The Abbey Road Decade: 1963-73,[4] a three-disc compilation album of Black's recordings. It featured the single version of "Step Inside Love", an Italian language version (M'Innamoro), the original demo (featuring McCartney), and an alternate take.
Recordings of "Step Inside Love" as The Beatles may have performed it are available on the 1989 album by Bas Muys entitled Secret Songs: Lennon & McCartney[5][6] and on the 1998 release It's Four You by the Australian tribute band The Beatnix.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "CillaBlack.com discography - Sher-oo!". http://www.cillablack.com/music-sheroo.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ^ "CillaBlack.com Tommy Sandhu's club remixes of STEP INSIDE LOVE released to download". http://www.cillablack.com/news-Step-Inside-Love-Tommy-Sandhu-Remixes.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- ^ "The Beatles Bible: Step Inside Love/Los Paranoias". http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/step-inside-love/. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ "CillaBlack.com discography - The Abbey Road Decade: 1963-73". http://www.cillablack.com/music-abbeyroaddecade.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ^ "Bas Muys, Lennon & McCartney Secret Songs (Vinyl)". Tagtuner.com. 2006-12-18. http://www.tagtuner.com/music/albums/Bas-Muys/Lennon-%26-McCartney-Secret-Songs-%28Vinyl%29/album-v217698f. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "Bas Muys - Lennon & McCartney Secret Songs (Vinyl)". Gnudb.org. http://www.gnudb.org/cd/roa406b90d. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "It's Four You". Answers.com. 1998-08-21. http://www.answers.com/topic/it-s-four-you. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
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