“That Means a Lot”
“That Means a Lot” is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released in 1965 by P. J. Proby. Proby’s version reached #24 on the NME chart. Prior to the release by Proby, The Beatles recorded a version that was intended for the Help! film and soundtrack. The Beatles were dissatisfied with the song and their version was not released until the Anthology 2 CD in 1996.
Lennon said at the time, “This song is a ballad which Paul and I wrote for the film but we found we just couldn’t sing it. In fact, we made a hash of it, so we thought we’d better give it to someone who could do it well.” In an interview with Mark Lewisohn in 1988, McCartney said, “There were a few songs that we were just not as keen on, or we didn’t think they were quite finished. This was one of them.”
[From Wikipedia. Original page is here]
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