Michelle
The Beatles * Track #7 On Rubber Soul
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Michelle by The Beatles
Release Date
Performed by
The BeatlesProduced by
George MartinWrited by
Lennon-McCartney & Paul McCartney & John LennonAbout
A McCartney song inspired by a comical faux-French ballad he used to busk in the streets when he was a teenager in order to attract women and make his friends laugh. Paul asked the mother of his friend, Peter Asher, if the French was correct.
Michelle Lyrics
[Chorus]
(Ooh) Michelle, ma belle
These are words that go together well (Ooh)
My Michelle
(Uuuh)
Michelle, ma belle
Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble
Très bien ensemble (Uuuh)
[Verse 1]
I love you, I love you, I love you
(Ooh, ooh)
That's all I want to say
(Ooh) Until I find a way
I will say the only words I know that you'll understand
[Chorus]
(Ooh) Michelle, ma belle
Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble
Très bien ensemble (Ooh)
[Verse 2]
I need to, I need to, I need to
I need to make you see (Ooh)
Oh, what you mean to me (Ooh, ooh)
Until I do, I'm hoping you will know what I mean
I love you (Ooh, ooh)
[Guitar solo]
[Verse 3]
I want you, I want you, I want you (Ooh, ooh)
I think you know by now
I'll get to you somehow
Until I do, I'm telling you so you'll understand
[Chorus]
(Ooh) Michelle, ma belle (Ooh, ooh)
Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble
Très bien ensemble
[Outro]
And I will say the only words I know that you'll understand
My Michelle (Mmm)
Michelle Q&A
Who wrote Michelle's ?
Michelle was written by Lennon-McCartney & Paul McCartney & John Lennon.
Who produced Michelle's ?
Michelle was produced by George Martin.
When did The Beatles release Michelle?
The Beatles released Michelle on Fri Dec 03 1965.
Why isn't "Michelle" a single?
A lot of people said ‘Michelle’ would have made a good single. There are songs which we like but we wouldn’t like to have out as singles. ‘Cause it’s a very funny thing about putting a single out. We always used to think for a single we’d have to have something pretty fast. I don’t know why. The...
What type of guitar did Paul write this song with?
All my first songs were written on the Zenith, songs like “Michelle” and “I Saw Her Standing There.” It was on this guitar that I learnt “Twenty Flight Rock”, the song that later got me into the group The Quarry Men.
- Via Beatles Ebooks
Who and what was the inspiration for the song?
There used to be a guy called Austin Mitchell who was one of John’s tutors at art school and he used to throw some pretty good all-night parties. You could maybe pull girls there, which was the main aim of every second; you could get drinks, which was another aim; and you could generally put yourse...
What did The Beatles say about "Michelle"?
In a 2007 interview for The Guardian, Paul McCartney said,
We’d tag along to these parties, and it was at the time of people like Juliette Gréco, the French bohemian thing. They’d all wear black turtleneck sweaters, it’s kind of where we got all that from, and we fancied Juliette like mad. Have you...