# The Beatles — Please Please Me

The Beatles’s Please Please Me (1963) is No. 2 in our Merseybeat ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1963
- **Label:** Parlophone
- **On one list:** Merseybeat
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Artist:** [The Beatles](https://waxonia.com/artist/the-beatles/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/the-beatles--please-please-me/

## What we say

### No. 2 in [Merseybeat](https://waxonia.com/genre/merseybeat/)

Originally a Roy Orbison-style ballad, sped up at Martin's suggestion until it became something else. The harmonica and the shared vocal are the whole Merseybeat formula in two minutes.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Beatles%20Please%20Please%20Me) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=czw8eqepir8)

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