You’d love her too
And I love her…
It is only right that we start off a list of the best 500 songs of the past 70 years with The Beatles. You may be seeing them often on this list. The Beatles may or may not be your favorite band of all time, but it is hard to argue that they are one of the most prolific bands. Perhaps the best. So good, in fact, that I think some of their songs get left off the list just so that this isn’t a “list of greatest Beatles songs”. They are that good.
But we are getting ahead of ourselves. We have 500 songs to evaluate.
“And I Love Her” is a McCartney song from A Hard Days Night. For those who don’t know- most Beatles songs primarily originated with either Lennon or McCartney and that person would sing lead. This is the one of the songs that marked their transition from their early work to their middle period. The other is “If I Fell”, which is also on this list. It was released as the B-side.
There are a couple interesting aspects about this song. The intro guitar riff really sets the song up well. The lyrics of the second verse are also interesting:
She gives me everything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love her
Is “she” a different person than “my lover”? It sounds like it to me. It also makes the song a lot more interesting. Rather than a simple song stating, “I love my girlfriend” this seems to be saying “I love someone other than my girlfriend.” When I was young, I always wondered if the girlfriend in this scenario freaked out when she heard the song on the radio for the first time. Perhaps I just had an active imagination.
And I Love Her Lyrics
I give her all my love
That’s all I do
And if you saw my love
You’d love her, too
I love her
She gives my everything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love her
A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me
Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her
Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her
Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul McCartney
I’m sitting here trying to wrap my head around your thoughts on this one and I don’t see where you are coming from. I think “she” and “my lover” are one in the same. That being the case, I do feel that it’s quite possible that the lover referenced in the song is someone he’s having an illicit affair with.