I'll Be on My Way

Infobox Song
Name = I'll Be on My Way


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Type = B-side to "Do You Want to Know a Secret"
Artist = Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas
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Released = April 26 1963
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Writer = McCartney-Lennon
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Label = Parlophone R5023
Producer = George Martin
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Misc = Song infobox
Name = I'll Be on My Way


Artist = The Beatles
Album = Live at the BBC
Released = November 30 1994
track_no = 7
Recorded = April 4 1963
Genre = Pop
Length = 1:58
Writer = Lennon/McCartney
Label = Apple Records
Producer = Bryant Marriott
George Martin (Executive Producer)
prev = "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby"
prev_no = 6
next = "Young Blood"
next_no = 8"I'll Be on My Way" is a Lennon/McCartney song, which was first released on April 26 1963 by Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas. It was the B-side of their single "Do You Want to Know a Secret?", a song also penned by Lennon/McCartney. This single reached number 2 in the UK charts while "From Me to You" by The Beatles was occupying the number 1 position. According to Lennon, the song was mainly written by McCartney: "This was early Paul." [cite book | author=Cadogan, Patrick | title=The Revolutionary Artist: John Lennon's Radical Years| publisher=Lulu| year=2008 | id=ISBN 978-1-4357-1863-0]

"I'll Be on My Way" is considered to be the first song that Lennon and McCartney "gave away", [cite web | url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col_r5023.html | title="Collaborations - Do You Want to Know a Secret" | work=JPGR | accessdate=October 29 | accessyear=2006] and the Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas' version of the song is included on the EMI album "The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away". [cite web | url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col_nut18.html | title="Collaborations - The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away" | work=JPGR | accessdate=October 29 | accessyear=2006]

This song was recorded by The Beatles on April 4 1963 at the BBC Paris Theatre, London, and broadcast on the BBC radio show "Side by Side" on June 24 1963. This is the only known recording of "I'll Be on My Way" by The Beatles; it features joint lead vocals by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, and can be heard on The Beatles' album "Live at the BBC". [cite web | url=http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/ill-be-on-my-way/ | title="The Beatles Bible: I'll Be On My Way" | accessdate=September 15 | accessyear=2008]

In 1963, The Beatles and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas were both acts managed by Brian Epstein, with George Martin as their producer.

The song may have been influenced by the musical and lyrical style of Buddy Holly. The persona forces a happy-go-lucky view on his break-up to make himself feel better, similar in character to Holly's 1959 song "It Doesn't Matter Anymore".

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