Celebrating Sir Paul: And I Love Her
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86286)
United States
June 1, 2026 11:13am CST
Welcome to June, which happens to be the birth month of one James Paul McCartney. It’s funny how, with a million Pauls in the world, our brains gravitate to McCartney when we hear Paul. So, with apologies to Mr. Simon, Mr. Newman, Mr. Anka, and the six popes named Paul, here’s the first song to celebrate Paul’s 84th birthday month.
And I Love Her (Beatles)
Paul has hit the charts under the names on the labels of The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Paul and Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, Wings, Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, AND (exhale) Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Dang, man, pick a name! 
We start alphabetically, and we start with the first band…you know, that one he was in before Wings. 
McCartney called this “the first ballad I impressed myself with.” That’s understandable, because this song came out in 1964. We were expecting things like “she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah” or “I wanna hold your hand, I wanna hold your hand.” No. This quickly showed that the Beatles had a lot more up their sleeves than cute faces (well, except for Ringo ) and what we’d now call “bubblegum” or “boy band” songs.
There’s something interesting about this song that reiterates the lyrics, to me anyway: if you listen to George Harrison’s guitar solo, it sounds like a four-year-old trying to pluck out the right notes. I think that’s deliberate, showing exactly what “a love like ours” will do to people in love. My personal take, of course, but love does funny things to people.
An early Beatles classic.
And I Love Her
Written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney)
From A Hard Day’s Night (Beatles), 1964
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We start alphabetically, and we start with the first band…you know, that one he was in before Wings.
McCartney called this “the first ballad I impressed myself with.” That’s understandable, because this song came out in 1964. We were expecting things like “she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah” or “I wanna hold your hand, I wanna hold your hand.” No. This quickly showed that the Beatles had a lot more up their sleeves than cute faces (well, except for Ringo ) and what we’d now call “bubblegum” or “boy band” songs.
There’s something interesting about this song that reiterates the lyrics, to me anyway: if you listen to George Harrison’s guitar solo, it sounds like a four-year-old trying to pluck out the right notes. I think that’s deliberate, showing exactly what “a love like ours” will do to people in love. My personal take, of course, but love does funny things to people.
An early Beatles classic.
And I Love Her
Written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney)
From A Hard Day’s Night (Beatles), 1964
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@MarieCoyle (58769)
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7h
Yes, of course I know this one. I recall it being said that he wrote this song for Jane Asher, his then-girlfriend. A lot of people think he wrote it for Linda, but he hadn't even met Linda yet.
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@JudyEv (381143)
• Rockingham, Australia
19m
I read that too. I can't remember where I read it but I think there were three that were inspired by Jane.
@RasmaSandra (97711)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
This is one song I have always particularly liked,
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@Marilynda1225 (90875)
• United States
2h
Happy Birthday to Sir Paul. Still going strong at 84!! Always loved the Beatles and although Paul was probably the heart throb of the group I loved Ringo.
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@mininifty (68)
• Belmont, Michigan
6h
I love this one! Believe it or not, I am more of a post-1967 Beatles fan (Sgt. Pepper, The Beatles album, Abbey Road, Let It Be), the previous ones are all just okay, but whenever there's a ballad on the older albums, you can hear the seeds of the later ones being planted, while the rockier older ones are just average; this one is pretty good though, and you can hear the seeds of truly great ones like "Here Comes the Sun" being planted.
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