'Huge' song Paul McCartney wrote for The Beatles but gave to another band on one condition

It was the first hit for a band containing a number of Liverpool-born musicians.

Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote the vast majority of The Beatles' songs and were the driving creative force behind the band's success. Their contrasting styles, moods and approaches often met in the middle to create magic.

About their song writing partnership Wilfred Mellors wrote in 1972: "Opposite poles generate electricity: between John and Paul the sparks flew. John's fiery iconoclasm was tempered by Paul's lyrical grace, while Paul's wide-eyed charm was toughened by John's resilience." But John and Paul didn't only write songs for The Beatles during their time in the band.

They famously wrote The Rolling Stones' first hit - 'I Wanna be Your Man' - for them, having first considered it as a song for Ringo Starr to sing, which he later did.

It wasn't the only time they wrote a song which became a band's first hit. Paul had written 'Come And Get It' in 1969 and recorded a solo demo for it during the sessions for the band's penultimate album 'Abbey Road', but it became the breakout hit for Badfinger, who had signed for The Beatles' label Apple in 1968 under the name 'The Iveys'.

Source: liverpoolecho.co.uk/Dan Haygarth

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