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You Know My Name Look Up My Number

John Lennon: Vocals, guitar, maracas
Paul McCartney: Vocals, piano, bass guitar
George Harrison: Vocals, guitar, vibes
Ringo Starr: Vocals, drums, bongos

Mal Evans: Spade in gravel
Brian Jones: Alto saxophone

Recorded May 17 and June 7, 8 1967 and April 30 1969.

Available on:
Past Masters Volume Two
Anthology 2

You Know My Name Look Up My Number was first recorded in May 1967, when Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones joined in on the alto saxophone. Some more vocals were added in April 1967, before the song was eventually issued as the B-side to the Let It Be single.

Lennon apparently got the idea to the title from the front cover of the Post Office's London telephone directory of 1967, which read:

"You have their name? Look up their number."

Lennon also makes references to Denis O'Dell, who was the associate producer on the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night, and who went on to become director of Apple Films and Apple Publicity.

Paul McCartney, oddly enough, once said You Know My Name Look Up My Number was his favorite Beatles track, because, he said, it was so insane.

You Know My Name Look Up My Number

(Good evening and welcome to slaggers featuring Denis O'Bell
Come on Ringo, Let's here it for Denis O'Bell, good evening)

You know my name, better look up my number
You know my name, that's right, look up my number
You, you know, you know my name
You, you know, you know my name

You know my name, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Look up my number
You know my name, that's right, look up the number
Oh wu, you, you know, you know my name
You, you know, you know my name

You know my name, ba ba ba ba, look up the number
You know my name, look up the number
You, you know, you know my name baby
You, you know, you know my name

You know, you know my name
You know, you know my name
(Go on Denis let's hear it for Denis O'Bell)
You know, you know my name
You know, you know my name

Prr, prr you know my name and the number
You know my name, look up the number
you now, you know my name
Yes, you now my name
You know, you know my name
You know my name, look up my number, you know