This is always been one of my favourite ones.

“You Really Got a Hold on Me” was originally a hit by american black singer William “Smokey” Robinson, with his band called The Miracles one of the very first Tamla Motown artists.

This song was released as a single in 1962, and immediately entered in Beatles’ repertoire. They were always been great fans, indeed, of Motown and black music in general, as proved by the many covers on their early records and by some of their own songs (like “When I get Home”) written in a similar style.

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