Little Children (song)
| "Little Children" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas | |
| from the album Little Children | |
| B-side | "They Remind Me Of You" (Maxfield/McDonald) (UK) "Bad to Me" (Lennon/McCartney) (US) |
| Released | 1964, October 1987 (reissue) |
| Genre | Pop music, Beat music |
| Label | Parlophone R5105[1] |
| Writer(s) | J. Leslie McFarland, Mort Shuman[1] |
| Producer(s) | George Martin[1] |
"Little Children" is a song written by J. Leslie McFarland and Mort Shuman.[1] It was recorded by Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in March 1964,[1] and No. 7 in the US Hot 100 singles chart later the same year.[2] The B-side of "Little Children" in the U.S., "Bad to Me" (which had previously been an A-side in the UK which made No. 1 there in August 1963) peaked at No. 9 on the US charts simultaneously to the success of "Little Children" there.
The lyric concerns a man's entreaties to his girlfriend's young siblings not to reveal his courtship of their elder sister and to leave them alone, at some points, even bribing them with things like "candy and a quarter" and "a movie", on the condition that they "keep a secret". As such, it was a departure from the traditional love songs previously recorded by Kramer (sometimes supplied by Lennon & McCartney).[3] When offered another Lennon and McCartney song, "One and One Is Two", for his next single by the manager of both groups, Brian Epstein, Kramer turned it down and chose "Little Children" instead, after a search for suitable material from music publishers.
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| Preceded by | UK number-one single March 19, 1964 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles |
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