# Lover Please

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{{Infobox song
|cover=Lover Please.jpg
| name           = Lover Please
| type           = single
| artist         = [Clyde McPhatter](/source/Clyde_McPhatter)
| album          = Lover Please!
| B-side         = Let's Forget About the Past
| released       = {{Start date|1962|2}}
| recorded       = 
| genre          = [Rock and roll](/source/Rock_and_roll)<ref name= "Breihan 2019">{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Billy Swan's "I Can Help"|website= [Stereogum](/source/Stereogum) |date= June 13, 2019 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2047717/the-number-ones-billy-swans-i-can-help/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= When Swan was in high school, he wrote a rock ‘n’ roll song called “Lover Please,” which the former Drifters singer Clyde McPhatter took to #7 in 1962.|accessdate= June 20, 2023}}</ref>
| length         = {{Duration|m=1|s=52}}
| label          = [Mercury](/source/Mercury_Records)
| writer         = [Billy Swan](/source/Billy_Swan)
| producer       = [Shelby Singleton](/source/Shelby_Singleton)
| prev_title     = Your Second Choice
| prev_year      = 1961
| next_title     = [Little Bitty Pretty One](/source/Little_Bitty_Pretty_One)
| next_year      = 1962
}}

"'''Lover Please'''" is a 1962 song written by [Billy Swan](/source/Billy_Swan) and first recorded by the Rhythm Steppers in 1960.  It is most known for the version performed by [Clyde McPhatter](/source/Clyde_McPhatter) on his 1962 album ''Lover Please!''<ref>{{cite web|title=Clyde McPhatter, ''Lover Please!''|website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |year=1962 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Clyde-McPhatter-Lover-Please/release/12333737|accessdate=March 5, 2019}}</ref>
which set it up to reach No.7 on the [U.S. pop chart](/source/Billboard_Hot_100).<ref>{{cite web|title=Clyde McPhatter, "Lover Please" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Lover+Please+by+Clyde+McPhatter&id=9354|accessdate=March 5, 2019}}</ref> Overseas, it reached No.6 in [Norway](/source/VG-lista_1962).   The song ranked No.41 on [''Billboard''](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) magazine's [Top 100 singles of 1962](/source/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1962).<ref>"[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1962/BB-1962-12-29-Who's-Who.pdf Top 100 Singles of 1962]", ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'', Section II, December 29, 1962. p. 82. Retrieved March 5, 2019.</ref>

==Other charting versions==
*[The Vernons Girls](/source/The_Vernons_Girls), in 1962, which reached No.16 on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Vernons Girls, "Lover Please" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Lover+Please+%2F+You+Know+What+I+Mean+by+The+Vernons+Girls&id=48063|accessdate=March 5, 2019}}</ref>
*[Bobby G. Rice](/source/Bobby_G._Rice), in 1971, went to No.46 on the [U.S. country chart](/source/Hot_Country_Songs).<ref>{{cite web|title=Bobby G. Rice, "Lover Please" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Lover+Please+by+Bobby+G.+Rice&id=113183|accessdate=March 5, 2019}}</ref>
*[Kris Kristofferson](/source/Kris_Kristofferson) and [Rita Coolidge](/source/Rita_Coolidge) released a version in 1975. It sat at No.42 on the [adult contemporary chart](/source/Adult_Contemporary_(chart))<ref>{{cite web|title=Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, "Lover Please" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Lover+Please+by+Kris+Kristofferson+%26+Rita+Coolidge&id=69458|accessdate=March 5, 2019}}</ref> and was featured on their 1974 album ''[Breakaway](/source/Breakaway_(Kris_Kristofferson_and_Rita_Coolidge_album))''. Their recording  won the [Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Performance_by_a_Duo_or_Group_with_Vocal) at the [18th Annual Grammy Awards](/source/18th_Annual_Grammy_Awards) in 1976.
*[Cindy Church](/source/Cindy_Church), in 1997, settled at No.44 on the [Canadian country chart](/source/RPM_(magazine)).

==Other versions==
*[Arthur Alexander](/source/Arthur_Alexander) - on his 1962 album ''You Better Move On''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arthur Alexander, ''You Better Move On''|website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |year=1962 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Arthur-Alexander-You-Better-Move-On/release/5448977|accessdate=March 5, 2019}}</ref>
*[The Marvelettes](/source/The_Marvelettes) - on their 1962 album ''The Marvelettes Sing''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Marvelettes, ''The Marvelettes Sing''|website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |year=1962 |url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Marvelettes-The-Marvelettes-Sing/release/4048823|accessdate=March 5, 2019}}</ref>
*Swan included two different recordings on his 1974 album ''I Can Help'' and on the international release of his 1976 album ''Billy Swan'' respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Billy Swan, ''I Can Help''|website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |year=1974 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Billy-Swan-I-Can-Help/release/1589059|accessdate=March 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Billy Swan, ''Billy Swan''|website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |year=1976 |url=https://www.discogs.com/de/release/3214014-Billy-Swan-Billy-Swan|accessdate=January 7, 2026}}</ref>
*[Orion](/source/Jimmy_%22Orion%22_Ellis) recorded it for his 1979 album ''Reborn''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Orion, ''Reborn''|website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |year=1979 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Orion-Reborn/release/2880540|accessdate=March 5, 2019}}</ref>
*[Jonathan Richman](/source/Jonathan_Richman) & [The Modern Lovers](/source/The_Modern_Lovers) - on their 1979 album ''Back in Your Life''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, ''Back in Your Life''|website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |year=1979 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Jonathan-Richman-The-Modern-Lovers-Back-In-Your-Life/release/9050754|accessdate=March 5, 2019}}</ref>
*[Status Quo](/source/Status_Quo_(band)) released their take as part of the 1990 single "[The Anniversary Waltz (Part Two)](/source/The_Anniversary_Waltz_(Status_Quo_song))".<ref>{{cite web|title=Status Quo, "The Anniversary Waltz (Part Two)" Single Release|website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |year=1990 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Status-Quo-Anniversary-Waltz-Part-Two/release/1465664|accessdate=March 5, 2019}}</ref>
*[Kinky Friedman](/source/Kinky_Friedman) - on his 2007 live album ''Live from Austin TX''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kinky Friedman, ''Live from Austin TX''|website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Kinky-Friedman-Live-From-Austin-TX/release/1809709|accessdate=March 5, 2019}}</ref>
*[Colin Linden](/source/Colin_Linden) & [Luther Dickinson](/source/Luther_Dickinson), with The Tennessee Valentines, released a cover on their 2019 album ''Armour''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8495266/colin-linden-luther-dickinson-amour-lover-please-song-premiere|title=Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson Talk Joint Album 'Amour': Hear 'Lover Please,' Feat. Billy Swan (Exclusive)|last=Graff|first=Gary|date=January 28, 2018|website=billboard.com|publisher=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref>

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Category:1960 songs
Category:1962 singles
Category:1971 singles
Category:1975 singles
Category:1990 singles
Category:1997 singles
Category:Clyde McPhatter songs
Category:Bobby G. Rice songs
Category:Kris Kristofferson songs
Category:Rita Coolidge songs
Category:Arthur Alexander songs
Category:The Marvelettes songs
Category:The Modern Lovers songs
Category:Status Quo (band) songs
Category:Billy Swan songs
Category:Mercury Records singles
Category:Monument Records singles
Category:Vertigo Records singles
Category:Songs written by Billy Swan

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