"I Saw Her Standing There", a song by the English rock band the Beatles, was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. It is the opening track on the band's 1963 debut UK album "Please Please Me" and their 1964 debut US album "Introducing... The Beatles".

In December 1963, Capitol Records released the song in the US as the B-side on the label's first single by the Beatles, "I Want to Hold Your Hand". While the A-side topped the US "Billboard" chart for seven weeks starting February 1, 1964, "I Saw Her Standing There" entered the "Billboard" Hot 100 on February 8, 1964, remaining there for 11 weeks, peaking at No. 14. In 2004, "I Saw Her Standing There" was No. 139 on the "Rolling Stone" list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

The song according to McCartney and Lennon was written to appeal to the Beatles’ fans, who were mostly female. The age of consent in England at the time was 16. Even years later, the song still provoked controversy. In Verse 1 the lyrics are: "Well, she was just seventeen / If you know what I mean / And the way she looked was way beyond compare / So how could I dance with another? / Ooh, when I saw her standin' there? "

According to the BBC and some music pundits the use of the lyrics "just seventeen, you know what I mean" was done to stimulate or incite (males/females) to do or feel something, especially by arousing them to think of their actions as those of young adults. Could one truly know the thoughts of another as the song implies?

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