Australian singles chart:
A World Without Love entered the Kent charts on 18 April 1964 and peaked at #2. It was #20 on the Top 100 of 1964.
Album:
The song is on the 1964 album A World Without Love.
Songwriter:
Paul McCartney (attributed to Lennon–McCartney)
Producer:
Norman Newell
Record label of Australian release:
Columbia
BONUS AUDIO BELOW – a young Paul McCartney’s home demo of the song
Wikipedia:
A World Without Love, recorded by British duo Peter and Gordon, was released as their first single in February 1964.
Paul McCartney wrote the song when he was 16. Paul had moved into the London home of his then-girlfriend Jane Asher in 1963 and shared a room with her brother Peter Asher. Peter asked McCartney if he could use the song after he and Gordon Waller had signed a recording contract as ‘Peter and Gordon’.
McCartney did not think the song was good enough for The Beatles so the song was never released by the band.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_World_Without_Love
Lyrics:
Please, lock me away
And don′t allow the day
Here inside where I hide
With my loneliness
I don’t care what they say, I won′t stay
In a world without love
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BONUS AUDIO
16 year old Paul McCartney’s home demo of the song he gave away because he didn’t think it would be a hit. The audio was found by Peter Asher…
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