Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich

"Komm, gib mir deine Hand" / "Sie liebt dich"
West German picture sleeve
Single by the Beatles
A-side	"Komm, gib mir deine Hand" (FRG) "Sie liebt dich" (US)
B-side	"Sie liebt dich" (FRG) "I'll Get You" (US)
Released	March 1964 (1964-03) (FRG) 21 May 1964 (1964-05-21) (US)
Recorded	17 October 1963 and 29 January 1964
Studio	EMI, London EMI Pathé Marconi, Paris
Genre	Pop[1]
Length	2:26 ("Hand") 2:19 ("dich")
Label	Odeon 22671 (FRG) Swan 4182 (US)
Songwriter(s)	Lennon–McCartney Jean Nicolas Heinz Hellmer ("Hand") Lee Montague ("dich")
Producer(s)	George Martin
The Beatles US singles chronology
"Love Me Do" (1964) "Sie liebt dich" (1964) "Ain't She Sweet" (1964)

"Komm, gib mir deine Hand" and "Sie liebt dich" (English: "Come, Give Me Your Hand" and "She Loves You") are German-language versions of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You", respectively, by the English rock band the Beatles. Both John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the original English songs, credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership, while Camillo Felgen wrote the translated German lyrics. Felgen is credited under several of his pen names. In places, his translations take major liberties with the original lyrics. Odeon Records released the German versions together as a non-album single in West Germany in March 1964. Swan Records released "Sie liebt dich", along with the original "She Loves You" B-side "I'll Get You", as a single in the United States in May 1964. Capitol included "Komm, gib mir deine Hand" as the closing track of the 1964 North American-only album Something New.

The recording of "Komm, gib mir deine Hand" and "Sie liebt dich" came at a time when it was standard practice for artists to record unique versions of songs for foreign markets. Executives from Odeon insisted with George Martin and Brian Epstein that in order for them to penetrate the German market, the Beatles would need to record German versions of their biggest songs. The Beatles opposed the idea until Martin convinced them to record. On 29 January 1964, during their only group recording session outside of the United Kingdom,^{[nb 1]} the Beatles recorded the songs at EMI's Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris, France. For "Komm, gib mir deine Hand", they overdubbed German vocals onto the original backing track of "I Want to Hold Your Hand". The two-track tapes of "She Loves You" from July 1963 were erased after the mono master was made, forcing the Beatles to record "Sie liebt dich" entirely from scratch. The English and German versions contain differences, the most prominent being Lennon's rhythm guitar; on the former he plays his Gibson J-160E while on the latter he plays his Rickenbacker 325 Capri.

The German versions reached number one and seven in the German charts, respectively. "Sie liebt dich" reached number 97 in the Billboard Hot 100. Following these recordings, the Beatles never again made foreign versions of their songs. Commentators have credited the band's subsequent practice of only releasing their songs in the original English with helping to spread the English language across Europe and the rest of the world.

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