• Mandy's in the papers, 'cause she tried to go to Spain
  She'll soon be in the dock, and in the papers once again
  Vicki's got her story about the mirror and the cane
  It may be false, it may be true
  But nothing has been proved
  
  Stephen's in his dressing-gown now, breakfasting alone
  Too sick to eat, he's on his feet and to the telephone
  The police inspector soothes him with his sympathetic tone
  It may be false, it may be true
  But nothing has been proved
  
  In the House a resignation, guilty faces everyone
  Christine's fallen out with Lucky, Johnny's got a gun
  "Please, please me"'s number one
  
  (It's a scandal, it's a scandal, such a scandal)
  Now Stephen's in the dock for spending money that was earned
  By Christine, and the prosecution says that money burned
  A hole in Stephen's pocket, for expensive sins he yearned
  It may be false, it may be true
  But nothing has been proved
  
  In the news a suicide note, in the court an empty space
  Even Mandy's looking worried, Christine's pale and drawn
  "Please, please me"'s number one
  
  (It's a scandal, it's a scandal, such a scandal)
  Last night he wrote these words to his friend:
  "Sorry about the mess"
  "I'm guilty 'til proved innocent in the public eye and press"
  The funeral's very quiet, because all his friends have fled
  They may be false, they may be true
  They've all got better things to do
  They may be false, they may be true
  But nothing has been proved, ooh
  
  Nothing
  Nothing has been proved
  No, nothing
  Nothing
  No, nothing
  Nothing
  No, nothing
  Nothing
  No, nothing
  Nothing
  No, nothing Writer/s: CHRISTOPHER LOWE, NEIL TENNANT
  Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

• Daniel from Over ThereThe line "Please Please Me's Number One" is sung various times throughout the song.
  During the 1960s the UK had no "Single Recognised" Pop Music Chart. At the time there was the New Musical Express Chart, the Melody Maker Chart, the Disc Chart, the Pop Weekly Chart, and the BBC's Pick Of The Pops Chart. The Beatles scored their First Ever Number One Single, when their song 'Please Please Me' simultaneously topped all the charts listed above. For over 20 years, the one thing everybody knew about the Beatles was that their First Number One was 'Please Please Me'.
  
  But, there was another, almost completely unknown Chart at the same time, the Record Retailer Chart. This used a points-based system to add up "points" from about 30 independent Record shops across the Greater London area. On the Record Retailer Chart, Please Please Me only reached Number Two. But nobody cared about that in 1963, mostly because over 99 per cent of people had never even heard of the Record Retailer.
  
  In 1977 the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles was released. A Joel Whitburn-style Chart Book, listing every British Chart Single ever. Extremely controversially, and for reasons that have never been adequately explained, the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles chose to utilise the Record Retailer Chart for the period from March 1960 until February 1969. As such, the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles listed Please Please Me as having peaked at the Number 2 position, and having never reached Number 1. As time went on, the influence of the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles grew, to the point where today it is "officially recognised" that Please Please Me peaked at Number 2.
  
  However, Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe and Dusty Springfield all lived through 1963, and all remember the reality of the time. Hence the lyric "Please Please Me's Number One". The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles(and the later "Official Charts Company") have tried to rewrite actual history, but Please Please Me by The Beatles is a legitimate and true UK Number One Hit.
• Steve from Tenby, UkPet Shop Boys appeared with Dusty at the Brit Awards in 1987 and performed this song. Chris was dressed as a deep-sea fisherman with a rubber hat, coat and trousers.
• Emma from London, EnglandHi,
  
  It's Neil Tennant, not Nick!

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