You'd Better Love Me Explained

You'd Better Love Me
Cover:	Tammy Grimes - You'd Better Love Me.jpg
Type:	song
Artist:	Tammy Grimes
B-Side:	Home Sweet Heaven
Length:	2:13
Label:	ABC-Paramount

"You'd Better Love Me" is song written by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray for the 1964 musical High Spirits.^[1] "You'd Better Love Me" and the B-side "Home Sweet Heaven" were originally performed by Tammy Grimes.

Other recordings

• Petula Clark – B-side to "Downtown"^[2] (1964)
• Jack McDuff – The Dynamic Jack McDuff (1964, instrumental)
• Shirley Bassey – Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle (1965)
• Sonny Stitt – Broadway Soul (1965, instrumental)
• Nancy Wilson – From Broadway with Love (1966)
• Mel Tormé – That's All (bonus track on 1997 reissue)
• James Darren – This One's from the Heart (1999)
• Shirley Horn – You're My Thrill (2001)

Notes and References

1. Book: Johnson, Wilfred. August 5, 2010. Ella Fitzgerald. McFarland. 285. 9780786450398.
2. Book: Filichia, Peter. Peter Filichia. April 7, 2015. The Great Parade. St. Martin's Press. 246. 9781466867123.