Can't Buy Me Love
Overview
 
"Can't Buy Me Love" is a song composed by Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

(credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released by The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 on the A-side of their sixth British single, "Can't Buy Me Love"/"You Can't Do That
You Can't Do That
"You Can't Do That" is a song written by John Lennon and released by The Beatles as the B-side of their sixth British single "Can't Buy Me Love".-Composition:...

".
When pressed by American journalists in 1966 to reveal the song's "true" meaning, McCartney stated that "I think you can put any interpretation you want on anything, but when someone suggests that 'Can't Buy Me Love' is about a prostitute, I draw the line." He went on to say: "The idea behind it was that all these material possessions are all very well, but they won't buy me what I really want." However he was to later comment: "It should have been 'Can Buy Me Love' " when reflecting on the perks that money and fame had brought him.
While in Paris, The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 stayed at the five star George V
Hotel George V, Paris
Hôtel George-V is a famous luxury five-star hotel set just off the Champs-Élysées on Avenue George V, in Paris, France. It is named, like the street in which it is situated, after King George V.-History:...

 hotel and had an upright piano moved into one of their suites so that song writing could continue.
Quotations

[to Cindy] You can do anything you want, anything you put your heart and mind into!

You ignored the Donald Miller geek for seventeen years, now you want to ride the Ronnie Miller express!

[to his dad, about his brother] Here is the primate example. You're raising a doll-chopping homicidal maniac, and what do you do every time you see him? You give him money. Great!

[Talking to Cindy outside her house] I need to talk to you. Every time I call you're either taking a bath, washing your hair or you're out of the country. That was a good one, by the way.

Nerds, jocks. My side, your side. It's all bullshit. Its hard enough just trying to be yourself.

Guys, take a look at my forehead... do you see a sign that says information?

[to Ronald] Iris? Oh yeah, she's a big conquest. She's given more rides than Greyhound!

Chuckie Miller: [about Ronald's card nights] Cards with the tards. Who could beat a night of cards, chips, dips and dorks?

Patty: [about Ronald] I mean, he went from totally geek, to totally chic!

Patty: [about Ronald] Like we're not supposed to know he's SPYING on us in his SPAZ-mobile.

 
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