B-side "Love, Love Go Away" Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM Genre Pop | Released October 1963 Recorded 1963 Length 2:08 | |
"Forget Him" is a song released in 1963 by Bobby Rydell. The song spent 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 4 on January 18, 1964, while it spent 14 weeks on the United Kingdom's Record Retailer chart, reaching No. 13. The song also reached No. 3 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart, No. 3 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade, No. 3 on the Irish Singles Chart, and No. 2 in Hong Kong.
The song first charted in the United Kingdom on May 29, 1963. It received significant airplay, began to rise in the charts and was noticed by Paul McCartney. In 2000, McCartney said the initial idea for "She Loves You" came from a Bobby Rydell hit that was popular at the time (mid-1963). Lennon and McCartney started composing "She Loves You" after a concert on June 26, 1963 (about four weeks after the release of "Forget Him" in the UK). They began writing the song on the tour bus, and continued later that night at their hotel in Newcastle. "She Loves You" was completed the following day at McCartney's family home in Forthlin Road, Liverpool.
"Forget Him" peaked in the United States in early 1964 and was ranked No. 20 on Cash Box's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1964".