"Don't Throw Your Love Away" (Jackson and Wisner; ATV Publishing) [2:15]

Charts 16 April 1964; UK #1; US #16 The Searchers: Mike Pender (vocals & guitar), John McNally (vocals & guitar), Tony Jackson (vocals and bass guitar), and Chris Curtis (drums and vocals). Produced by Tony Hatch. The British Invasion: The History of British Rock [2:9]. [Rhino R2 70319] The Searchers based this cover on a Shirelles recording. A YouTube live performance from the New Musical Express Winners Concert.

The song is curious in that its hook does not tag each verse. Instead, the writers decided listeners were more likely to remember the first words of each line. Something else unusual about this recording is what does not happen: there is no instrumental solo.

	Section	Time	Meas.	Description	Text
	intro	0:00	4	guitar with tremolo	—
A	verse	0:	8	double tracked vocals (Pender), harmonies with self and McNally at end of line	a
A	verse	:	8	as above	b
B	chorus	:	8	as above	c
A	verse	:	8	as above	a
B	chorus	:	8	as above	c
A	verse	:	8	as above	d
A	verse	:	8	as above	a
	coda	:	6	as above	a'

Text
Don't throw your love away, no, no, no, no, don't throw your love away, For you might need it someday	a
Don't throw your dreams away, no, no, no, no, keep them another day, For you might need them someday	b
Lovers of today just throw their dreams away and play at love. They give their love away to anyone who'll say "I love you."	c
Go out and have your fun. You better have your fun with anyone. But don't throw your love away.	d

Northerners	Outline	The Searchers
	05-Feb-2010