Talk:Please Mr. Postman

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It's frustrating to see such simplistic sentences as "Please Mr. Postman, a song by the Beatles." It's not by the Beatles -- I know that's not what was meant by "by the Beatles", but let's adapt a more specific and clear way of describing such things. It's a Motown song co-written by unknown collaborators in Detroit, and it was made famous by the Marvellettes. The Beatles simply covered it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.114.11.162 (talk) 14:31, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Portugal the man sampled this song
feel it still — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.203.233.168 (talk) 07:40, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Personnel on the original version
I've tagged this list as "unreferenced", as the individual musicians were uncredited prior to 1971. While Marvin Gaye on drums and Richard "Popcorn" Wylie on piano (the only place that seems to mention Eddie Willis on guitar is his own article, when other Wikipedia articles can't be used as references) are ostensibly well documented as having played on the song, how does anyone know that Benny Benjamin, Joe Hunter, James Jamerson and Eddie "Bongo" Brown played on this? Presumably, Hunter being the bandleader and principal keyboardist of the Funk Brothers at the time, Benjamin the principal drummer, Jamerson the principal bassist, and Brown one of the most prolific percussionists for Motown Records' house band (the Funk Brothers) were just thrown in there, simply because they were among the most prolific members of the Funk Brothers at the time. No sources to verify that they played on the song, and I'd say that's original research. It'd be nice to see some sources that identify Willis (other than his own article), Hunter, Benjamin, Jamerson and Brown as players on this song, and if no sources can be found (and it's entirely possible that no reliable sources exist for much of this info) then these musicians may need to be removed. Just trying to discuss on how to improve the article.--2601:153:900:43F0:FCF6:65BD:C9F0:2AAF (talk) 00:46, 30 October 2018 (UTC) I've removed the band lineup until some reliable sources are found.--2601:153:900:43F0:FCF6:65BD:C9F0:2AAF (talk) 01:00, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Here’s a Billboard obit. source for Eddie Willis: .Design (talk) 23:56, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Also if anyone has the 2005 CD box set “The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 1: 1959-1961” it may have credits in the liner notes, because this website lists the following credits which MAY have been taken from the liner notes. Design (talk) 23:56, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Drums – Benny Benjamin
 * Lead Vocals – Gladys Horton
 * Piano – Popcorn Wylie
 * Producer – Brianbert
 * Producer [Credited To] – Brian Holland And Robert Bateman
 * Vocals – Georgeanna Tillman, Katherine Anderson, Wanda Young, Wyanetta Cowart
 * Written-By – Brian Holland, Freddie Gorman, Georgia Dobbins, Robert Bateman, William Garrett

I have it, and it does list the musicians in the liner notes. I'll go add the lineup.--2601:153:901:60C0:4525:1FBC:E3D3:D93A (talk) 21:51, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

World Party - When the Rainbow Comes
Since the lede paragraph mentions the song "Feel it Still", would it also be worth mentioning that the above listed song contains slightly modified lyrics taken from the main chorus of this song?

"Mr. Postman, look and see If there's a message in your bag for me Could be a bomb or it could be a letter It don't matter, it can only get better

Mr. Postman, look and see If there's a message in your bag for me You know it's been such a long, long time Since I could laugh at this world of mine"

AJC3fromS2K (talk) 20:38, 20 March 2024 (UTC)