Sommaire
Informations sur la chanson
- Crédits : Traveling Wilburys
- Durée : 3:20
- Producteur : Otis & Nelson Wilbury
- Ingénieur : Richard Dodd, Phil MacDonald, Don Smith & Bill Bottrell
Les paroles de la chanson
Been beat up and battered round
Been sent up, and Ive been shot down
Youre the best thing that Ive ever found
Handle me with care
Reputations changeable
Situations tolerable
Baby, youre adorable
Handle me with care
Im so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Wont you show me that you really care
Everybodys got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine, and Dream on
Ive been fobbed off, and Ive been fooled
Ive been robbed and ridiculed
In day care centers and night schools
Handle me with care
Been stuck in airports, terrorized
Sent to meetings, hypnotized
Overexposed, commercialized
Hand me with care
Im so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Wont you show me that you really care
Everybodys got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine, and Dream on
Ive been uptight and made a mess
But Ill clean it up myself, I guess
Oh, the sweet smell of success
Handle me with care
L’histoire de la chanson
Handle with Care est le premier single des Traveling Wilburys, extrait de leur premier album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, tous deux parus en 1988.
Issue d’une session impromptue des futurs membres des Wilburys (Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison et Tom Petty), la chanson devait servir à l’origine de face B au single de George Harrison This Is Love. Cependant, sa maison de disques la considéra comme trop bonne pour un tel sort. Les cinq musiciens avaient trouvé l’expérience d’enregistrer ensemble si plaisante qu’ils finirent par produire un album entier sous le nom des Traveling Wilburys.
Musiciens ayant participé à l’enregistrement
Nelson Wilbury (George Harrison), Otis Wilbury (Jeff Lynne),Charlie T. Jnr (Tom Petty) ,Lefty Wilbury (Roy Orbison), Lucky Wilbury (Bob Dylan), Jim Keltner ,Jim Horn,Ray Cooper ,Ian Wallace
L’enregistrement de la chanson
avril-mai 1988 : PFSHOT, Henley-on-Thames, Angleterre et Lucky et Dave Stewart Studios, Los Angeles, USA
