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I Call Your Name

The Mamas & The Papas
Track 4 on If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears 

Producer

Lou Adler
Feb. 28, 19661 viewer5.7K views

I Call Your Name Lyrics

I call your name
But you're not there
Was I to blame
For being unfair?

Don't you know I can't sleep at night
Since you've been gone?
I never weep at night
I can't go on

Don't you know I can't take it?
I don't know who can
I'm not gonna make it
I'm not that kind of man

Don't you know I can't sleep at night?
But just the same
I never weep at night
I call your name

"John... John..."

Don't you know I can't take it?
I don't know who can
I'm not gonna make it
I'm not that kind of man
Don't you know I can't sleep at night?
But just the same, yeah
I never weep at night
I call your name (I call your name)
I never weep at night
I call your name, yeah

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This is a cover of The Beatles' “I Call Your Name”, from their second Capitol LP The Beatles' Second Album which was originally released on April 1964 in the US. This was a Pre-Beatles Lennon original that was first given to Billy J. Kramer of The Dakotas in June 1963.

“Mama” Cass Elliot whispers “John… John” during the instrumental break, a little tip of the hat to her crush on John Lennon and also a tribute to him.

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If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966)
The Mamas & The Papas
  1. 1.
    Monday, Monday
  2. 2.
    Straight Shooter
  3. 3.
    Got a Feelin’
  4. 4.
    I Call Your Name
  5. 5.
    Do You Wanna Dance
  6. 6.
    Go Where You Wanna Go
  7. 7.
    California Dreamin’
  8. 8.
    Spanish Harlem
  9. 9.
    Somebody Groovy
  10. 10.
    Hey Girl
  11. 11.
    You Baby
  12. 12.
    The ‘In’ Crowd
  13. The Mama’s And The Papa’s - California Dreamin’ (Cyfieithiad Cymraeg)
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Recorded At
United Western Recorders
Release Date
February 28, 1966
I Call Your Name Is A Cover Of
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PopPsychedelic RockFolk Rock
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