"Catch Me" is a song written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett and was first recorded in 1960 by American teenage singer Jeri Lynne Fraser and released as the B-side of her single "Poor Begonia (Caught Pneumonia)" in August 1960.

"Catch Me"
Single by Cliff Richard and the Shadows
from the album 21 Today
B-side	"Tough Enough"
Released	April 1962
Recorded	9 September 1960[1]
Studio	EMI Studios, London
Genre	Pop
Length	2:22
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Sid Tepper Roy C. Bennett
Producer(s)	Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard and the Shadows singles chronology
"The Young Ones" (1962) "Catch Me" (1962) "I'm Lookin' out the Window" (1962)

Cliff Richard and the Shadows version

Recording and release

In September 1960, Cliff Richard and the Shadows recorded a version of "Catch Me" for Richard's album 21 Today, released in October 1961. Writers Tepper and Bennet had also written the group's previous single "The Young Ones" and went on to write a total of 21 songs for Richard. Cliff Richard and the Shadows also recorded a cover of another song originally by Fraser, "Lessons in Love" in August 1961 for their album The Young Ones.[2]

"Catch Me" was released as a single in April 1962 only in Australia with the B-side "Tough Enough", written by Johnny Otis and Morris Riden and first released by Otis as a single in 1957.[3][4] An EP titled Forty Days was released in the UK in March 1962 which included "Catch Me" and "Tough Enough" as well as two other songs from 21 Today: a cover of Chuck Berry's "Thirty Days", titled "Forty Days", and "How Wonderful to Know", a cover of the Italian song "Anema e core".[5]

Track listing

7": Columbia / DO-4274

1. "Catch Me" – 2:22
2. "Tough Enough" – 2:09

Personnel

• Cliff Richard – vocals
• Hank Marvin – lead guitar
• Bruce Welch – rhythm guitar
• Jet Harris – bass guitar
• Tony Meehan – drums

Charts

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