"Some Other Guy" is a rhythm and blues song, written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Richie Barrett.

[1] First released as a single by Barrett,[2] it featured an electric piano, then an unusual sound in pop music.

The grainy footage features John Lennon and Paul McCartney singing the song's melody on 22 August 1962.

It was also a bit of a muso song..."[3] Lennon noted in a 1968 interview, "I’d like to make a record like "Some Other Guy."

[6] In the three-part TV series Cilla featuring Sheridan Smith playing Cilla Black, Smith sings the song as "Some Other Girl", but otherwise her lyrics are the Barrett originals (save for "Some other girl, now, has just thrown water on my hand").