"I Want to Kiss Ringo Goodbye" is a 1965

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recorded by English music journalist

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at the start of her journalistic career. The song was released in March 1965 at the height of

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and is about

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, the drummer of

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. The song was produced by

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and written by Sagle under the pseudonyms Bob Strong and Carl Stevens. Its

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was "Show Me the Way to Love You", composed by

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and produced by Sagle. The lyrics are told from the viewpoint of a girl who feels sad because

is about to get married. As she loved the musician and feels jealous of the woman whom he is about to marry she wants to kiss him goodbye before the wedding. In real life Ringo Starr had indeed married on 11 February 1965 to

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