GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS - “I Like It”
(22nd June 1963)
More jollity from the Mitch Murray Merseybeat hit factory. Vigorous to the point of being smackable, “I Like It” is a cute song nevertheless. All the chin-tickling and tie-straightening is neatly, evocatively specific, and deserves a lighter treatment than it gets: “I Like It” should be as flirtatious as its coquettish object. As it is Gerry Marsden yells, nudges and winks his way through a record which gets old well before its two-and-a-bit minutes end. 3
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FT's Tom on April 4th, 2008
This is the Popular entry with the least number of hits (not counting ones up for < a week)
Marcello Carlin on April 4th, 2008
I’d be inclined to give this a higher mark; energetic, fairly innocent and a nice little link between vaudeville and power pop.
wichita lineman on June 8th, 2008
So very chipper, it’s surely an improvement on their first hit. The compressed Nashville piano slip-notes are an almost jazzy cherry on the top.