Motown Records put out A Bit of Liverpool by The Supremes on October 16, 1964. British bands dominated the charts. After The Supremes’ hit “Where Did Our Love Go” went to number one, Motown boss Berry Gordy decided to jump on the British music wave.

Written and recorded on February 13, 1964, by the Holland-Dozier-Holland-Taylor team at Hitsville U.S.A., this Motown Beatlemania cash-in was slated for release on V.I.P. Records — until Berry Gordy’s team scrapped it before shipping, wary of the label’s reputation. Locked away for nearly 40 years, it finally surfaced on R. Dean Taylor’s 2001 Essential Collection, with Taylor later admitting it was made as a quick joke, not a serious hit.