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Please Mr. Postman
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<p>"Please Mr. Postman" is a song written by <a href="/facts/Georgia_Dobbins/3spLK00I">Georgia Dobbins</a>, William Garrett, <a href="/facts/Freddie_Gorman/vpMT1297">Freddie Gorman</a>, <a href="/facts/Brian_Holland/bY0Lpv6A">Brian Holland</a> and <a href="/facts/Robert_Bateman_(songwriter)/8UfrcSs5">Robert Bateman</a>. It is the debut single by <a href="/facts/The_Marvelettes/3spLK00I">the Marvelettes</a> for the Tamla (<a href="/facts/Motown/c3uuwLK9">Motown</a>) label, notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the <a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> singles chart. The single achieved this position in late 1961; it hit number one on the <a href="/facts/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs/830VoC96">R&B chart</a> as well. "Please Mr. Postman" became a number-one hit again in early 1975 when <a href="/facts/The_Carpenters/2EXyxUb2">The Carpenters</a>' cover of the song reached the top position of the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100. "Please Mr. Postman" has been <a href="/facts/Cover_version/77Teealn">covered</a> several times, including by the English rock group <a href="/facts/The_Beatles/2syHWLcM">the Beatles</a> in 1963. The 2017 song "<a href="/facts/Feel_It_Still/pxVrnGuI">Feel It Still</a>" by <a href="/facts/Portugal._The_Man/nUWo44RN">Portugal. The Man</a> draws on "Please Mr. Postman" and includes a credit for Brian Holland. </p>