此曲為披頭合唱團的貝士手Paul McCartney某日演唱完，在開車回家的路上忽得靈感而開始構思，後與John Lennon在1962/09共同合作完成。原歌名為《Seventeen》，歌詞開始的一句「She was just 17, she'd never been a beauty queen,」，但John認為改成「She was just 17, you know what I mean.」較佳，事後McCartney也說：這會讓人更有感覺，即使你並不懂我的意思。

1963，The Beatles在英國發行首張專輯《Please Please Me》，此首《I Saw Her Standing There》作為專輯的第一首曲目。年底，在美國發行單曲，但是作為另首《I Want Hold Your Hand》的B面，A面歌曲拿下了告示牌排行榜的冠軍，而此曲也在1964衝上了排行榜第14名。

McCartney原設想歌曲的場景是在英國某渡假營地舉辦的選美比賽，歌詞改了後感覺是眾人聚集的跳舞場合，一見鍾情後竟夜跳舞，是個happy ending。

美國女歌手Tiffany Darwish於1987翻唱此曲，時年僅15歲，獲得告示牌排行榜的第8名，是所有女歌手翻唱披頭歌曲而成績最佳的，當然，歌名也改成了《I Saw Him Standing There》。

Paul McCartney於2003在莫斯科紅場的演唱

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【中文歌詞為Google自動翻譯】

嗯，她才十七歲
Well, she was just seventeen
你知道我的意思
You know what I mean
還有她的樣子
And the way she looked
是無法比擬的
Was way beyond compare
所以我怎麼能和另一個人跳舞
So how could I dance with another
哦，我什麼時候看到她站在那裡的？
Ooh, when I saw her standing there?

嗯，她看著我
Well, she looked at me
而我，我能看到
And I, I could see
不久之後
That before too long
我會愛上她
I'd fall in love with her
她不會和別人跳舞
She wouldn't dance with another
哦，當我看到她站在那兒時
Ooh, when I saw her standing there

好吧，我的心“砰砰”地跳了起來
Well, my heart went "boom"
當我穿過那個房間
When I crossed that room
我握著她的手
And I held her hand in mine
哦，我們整夜跳舞
Oh we danced through the night
我們緊緊地抱在一起
And we held each other tight
不久之後
And before too long
我愛上了她
I fell in love with her
現在我再也不會和別人跳舞了
Now I'll never dance with another
哦，自從我看到她站在那裡
Ooh, since I saw her standing there

Well, my heart went, "Boom"
When I crossed that room
And I held her hand in mine
Oh, we danced through the night
And we held each other tight
And before too long
I fell in love with her

Now I'll never dance with another
Oh, since I saw her standing there
Oh, since I saw her standing there
Yeah, well since I saw her standing there