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14. I Feel Fine (1964) / non-album single
8/18 votes

Dropping out in 14th place is 'I Feel Fine' with the highest number of votes received in a round so far - its 8 beats the 7 votes that 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko' received in round 1. It was released as a non-album single back in 1964, after John wrote lyrics to go alongside the riff he'd previously composed and concluded that it "sounded like an A-side". Its release was the first time that a Beatles single had an almost concurrent release in both the UK and US. It was out on 23rd November in the States and the 27th here. It peaked at #1 in the UK and spent five weeks there. It of course was a #1 single in the U.S. too. Much like other early Beatles records, it's a short composition (coming in at around 2 minutes 20 seconds) that revolves around love - with the man in question being happy about where his love life is currently at. But this song has other elements to it too. It has a memorable riff, latin style drumming inspired by a Ray Charles song and one of the earliest examples ever of feedback being used on a record. It had previously been done live, but The Beatles were perhaps the first ever to put it on record. The feedback opens the song and was created due to a guitar leaning against an amp. They were intrigued by the sound and wanted to add it to the record. So the song begins with that and closes with a fade-out. The accompanying promo video features three of the members playing the guitar while Ringo is riding an exercise bike the whole time. The video was originally even more laidback and silly than that, with parts of it showing the group eating their fish and chips on a lunch break, but Brian Epstein insisted that this was cut out. 'I Feel Fine' was backed by the b-side 'She's a Woman' in the UK.

14. I Feel Fine | 8/18 votes
15. A Hard Day's Night | 5/20 votes
16. Can't Buy Me Love | 5/22 votes
17. Come Together | 4/19 votes
18. Something | 4/19 votes
19. Love Me Do | 4/18 votes
20. Yellow Submarine | 5/20 votes

21. Eight Days A Week | 5/17 votes
22. From Me To You | 4/21 votes (original vote) / 10/16 votes (tie-break round)
23. Get Back | 5/17 votes
24. The Long And Winding Road | 4/20 votes
25. She Loves You | 6/21 votes
26. Lady Madonna | 6/21 votes
27. The Ballad Of John And Yoko | 7/25 votes

Please vote for your least favourite single from the 13 above!