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BuzzJack Music Forum _ 20th Century Retro _ ROUND 20: The Beatles - 1 survivor

Posted by: Slade 8th December 2019, 02:46 PM



09. Day Tripper (1965) / non-album single
5/16 votes

The next Beatles classic to fall in these polls is 'Day Tripper'! This leaves 'All You Need Is Love' as the last song standing from the three-way tiebreak in an earlier round for 11th place. 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' departed on that occasion. 'Day Tripper' was released as a double A-side with 'We Can Work It Out'. As mentioned when the latter departed, this was the first ever instance of a double A-side release in the UK. It soon became a popular method for artists to show off their versatility. The two songs in this double A-side feel pretty different to each other for example, with 'We Can Work It Out' often dubbed as the more commercial of the two. We've flipped that on its head on BuzzJack though, as 'We Can Work It Out' finished 13th in this survivor, with 'Day Tripper' outlasting it in 9th place. This song was written primarily by Lennon while feeling the pressure to come up with something for the Christmas market. Both him and Paul share the vocals on 'Day Tripper'. The production does a lot of the talking on this song - as the guitar riff is incredibly distinctive. As for the lyrical content, both Lennon and McCartney have described it as a "drug song". This would of course become a common theme in later Beatles work too! 'Day Tripper' never appeared on a studio album but was recorded during sessions for 'Rubber Soul'. The double A-side of 'We Can Work It Out' and 'Day Tripper' was incredibly successful in the United Kingdom and became the groups' latest chart topper. Over in the States, 'We Can Work It Out' hit #1 but 'Day Tripper' settled for #5.

09. Day Tripper | 5/16 votes
10. Help! | 5/18 votes

11. I Want To Hold Your Hand | 3/20 votes (original vote) / 6/15 votes (tie-break round)
12. Paperback Writer | 9/22 votes
13. We Can Work It Out | 5/17 votes
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 8 above!

Posted by: Slade 8th December 2019, 02:49 PM

The riff featured in 'Day Tripper' is superb wub.gif voted for 'Let It Be' again!

Posted by: FKA Twiglets 8th December 2019, 02:53 PM

Sad to see Day Tripper go, it's one of my faves from them sad.gif


Voting for All You Need Is Love yet again. I can't remember the last time I voted for anything else.

Posted by: dancember 8th December 2019, 02:55 PM

All You Need Is Love to go now.

Posted by: King Wencesrollo 8th December 2019, 03:05 PM

This is so tricky to decide now but I'm going for All You Need Is Love.

Posted by: Jester 8th December 2019, 03:24 PM

All You Need Is Love yet again.

Posted by: dobcember 8th December 2019, 04:14 PM

Maybe a slight bit too high there for Day Tripper. Good track but not in their elite.

Hello, Goodbye for the umpteenth time but unlike other survivors this isn't becoming annoying as like I said i like all the competitors here!

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 8th December 2019, 04:32 PM

Hello goodbye.

Posted by: Crazy Chris-tmas 8th December 2019, 05:00 PM

Voted for All You Need Is Love this time.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 8th December 2019, 05:20 PM

Yesterday. Wistful and melodic but its not a beatles record. Its paul mccartney featuring george martin orchestra....🙂

Posted by: Michael Bubré 8th December 2019, 08:44 PM

Voted for 'Ticket To Ride' this time, was very close between that and 'Day Tripper' for me in the last round.

Posted by: pippa 9th December 2019, 03:18 PM

Eleanor Rigby.

Posted by: gavindeejay 9th December 2019, 09:22 PM

Voted ‘Ticket To Ride’

This is getting very difficult now

Posted by: Slade 11th December 2019, 01:27 PM

Last chance to vote!

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