61. Honey Don't

 

Ringo with Carl Perkins in 1985)

 

"Honey Don't" is a song written by Carl Perkins, originally released on December 18, 1955]] as the B-side of the "Blue Suede Shoes" single. Both songs became rockabilly classics. Bill Dahl of All Music Guide praised the song saying, "'Honey Don't actually outclasses its more celebrated platter-mate in some ways." It has been covered by more than 20 other artists, including The Beatles, Ronnie Hawkins and Johnnie Rivers.

 

Behind the song

According to David McGee, author of "Go, Cat, Go! The Life and Times of Carl Perkins, the King of Rockabilly", Carl Perkins first brought the song to a rehearsal with his band which at the time comprised the Perkins brothers and W.S. Holland.

 

 

Beatles version

The Beatles recorded their version on October 26, 1964 one of the last songs recorded for Beatles for Sale which was released in the UK on December 4, 1964. The U.S. release was on December 15 on Beatles '65.

 

Although John Lennon had previously sung the song live, Ringo Starr sang it for the album, his requisite one lead vocal per album. A version sung by Lennon is available on Live at the BBC. George Harrison was a fan of Perkins, and Starr sang "Honey Don't" during the Concert For George which was held at the Royal Albert Hall, London on November 29, 2002, the first anniversary of Harrison's death.

62. Every Little Thing

 

(audio only)

 

"Every Little Thing" is a song written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and performed by The Beatles on their 1964 UK album Beatles for Sale.

 

McCartney wrote the song in a music room at the home of Jane Asher where he was living at the time. He had hopes it would be released as a single, but it "didn't have quite what was required," and was released on Beatles for Sale instead.

 

The song is somewhat unusual for Lennon-McCartney in that the lead singer, John Lennon, was not the primary composer. McCartney sings harmony, although one can hear him better in the refrain. The song's composer is not in question: McCartney claimed the song as described above, and Lennon said in an interview with Playboy that McCartney wrote it.

 

The released version was recorded in 9 takes at Abbey Road Studios on 30 September 1964. The Beatles were enjoying themselves; multiple takes were aborted due to laughing and burping. It is one of the few early Beatles songs to feature an instrument that did not usually appear on rock 'n roll songs: Ringo Starr plays the timpani on the track to add punctuating one-two flourishes to the refrains.

 

 

Cover versions

In 1969, the progressive rock band Yes covered this song on their first album, Yes played the song live on their 35th Anniversary Tour on some of their gigs.

In 1986, Lou Ann Barton did a version.

In 2003, Peter Lipa included this song and 15 other Lennon-McCartney songs on his album Beatles in Blue

 

 

63. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party

 

(Beatles tribute act)

 

"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" is a song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon, but credited to Lennon/McCartney, released on the album Beatles for Sale in the United Kingdom in 1964 and on the album Beatles VI in the United States in 1965. It was the B-side of "Eight Days a Week", which went all the way to #1. The B-side song reached #39 in the U.S. The song itself revisits co-lead singer Lennon's familiar themes of alienation and inner pain. In this song, he is at a party, waiting for his girl to show up. When it becomes clear that she has stood him up, he decides to go, rather than spoil the party for everyone else.

 

It was later covered by Rosanne Cash, who took it to #1 on the U.S. Country charts in 1989.

64. What You're Doing

 

 

"What You're Doing" is a song credited to Lennon/McCartney by Paul McCartney, one of eight originals of fourteen songs on the 1964 album Beatles for Sale by the group; it also appeared on the 1965 American release Beatles VI. It was recorded on September 29, September 30, and October 26, 1964.

 

 

Music

The song begins, uncommonly for the band, with a drum intro. It is followed by a guitar sequence used throughout the song as an ostinato figure after each verse (providing the song with a sense of unity). The atmosphere of the song is heavily syncopated, lending it a loose, jazzy feel. The influence of Buddy Holly can be felt in the song as well.

 

The song lacks a chorus, so the verses become the melodic focus of the song. In the first half of the verse, the ostinato figure continues to play and the first word of each line is punctuated by exclamatory background vocals. The second half of each verse is harmonized with "oohs," and the ostinato figure begins before the last line finishes. The overlapping of the ostinato figure contributes to the slightly disordered feel of the song. Each verse ends with a repetition of the title phrase:

 

Look, what you're doing

I'm feeling blue and lonely

Would it be too much to ask of you

What you're doing to me

The overall effect is tense—a tightly arranged song performed very loosely—suiting the lyrical matter of confronting a lover over a crumbling relationship.

 

There is also a bridge that occurs twice to provide a reprieve from the more anxious verses and an instrumental breakdown with a double-tracked guitar solo and a tumbling piano keeping rhythm underneath.

 

 

Lyrics

The lyrics are generally believed to concern Paul McCartney's relationship with Jane Asher.

 

Other versions

This song is sampled as part of a medley of "Drive My Car" / "The Word" / "What You're Doing" on the remix album Love (released in November 2006; see 2006 in music). "What You're Doing" shares a number of characteristics with (the also predominantly McCartney-written) "Drive My Car", particularly the home key (D major), meter (4/4), and chord progression (alternating between B minor and G major).

65. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

 

 

"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" is a Rex Griffin song (Decca, 1936) later covered by Carl Perkins in 1956 that was then covered by The Beatles (sung by George) as the last track on their UK Beatles for Sale album and the last track on the US album Beatles '65. It finishes with a false ending; the final phrase repeating itself after the song seems to have stopped.

 

It was later covered by Johnny Cash.

 

 

 

66. I Feel Fine

 

 

"I Feel Fine" is a riff-driven rock song written by John Lennon (although credited to Lennon/McCartney) and released in 1964 by The Beatles as the A side of their seventh UK single. The song reached the top of the charts on December 12 of that year, displacing The Rolling Stones' "Little Red Rooster," and remained there for five weeks. The b-side was She's A Woman, written by Paul McCartney.

 

John's most optimistic song to date, "I Feel Fine" burgeoned from its distinctive guitar riff, written by Lennon while in the studio recording "Eight Days a Week." "I actually wrote 'I Feel Fine' around the riff which is going on in the background," John recalled. "I told them that I'd write a song specially for this riff so they said, 'Yes. You go away and do that,' knowing that we'd almost finished Beatles for Sale. Anyway, going into the studio one morning, I said to Ringo, 'I've written this song but it's lousy,' but we tried it, complete with riff, and it sounded like an A side, so we decided to release it just like that." Lennon's riff would seem to bear a striking resemblance to one found in "Watch Your Step", a 1961 release written and performed by Bobby Parker and covered by The Beatles in concerts during 1961 and 1962 (with the two songs also sharing a remarkably similar Latin-style drum pattern). The Beatles would continue to feature guitar riffs in their songs, most notably in numbers like "Day Tripper", "Ticket to Ride", "And Your Bird Can Sing", and "Paperback Writer."

 

At the time of the song's recording, The Beatles, having mastered the studio basics, had begun to explore new sources of inspiration in noises previously eliminated as mistakes (electronic goofs, twisted tapes, talkback). "I Feel Fine" marks the earliest example of the use of feedback as a recording effect—artists such as Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, and The Who used feedback, but John remained proud of the fact that The Beatles were the first group to actually put it on vinyl. This subtle shift in their approach to recording became a lasting element of the group's later career, making itself widely apparent on albums like Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

 

The intro to "I Feel Fine" starts with a single, percussive (yet pure-sounding) note (an "A") played on guitar that sustains, perhaps, beyond any song previously recorded. It is then (famously) transformed and distorted via feedback. While sounding very much like an Electric guitar, John played it on an acoustic, employing 1960s sound effect devices to make the acoustic guitar sound more electronic. The intro riff around a Dmaj chord progresses to a C, then a G, where the G major vocals begin. Just before the coda, John's intro riff (or ostinato), is repeated with a bright sound by George Harrison on electric guitar, followed by the surprisingly more electric sound of John on amped acoustic.

 

In the US, the song was released on their Capitol album Beatles '65, and is presented in a duophonic mix featuring a layer of reverb added by executive Dave Dexter, Jr.

 

In the UK, the song was released on the LP format on A Collection of Beatles Oldies. A true stereo version can be found on the Past Masters Vol 1 and Beatles 1 CDs. "I Feel Fine" has the notoriety of being the first recorded song in history to feature "guitar feedback" which can be heard at the intro of the song. This was in direct violation of Parlophone's recording policies and was forbidden. The Beatles claimed that it was an accident during the recording that had somehow slipped by, but outtakes include it.

 

 

Cover Versions

Nirvana - I Feel Fine was supposedly Kurt Cobain's favorite song by the Beatles, and Nirvana played it in concert whenever there were technical problems.

Sugarloaf - the very riff-driven song, "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" has a recurring I Feel Fine-type guitar riff, as well as (in the outro), Ticket to Ride and the Rolling Stones' Satisfaction riff.

67. She's A Woman

 

 

"She's a Woman" is a song by The Beatles. It was released as the B-side to "I Feel Fine" in 1964, their last single release that year. It reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 from frequent airplay.

 

 

Origins

The song, penned by McCartney, was his attempt at (vocally, at least) imitating Little Richard. This is why the song is in such a high register, even for McCartney. Some takes of the song (especially recordings of live concerts) feature an extended outro. The lyrics "turn me on,", were as John Lennon was quoted saying, "so excited to say 'turn me on' --you know, about marijuana and all that... using it as an expression."

 

In the US, the song was released on their Capitol album Beatles '65, and is presented in a duophonic mix featuring a layer of reverb added by executive Dave Dexter, Jr. It was featured in an underground scene in the movie Help!.

 

 

Cover versions

Cover versions include Jeff Beck's instrumental jazz fusion version from his 1975 album Blow by Blow, and a pop-reggae reading by Scritti Politti featuring Shabba Ranks. José Feliciano also has a cover version of this song.

 

It has also been performed by McCartney unplugged in 1991.

68. Ticket To Ride

 

 

Ticket to Ride" is a song by The Beatles from their 1965 album, Help!. It was recorded 15 February 1965 at Abbey Road Studios and released as a single in 1965. In 2004, this song was ranked number 384 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

 

The song was written primarily by John Lennon (credited to Lennon/McCartney), with Paul McCartney's contributions in dispute. Lennon said that McCartney's contribution was limited to "the way Ringo played the drums". McCartney said that was an incomplete response, and that "we sat down and wrote it together... give him 60 percent of it... we sat down together and worked on that for a full three-hour songwriting session."Lennon said the double-time ending section (with the lyric "My baby don't care") was one of his "favorite bits" in the song.

 

 

Meaning of "ticket to ride"

The inspiration of the song is unclear, and several plausible explanations exist:

 

"a British Railways ticket to the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight" (McCartney to Barry Miles)

"a girl riding out of the life of the narrator"

a phrase coined by John about the cards indicating a clean bill of health, handed out to Hamburg prostitutes in the 1960s (Don Short to Steve Turner)

Other explanations[citation needed] attribute the song to the experience of Lennon's mother leaving the family when he was a child, and the possibility that Lennon was exposed, perhaps by Little Richard in Hamburg, to the Negro spiritual "If I Got My Ticket, Can I Ride?".

 

A popular myth (perpetrated by Casey Kasem) was that the song was written and recorded as "Ticket to Rye," but the official name of the song was changed for the sake of American and international listeners who would not understand the reference to the town in East Sussex, England.

 

 

Release

"Ticket to Ride" was released on 9 April 1965 in the UK and 19 April in the U.S. with "Yes It Is" as its B-side. The original single's label declared that the song was from the United Artists release Eight Arms to Hold You. This was the original title of The Beatles' second movie; the title changed to Help! after the single was initially released.

 

 

Critical acclaim

Both Richie Unterberger of All Music Guide and author Ian MacDonald describe "Ticket to Ride" as an important milestone in the evolution of the musical style of the Beatles. Unterberger said, "the rhythm parts on 'Ticket to Ride' were harder and heavier than they had been on any previous Beatles outing, particularly in Ringo Starr's stormy stutters and rolls." MacDonald described it as "psychologically deeper than anything The Beatles had recorded before ... extraordinary for its time — massive with chiming electric guitars, weighty rhythm, and rumbling floor tom-toms."

 

 

Cover versions

After the breakup of the Beatles, Lennon proudly claimed that it was the first heavy metal song of all time; given the droning bassline, repeating drums, and loaded guitar lines, he may be right, despite being less intense than later metal songs. Given this notion, it seems almost ironic that the famously wholesome Carpenters recorded a cover version of the song as a slow ballad in late 1969 for their debut album Offering, and the song charted as a minor #54 single on the American Billboard Hot 100 charts in early 1970. Hard rock pioneers Vanilla Fudge also recorded a cover version in 1967.

 

 

Cultural references

Noel Gallagher of Oasis has called "Ticket to Ride" his favorite Beatles song.

 

An orchestral version of the song is barely audible in the fadeout at the very end of newer CD issues of the Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon. This is probably a mistake in remastering; coincidentally both The Beatles and Pink Floyd were patrons of Abbey Road Studios.

 

The title of this song is a referenced to in the Red Dwarf episode Tikka to Ride, in accordance with the theme of curry on which the storyline focuses.

 

69. Yes It Is

 

(Demo versions)

 

"Yes It Is" is a 1965 Beatles single, which was first released as the B-side of "Ticket to Ride". It features The Beatles' three-part vocal harmonies. It also showcases George Harrison's early use of pedal tone guitar.

 

Original pressings of the single erroneously show "Yes It Is" as from the film Eight Arms To Hold You (Help!), in which it did not appear at all.

 

The song appears on Beatles VI, the British version of the Rarities album, Anthology 2, and Past Masters, Volume One.

 

John Lennon, the author of the song, claimed that it was simply "This Boy" re-written. It would later be dubbed one of Lennon's least favourite compositions.

 

 

 

70. Help!

 

 

"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the album Help! and the film Help!. It was also released as a single, and was #1 for three weeks in both the UK and USA. "Help!" was written primarily by John Lennon, but credited as usual to Lennon/McCartney. Paul McCartney reports that he had a hand in writing the song as well, being called in "to complete it" in a two-hour joint writing session at Lennon's house. In 2004, "Help!" was ranked number 29 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

 

 

Inspiration

As revealed in the miniseries The Beatles Anthology, Lennon wrote the lyrics of the song to express his stress coming from the quick rise to a massive level of success for The Beatles after years of obscurity. The rest of the band felt somehow surprised learning this, but they considered it normal. Since Lennon's feelings of insecurity were incongruous with the band's image of confidence, Lennon felt it was nearly impossible for the fans to understand the origin of the song. "I was fat and depressed and I was crying out for 'Help'," Lennon told Playboy.

 

In the 1970 Rolling Stone "Lennon Remembers" interviews, Lennon said that because of its honesty it was one of his favorites among the Beatles songs he wrote, but he wished they had recorded it at a slower tempo. In these interviews, Lennon felt that "Help!" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" were his most genuine Beatles songs and not just songs written to order.

 

 

Releases

The single and album versions of the song have slightly different lyrics. The American version begins with a James Bond-style instrumental.

 

The song appears on the Help! LP, the USA Help! soundtrack, 1962-1966, the Imagine soundtrack, 1, Love, and The Capitol Albums, Vol. 2. The single version appeared on the Beatles' Rarities LP.

 

 

Cover versions

In 1968, Deep Purple recorded a cover version (greatly slowed-down) of the song on their album Shades of Deep Purple. Consistent with Lennon's other remark's about the song, he said that this version was 'the way the Beatles' should have done it'.

In 1970, the Carpenters did a cover version for release on their album, "Close to You". It was not released as a single.

In 1976, Henry Gross covered it for the ephemeral musical documentary All This and World War II. John Lennon once stated that this was his favourite version of the song. George and Paul do backing vocals.

In 1976, The Damned covered the song for the B-side of "New Rose".

In 1985, Tina Turner released a cover version of the song on her album Private Dancer.

U2 played it often during their 1986 A Conspiracy of Hope Tour and 1987 Joshua Tree Tour at a slower tempo.

Noel Gallagher perfomed it at certain Oasis concerts at a slower tempo.

Paul McCartney also slowed it down a bit when he played it during his 1990 concert tour as part of a tribute to Lennon.

"Help!" has also been covered by The Carpenters, Michael Stanley, dc Talk, Bananarama with British comediennes French & Saunders and Kathy Burke as Lananeeneenoonoo (as featured in The Jolly Boys' Outing, an episode of the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses), Dolly Parton, Alma Cogan, John Farnham, Rick Wakeman, Howie Day, McFly, Roxette and Fountains of Wayne.

In 1991, the Finnish metal band Waltari covered Help! on their debut album, Monk Punk.

 

Cultural references

Featured in Cutting it Close, an episode of Full House, when Jesse Katsopolis breaks both of his arms in a motorcycle accident and has to adjust to a life where he always needs assistance.

Mentioned in the film Yellow Submarine; when Young Fred is knocking on the Beatles' door, he says "Won't you please, please help me?" in reference to the song's lyrics.

In the Powerpuff Girls episode "Meet the Beat-Alls", a military sergeant said "Help, we need somebody, help, not just anybody, help, we need the Powerpuff Girls." The sergeant himself may be a reference to Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

 

 

 

71. I'm Down

 

 

"I'm Down" is a song by the Beatles written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and first released as the B-side to the single "Help!" in 1965. According to critic Richie Unterberger of All Music Guide, "I'm Down" is "one of the most frantic rockers in the entire Beatles catalog." The song was influenced by 1950s rhythm & blues artists—Amazon.com called it an "homage to Little Richard."

—and some critics see it as a rewrite of Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally", but Unterberger says there are significant differences, too. Another example of this style song by McCartney is 1964's "She's a Woman", the B-side of "I Feel Fine".

 

 

Recording

The Beatles recorded "I'm Down" on 14 June 1965 in the same session as "Yesterday" and "I've Just Seen a Face". The backing vocals were done by John Lennon and George Harrison; Lennon sang the baritone repeat of the word "down" in the chorus. The song was produced by George Martin.

 

 

Release

The official release date for the "Help"/"I'm Down" single was 23 July 1965 in the UK and 19 July in the U.S. "I'm Down" was never released on an official Beatle studio album, and was only available in the U.S. in mono as the B-side of the "Help!" single until the summer of 1976. That year, it appeared in stereo on Rock 'n' Roll Music, a compilation LP released in America by Capitol Records featuring uptempo Beatles' tracks. The first CD release was in 1988 on the compilation Past Masters, Volume One.

 

There is also an alternate version of the song (take 1) on Anthology 2. The tempo is slower and there are no backing vocals.

 

 

Live performances

The Beatles used "I'm Down" to close concerts in their final year as a live act replacing "Long Tall Sally" for most of those shows.

 

During their historic performance at Shea Stadium in August 1965 (the largest audience the Beatles ever drew during their career as a live touring band), the band played a memorably frenzied version of the song, with Lennon playing the electric piano with his elbows at times. Footage of this performance may be seen on The Beatles Anthology video.

 

McCartney played the song to open his set at The Concert for New York City following the tragedy of September 11, 2001. The concert was held at Madison Square Garden in support of firefighters, policemen, and other public workers who suffered from the aftermath of the attacks.

 

Cover versions

Aerosmith recorded a cover version of this song for the band's 1987 album Permanent Vacation. According to Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler, the band played this song during the audition that won the band its first recording contract.

 

A live cover of this song appears on the YesYears box set by Yes, featuring Alan White.

 

In 1982, guitarist and songwriter Adrian Belew released his second solo record, "Twang Bar King", which began with a postmodern take on this Beatles' classic.

 

In the 1980s, white rap group the Beastie Boys wanted to sample portions of the song for a recording of their own but were turned down by the then and current owner of most of the Lennon/McCartney publishing rights, Michael Jackson.

 

Deacon Blue released a live cover version of this song as a B-side on their 1991 single, "Twist and Shout" (which is a different song than the Beatles' recording of the same name).

 

72. The Night Before

 

 

"The Night Before" is a song by The Beatles from the album Help!. It was written by Paul McCartney. The song plays in the second Beatles film Help!.

 

The song features a Hohner Pianet electric piano rollicking throughout the whole song, accompanied by Paul McCartney's ascending and descending basslines. John Lennon and George Harrison sings harmony during the end of each verse and the chorus, singing "Aaah the night before...". After the second repeat of the refrain, Harrison plays the guitar solo, that briefly reappears at the end of the song.

73. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

 

 

"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" is a song by The Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon & Paul McCartney, and first appeared on the album Help! in August 1965. The song also appeared on side three of the 1973 compilation 1962–1966. It was one of John Lennon's "Bob Dylan era" songs.

 

 

Performance in the film

In the film, at the opening of the song, the head of the "Indian cult", Leo McKern, appears from a manhole cover in the middle of Ailsa Avenue, London, where parts of the film were shot. He stays there for the whole song, which the Beatles play in John Lennon's flat. They are watched by "Ahme", played by Eleanor Bron, and at the end of the song, George passes out after Ahme produces a giant needle for Ringo, who is wearing the ring the cult want.

 

 

Influence of Bob Dylan

At the time of the release of Help!, Lennon was infatuated with the American singer Bob Dylan. Dylan's 1964 song "I Don't Believe You [she Acts Like We Have Never Met]" opens in strikingly similar fashion: "I can't understand, she let go of my hand, and left me here facing the wall". Lennon seemingly mimics Dylan's gruff vocal style, and uses a Dylanesque all-acoustic accompaniment with very little percussion. The song "is just basically John doing Dylan", McCartney later said.

 

 

Other song information

The song is reputed to be about one of Lennon's numerous affairs, as his marriage to Cynthia was failing. Other sources state it is a reference to Brian Epstein, the group's manager, who was homosexual (homosexuality was a criminal offence in Britain at the time).

 

When Lennon made a mistake during the recording (he sang "two foot small" instead of "two foot tall"), he is reported to have said: "Leave it in, the pseuds'll love it!"

 

 

Other Studio Tracks

On "Anthology II" there is an alternative "take." At the beginning, you hear John count off the song, then stop to readjust his guitar pickup. As he does so, in the background you hear a glass shatter, followed by John saying, "Paul's broken a glass, Paul's broken a glass, a glass, a glass he broke today." He then starts the song again.

 

 

Cover versions

Chris Cornell

The Silkie, produced by The Beatles

Tim Rose

Eddie Vedder, on the movie soundtrack of I Am Sam, as well as being popular during Pearl Jam concerts

Oasis, as a B-Side

The Subways

Elvis Costello

The Beach Boys, on their Beach Boys' Party! album, with the lead vocal by Dennis Wilson

Perry Rose

Travis

74. I Need You

 

 

"I Need You" is a Beatles song on the album Help! It is the second George Harrison song the band recorded (on February 15 and February 16, 1965) and released, after a two album–long hiatus from the songwriter.

 

The song is a simple, melancholy number, with a unique guitar sound achieved by Harrison's first recorded use of a volume pedal. The confessional lyrics are commonly thought to be about Harrison's relationship with Pattie Boyd, whom he had met in March 1964 while filming A Hard Day's Night. (They married in January 1966.)

 

 

 

75. Another Girl

 

 

"Another Girl" is a song by the The Beatles released in 1965 on the album Help!. The song was written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney. McCartney wrote the song while on vacation in Hammamet, a resort in Tunisia. In the film Help!, McCartney lip-syncs "Another Girl" while standing on a coral reef on Balmoral Island in the Bahamas, and plays a girl in a bikini as if she is a guitar.

 

McCartney said of this song and other album tracks, "It's a bit much to call them fillers because I think they were a bit more than that, and each one of them made it past the Beatles test. We all had to like it."

 

 

Recording

The Beatles recorded the song on 15 February 1965 in 1 take, with 10 edits of a George Harrison guitar "flourish" which was not used. The master take was take 1 with a guitar solo overdub by McCartney on 16 February. It was remixed on 18 February and 23 February.

 

This is one of the first Beatle songs in which McCartney plays lead guitar, in addition to his usual bass. Music analyst and critic Ian MacDonald, and others, assign the lead guitar credit to McCartney for "Ticket to Ride", recorded the same day as the first session for "Another Girl," and one day before the lead guitar overdub for it.

 

76. You're Going To Lose That Girl

 

 

"You're Gonna Lose That Girl" is a song by The Beatles from the album Help!, written by John Lennon (and credited to Lennon-McCartney) for the film of the same name. Capitol Records originally titled the song "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" in the United States. In the film, the group appears singing this song in the recording studio. (In addition to the group's familiar guitar-and-drum setup, there is also footage of Paul McCartney at a piano and Ringo Starr playing the bongos.)

 

The lyrics feature the singer assuring a friend that if he does not take care of his girl, the singer will do it instead of him. The song has an unusual key change - the chorus and verses are in E major, but during the bridge the key shifts to G major, the relative major of the parallel minor.

 

In November 1977, Capitol Records scheduled the release of "Girl" backed with "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" as a single (Capitol 4506) to accompany the release of Love Songs, a compilation album which contained both songs. However, the single was cancelled before it was issued.

 

The Ramones performed a song titled "You're Gonna Kill That Girl" which may have been intended as a parody of the Beatles song.

 

 

 

77. Act Naturally

 

 

"Act Naturally" is a song written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison, originally recorded by Buck Owens, whose version reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 1963, his first chart-topper. In 2002, Shelly Fabian of About.com ranked the song number 169 on her list of the Top 500 Country Music Songs.

 

The song has been covered by many other artists, including Loretta Lynn and The Beatles.

 

The Beatles' version

The Beatles covered the song in 1965 on their album Help! (in the United Kingdom) and as the B-side of the "Yesterday" single in the U.S..

 

The Beatles' version is sung by Ringo Starr. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of All Music Guide called it "an ideal showcase for Ringo's amiable vocals." They performed the song during an The Ed Sullivan Show appearance which was taped on August 14, 1965 and broadcast on September 12, 1965.

 

The Beatles recorded the song on June 17, 1965 in 13 takes. The first 12 takes were evidently used to work out the arrangement; the master was take 13, the only take with vocals. It was mixed the following day. The Beatles almost recorded a song by their engineer Norman Smith, but realized that Starr didn't yet have a vocal on Help!, and so "Act Naturally" was recorded instead, the last cover they recorded until the Get Back/Let It Be sessions in 1969. Smith later had some success as a performer, using the name Hurricane Smith. In 1973 his song "Oh Babe, What Would You Say?" reached 3 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the U.S.

 

Because Capitol Records' version of the Help! album included only the songs that appeared in the movie, plus incldental music from the film, the label held back "Yesterday" and "Act Naturally" and issued them initially as a non-LP single. As the B-side of the U.S. single, "Act Naturally" peaked at #47 in October 1965. The two songs made their first American album appearance on Yesterday and Today, released in the U.S. on June 20, 1966.

 

When the single was reissued on Apple Records in 1971, "Act Naturally" had the "full apple" side and "Yesterday" ended up on the "sliced apple" side. That is because "Act Naturally" was the intended A-side and has always been listed as such in Capitol's files.

78. It's Only Love

 

(audio only)

 

"It's Only Love" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released by The Beatles in 1965 (on the Help! album in the UK, and on the Rubber Soul album in the U.S.). This song was later covered by Bryan Ferry on his 1976 album Let's Stick Together, by Gary U.S. Bonds on his 1981 album Dedication and by Peter Cetera on his 2001 album Another Perfect World.

 

The song is usually considered more of a cult classic Beatles tune, not attracting widespread notice. Years later, John Lennon would say that he did not mind the song's melody, but hated the lyrics, calling them "commonplace." In another interview, when asked to name his least favourite Beatle songs, he named "It's Only Love" and Rubber Soul's "Run for Your Life".

 

 

 

 

79. You Like Me Too Much

 

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"You Like Me Too Much" is a song by The Beatles written by George Harrison. It was recorded on February 17, 1965. It was first released on the Help! album in the UK and on Beatles VI in the U.S., both in 1965.

 

There is an introduction using piano and electric piano, with Paul McCartney and George Martin playing two different piano parts on separate ends of the same Steinway grand piano. The Steinway appears only in the song's intro and was overdubbed separately, as was Paul's bass. The electric piano is a Hohner Pianet, and you can hear the instrument's tremolo being switched off after the intro.

 

 

 

80. Tell Me What You See

 

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"Tell Me What You See" is a song by The Beatles on the UK album Help! and the US album Beatles VI. It was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

 

The chord before each stanza creates a unique sound accomplished by plucking the strings in the chord from the bottom string to the top, then straightforward, then repeated.