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"A Hard Day's Night" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was primarily written by John Lennon, [2] with some minor collaboration from Paul McCartney. It was released on the soundtrack album A Hard Day's Night in 1964.
Lennon wrote the song for inclusion in the Beatles' 1964 film, A Hard Day's Night, [2] intended for use in the film's "break out" and open field sequence. [3] [4] However, director Richard Lester disliked the song and replaced it in the film with "Can't Buy Me Love", [4] so the band opted to wait on its recording. [2] [note 1]
The song "A Hard Day's Night" did not appear in true stereo in the US until the 1982 Capitol compilation album Reel Music. In 2014, the American version of the "A Hard Day's Night" album was released on CD individually and in a boxed set of all the other US Beatles albums to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Beatles first US visit. This ...
"A Hard Day's Night" (reprise; closing credits) In addition to the soundtrack album, an EP (in mono) of songs from the film titled Extracts From The Film A Hard Day's Night was released by Parlophone on 6 November 1964, having the following tracks: [8] Side A "I Should Have Known Better" "If I Fell" Side B "Tell Me Why" "And I Love Her"
The Beatles recorded "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" on a Sunday, the first time they had used Abbey Road Studios on a day other than a normal work day. [3] United Artists released the song on the album A Hard Day's Night on 26 June. It was also included on the album Something New, released by Capitol Records on 20 July. [1]
This mix was released on the UK stereo version of A Hard Day's Night on Friday 10 July 1964. [14] This mix was also used on the stereo version of the Capitol album Something New, released on Monday 20 July 1964. [14] It can currently be found on the A Hard Day's Night CD, and as part of The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 box set.
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The Beatles performed the song live on 16 February 1964 for their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. An instrumental easy listening arrangement by George Martin, re-titled "Ringo's Theme (This Boy)", was featured in the film A Hard Day's Night and the United Artists soundtrack album. This version was also issued as a single, reaching ...