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"Eight Days a Week" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon based on McCartney's original idea. [2] It was released in December 1964 on the album Beatles for Sale, except in the United States and Canada, where it was first issued as a single A-side in February 1965 before appearing on the album Beatles VI.
The Beatles recorded "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" on 29 September 1964 in 19 takes, the last of which was released. [7] George Harrison's guitar solo, played on his new Gretsch Tennessean in the style of Carl Perkins, [6] was enhanced by midrange resonance boost, giving it an especially bright sound. [8]
A significant moment is the Tonicization of the dominant with the use of vii o 7 /V chord (G ♯ dim) as part of the progression to V 7 (A 7 chord on "You know my name") and I (D chord after "number") that closes the verse. [8] The song is also notable for the use of the 5th chord tone on the VII chord to produce extra dissonance. [9]
"Things We Said Today" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released in July 1964 as the B-side to the single "A Hard Day's Night" and on their album of the same name, except in North America, where it appeared on the album Something New.
Harrison wrote the song in early 1969 at the country house of his friend Eric Clapton, where Harrison had chosen to play truant for the day to avoid attending a meeting at the Beatles' Apple Corps organisation. The lyrics reflect his relief at the arrival of spring and the temporary respite he was experiencing from the band's business affairs.
"The Beatles' Movie Medley" is a compilation of snippets from various Beatles songs. The single peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and No. 10 on the British charts in 1982. The songs were chosen from the Beatles' films, A Hard Day's Night , Help! , Magical Mystery Tour , Yellow Submarine and Let It Be .
The song is in the key of E major, with some leaning to its relative minor of C#, and is in 4/4 time. Structurally, the song is complex and, as Alan Pollack states, contains three different variants of the verse. [8] The song also contains "jazzy parallel sevenths" in most of the chords, and has a live ending. [citation needed]
The verse opens with an F major chord ("Michelle" – melody note C) then the second chord (on "ma belle" – melody note D ♭) is a B ♭ 7 ♯ 9 (on the original demo in C, the second chord is a F 7 ♯ 9). McCartney called this second chord a "great ham-fisted jazz chord" that was taught to them by Jim Gretty who worked at Hessey's music ...