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"I'm Down" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released on a non-album single as the B-side to "Help!" in July 1965. The song originated in McCartney's attempt to write a song in the style of Little Richard, whose song "Long Tall Sally" the band regularly covered.
"I'm Only Sleeping" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 studio album Revolver. In the United States and Canada, it was one of the three tracks that Capitol Records cut from the album and instead included on Yesterday and Today , released two months before Revolver .
From 4 November – by which point only around half the required number of songs were near completion – the Beatles' sessions were routinely booked to finish at 3 am each day. [43] After A Hard Day's Night in 1964, Rubber Soul was the second Beatles album to contain only original material. [44]
Harrison likened "If I Needed Someone" to "a million other songs" that are based on a guitarist's finger movements around the D major chord. [22] [nb 3] The song is founded on a riff played on a Rickenbacker 360/12, [24] [25] which was the twelve-string electric guitar that McGuinn had adopted as the Byrds' signature instrument after seeing Harrison playing one in A Hard Day's Night.
3 — 2: 2 — 1 1 — 2: 1 BPI: Gold [13] RIAA: 2× Platinum [14] Abbey Road Apple "Let It Be" "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" UK & US single on Apple: 1970 2 — 1 — 1 — 3 — 1 — 2 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 — BPI: 2× Platinum [13] BVMI: Gold [15] RIAA: 2× Platinum [14] SNEP: Gold [16] A-side on 1967–1970 Apple ...
In March 2005, Q magazine ranked "Helter Skelter" at number 5 in its list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever". [77] The song appeared at number 52 in Rolling Stone ' s 2010 list of "The 100 Greatest Beatles Songs". [26] [78] In 2018, Kerrang! selected it as one of "The 50 Most Evil Songs Ever" due to its association with the Manson Family ...
The Beatles recorded "I'll Be Back" in 16 takes on 1 June 1964. The first nine were of the rhythm track, and the last seven were overdubs of the lead and harmony vocals, and an acoustic guitar overdub. [7] The Anthology 1 CD includes take two of "I'll Be Back", performed in 6 8 time. The recording broke down when Lennon fumbled over the words ...
A common type of three-chord song is the simple twelve-bar blues used in blues and rock and roll. Typically, the three chords used are the chords on the tonic, subdominant, and dominant (scale degrees I, IV and V): in the key of C, these would be the C, F and G chords. Sometimes the V 7 chord is used instead of V, for greater tension.