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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]
The chords used in the introduction (E throughout) and chorus (B, F ♯, E and E 7) suggest a key of B major. [14] In musicologist Walter Everett's description, however, the B chord "reveals itself to be the V of V of A" once the verse is heard for the first time. [15] The key change to D major occurs midway through the second verse, for the ...
The chord sequence of "My Way" is used for the opening bars of "Life on Mars?". [ 7 ] [ 16 ] Bolder's bass begins at the lyric "sunken dream". Instruments begin to build at the pre-chorus; strings and bass crash on the downbeat, Wakeman continues a run of chords on piano, while the intensity of Bowie's voice grows, changing from D to B ...
"I'll Be Back" is a song written by John Lennon, [2] [3] with some collaboration from Paul McCartney [4] (credited to Lennon–McCartney). It was recorded by the English rock band the Beatles for the soundtrack album to their film A Hard Day's Night (1964) but not used in the film.
"Any Time at All" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership, it was mainly composed by John Lennon, with an instrumental middle eight by Paul McCartney. [2] It first appeared on the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night album.
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" was released on The Beatles on 22 November 1968. [43] [44] As one of the most popular tracks on the album, it was also issued as a single, backed by "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", [45] in many countries, although not in the main commercial markets of the UK and the United States. [46]
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]
In August 2009, at the end of its "Beatles Weekend", BBC Radio 2 announced that "She Loves You" was the Beatles' all-time best-selling single in the UK based on information compiled by the Official Charts Company. In Canada, the song was included on the album Twist and Shout. In the US, it was the final song on The Beatles' Second Album.