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Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles.It was released on 3 December 1965 in the United Kingdom on EMI's Parlophone label, accompanied by the non-album double A-side single "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper".
[4] [5] The song is a love ballad with part of its lyrics sung in French. Following its inclusion on Rubber Soul, the song was released as a single in some European countries and in New Zealand, and on an EP in France, in early 1966. It was a number 1 hit for the Beatles in Belgium, France, Norway, the Netherlands and New Zealand.
The Beatles' discography was originally released on the vinyl format, with full-length long plays (LPs), shorter EPs and singles. Over the years, the collection has also been released on cassette , 8-track , compact disc (CD), on a USB flash drive in MP3 and 24-bit FLAC format, and on digital media streaming services.
"I'm Looking Through You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. McCartney wrote the song about English actress Jane Asher, his girlfriend for much of the 1960s, [3] and her refusal to give up her stage career and focus on his needs. [4]
Rubber Soul was released on 3 December 1965, with "Run for Your Life" sequenced as the album's closing song. [3] Since release, the song has garnered a mixed-to-negative response from music critics. Lennon designated it as his "least favourite Beatles song" in a 1973 interview. [5]
EMI's Parlophone label released Rubber Soul on 3 December 1965 in Britain, [78] with "Think for Yourself" sequenced as the fifth track, between "Nowhere Man" and "The Word". [79] [nb 7] The album was a commercial and critical success, [83] although initially some reviewers in the UK were confused by the band's more mature approach.
AllMusic reviewer Hal Horowitz writes: "Like the Liverpool lads who intuitively meshed together, Soulive's members interlock to yield results greater than the sum of its parts on this successful tribute that combines the Beatles sense of excitement, imagination. and musical exploration with a funky, down-home R&B/jazz groove."
Commentators often interpret "4th Time Around" as a response to the Beatles' song "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", [2] written by John Lennon for the 1965 album Rubber Soul. [13] [a] "Norwegian Wood" obliquely addresses Lennon's romantic affair with a journalist. [15] Dylan and the Beatles first met each other in August 1964, in New York ...