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"I'll Cry Instead"
Song by The Beatles
Album A Hard Day's Night
Released 10 July 1964
Recorded 1 June 1964,
EMI Studios, London
Genre Rock and roll, folk rock
Length 1:49
Label Parlophone
Writer Lennon/McCartney
Producer George Martin
A Hard Day's Night track listing
“I'll Cry Instead”
“I'll Cry Instead” cover
Single by The Beatles
from the album A Hard Day's Night
B-side "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
Released 20 August 1964
Format 7"
Recorded 1 June 1964,
EMI Studios, London
Genre Rock and roll, folk rock
Length 2:09
Label Capitol (US)
Writer(s) Lennon/McCartney
Producer George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology
"And I Love Her"
(US-1964)
"I'll Cry Instead"
(US-1964)
"Matchbox"
(US-1964)
We were going to do this in the A Hard Day's Night film, but the director Dick Lester didn't like it, so we put it on the flip side of the album. I like the middle eight of that song.

—John Lennon, The Beatles Off The Record, p.90, 2000

I wrote that for 'A Hard Day's Night,' but Dick Lester didn't even want it. He resurrected 'Can't Buy Me Love' for that sequence instead. I like the middle-eight to that song, though that's about all I can say about it.

—John Lennon, The Playboy Interviews, 1980

Next recording was 'I'll Cry Instead', for the LP. This was taped in two parts — 'Section A' and 'Section B' — for editing together at a later date. Six takes of 'A' and two of 'B' saw the song through to satisfactory completion.

—Mark Lewisohn, The Beatles Recording Sessions, p.44, 1988

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