Difference between revisions of "I'll Get You"
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{{cquote|That was Paul and me trying to write a song... and it didn't work out.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon|1980}} | {{cquote|That was Paul and me trying to write a song... and it didn't work out.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon|1980}} | ||
| − | {{cquote|It's got an interesting chord in it | + | {{cquote|It's got an interesting chord in it: 'It's not easy to pre-''tend'''. That was nicked from a song called 'All My Trials' which is on an album I had by Joan Baez: 'There's only one thing that money can't ''buy''.' It's like D, which goes to an A minor, which is unusual, you'd normally go from a D to an A major. It's a change that had always fascinated me, so I put it in. I liked that slightly faggy way we sang. 'Oh yeah, oh yeah,' which was very distinctive, very Beatley.|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney, ''Many Years From Now'', p.151|1997}} |
Revision as of 16:16, 27 August 2011
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| Single by The Beatles | |||||
| B-side | "She Loves You" | ||||
| Released | 23 August 1963 (UK) 16 September 1963 (US) |
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| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios 1 July 1963 |
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| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 2:05 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone R5055 (UK) Swan 4152 (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | ||||
| Producer | George Martin | ||||
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| “ | The B-side of 'She Loves You' was meant to be the A-side. | „ |
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—John Lennon, 1963 |
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| “ | If we write one song, then we can get going after that and get more ideas. We wrote 'I'll Get You,' which is the B-side, first. And then 'She Loves You' came after that. You know-- We got ideas from that. Then we recorded it. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1963 |
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| “ | That was Paul and me trying to write a song... and it didn't work out. | „ |
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—John Lennon, 1980 |
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| “ | It's got an interesting chord in it: 'It's not easy to pre-tend'. That was nicked from a song called 'All My Trials' which is on an album I had by Joan Baez: 'There's only one thing that money can't buy.' It's like D, which goes to an A minor, which is unusual, you'd normally go from a D to an A major. It's a change that had always fascinated me, so I put it in. I liked that slightly faggy way we sang. 'Oh yeah, oh yeah,' which was very distinctive, very Beatley. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now, p.151, 1997 |
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