About “I Need You” “I Need You” was written by George Harrison and was the second composition of his to be released by the Beatles. The track appears in their film “Help!”, in a scene filmed on Salisbury Plain where the group were under military protection from a murderous cult. […]
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JOHN 1980: “‘Another Girl’ is Paul.” PAUL circa-1994: “It’s a bit much to call them fillers because I think they were a bit more than that, and each one of them made it past the Beatles test. We all had to like it.” About “Another Girl” The song was written […]
About “Tell Me What You See” “Tell Me What You See” appeared in 1965 on their album Help! in the United Kingdom and on Beatles VI in the United States. The song is credited to Lennon–McCartney but mainly written by Paul McCartney. Regarding the song’s authorship, McCartney said, “I seem […]
About “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” “Dizzy, Miss Lizzy” is a rock and roll song written and recorded by Larry Williams in 1958. Although identified as a “genuine rock & roll classic”, it had limited success on the record charts. In 1965, the Beatles recorded “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” in response to requests […]
JOHN 1965: “‘The Night Before’ that Paul does is good.” PAUL circa-1994: “I would say that’s mainly mine. I don’t think John had a lot to do with that.” About “The Night Before” “The Night Before” is a song from 1965 film Help! and accompanying album Help! The song was […]
JOHN 1972: “That’s the one song I really hate of mine. Terrible lyric.” JOHN 1980: “‘It’s Only Love’ is mine. I always thought it was a lousy song. The lyrics are abysmal. I always hated that song.” PAUL circa-1994: “Sometimes we didn’t fight it if the lyric came out rather […]
About “Act Naturally” “Act Naturally”, written by Johnny Russell, with a writing credit given to Voni Morrison, tells the tale of someone who has been jilted and, because of that, can play a film part of someone sad and lonely without knowing anything about acting. The Beatles’ version of “Act […]
JOHN 1980: “That’s Paul.” PAUL circa-1994: “I think of this as totally by me. It was slightly country and western from my point of view. It was faster, though. It was a strange uptempo thing. I was quite pleased with it. The lyric works. It keeps dragging you forward… it […]
PAUL 1968: “I just started playing it and this tune came, ‘cuz that’s what happens. They just, sort of– they COME, you know. It just came and I couldn’t think of any words to it, so originally it was just, ‘Scrambled Egg.’ It was called ‘Scrambled Egg’ for a couple […]
JOHN 1980: “That’s me.” About “You’re Going to Lose That Girl” Credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership, the song was mostly written by John Lennon with contributions from Paul McCartney. Walter Everett and Ian MacDonald both refer to the song as Lennon’s. In his official biography Paul McCartney: Many Years […]
JOHN 1965: “One I do which I like is, ‘You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away.’ But it’s not commercial.” JOHN 1971: “It’s one of those that you sort of sing a bit sadly to yourself, ‘Here I stand/Head in hand.’ I started thinking about my own emotions. I don’t […]
GEORGE 1965: “We are always worried with each record. With ‘Ticket To Ride’ we were even more worried. There’s bound to be a time when we come in at 19 (on the charts). But this ‘number one’ business doesn’t seem to stop– great while it lasts– but now we’ll have […]