About The Beatles: January 2015

Jan 25, 2015

Cry For A Shadow by The Beatles

This instrumental is the only Beatles track to be credited to John Lennon and George Harrison alone (who play rhythm and lead respecti...

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da by The Beatles

The title comes from a Reggae band called Jimmy Scott and his Obla Di Obla Da Band. Says McCartney, "A fella who used to hang aro...

Rain by The Beatles

Ringo Starr has said this is his best drumming on a Beatles song. This was the first song to use a tape played backwards, which cre...

I've Got a Feeling by The Beatles

This is a mix of two unfinished songs, Paul McCartney's "I've Got a Feeling" and John Lennon's "Everybody H...

I'm Down by The Beatles

Paul McCartney wrote this in the style of Little Richard. American R&B singers like Richard were a big influence on The Beatles. ...

Long, Long, Long by The Beatles

George Harrison wrote this and sang all the vocals. The "you" in the song refers to God. The Beatles recorded 67 takes. ...

Long Tall Sally by The Beatles

This was originally recorded by Little Richard, who was one of The Beatles' inspirations. The Beatles met Little Richard at the St...

Hello Goodbye by The Beatles

Paul McCartney wrote this. His friend Alistair Taylor, who was visiting McCartney, asked Paul one day how he wrote his many songs, and...

Hey Bulldog by The Beatles

The Beatles recorded this while they were filming the promotional video for " Lady Madonna." Since they had to be in a studi...

Girl by The Beatles

John Lennon: "This was about a dream girl." His wife Cynthia thought this song might have been about her. (thanks, Mike - Mo...

Eight Days a Week by The Beatles

This fades up from silence. It was the first pop song to do so. There are two possibilities on where the title came from. In Bob Sp...

From Me to You by The Beatles

The title was taken from a letters column that ran in a popular British music newspaper called The New Musical Express (the NME). Th...

Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! by The Beatles

During the filming of the video for " Strawberry Fields Forever," John Lennon and Apple Records employee Tony Bramwell went ...

Carry That Weight by The Beatles

Paul McCartney wrote this about his struggle to keep the Beatles together after Brian Epstein's death. Epstein was their manager a...

Flying by The Beatles

All four Beatles are credited with writing this song. It was the first song where composer credits were shared by the whole group. ...

Free As A Bird by The Beatles

John Lennon recorded this as a demo in 1977. The other Beatles recorded around his tracks to complete song in 1994. The next year, it ...

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey by The Beatles

John Lennon described this song as, "About me and Yoko. Everybody seemed to be paranoid except for us two, who were in the glow o...

Doctor Robert by The Beatles

This is about Doctor Robert Freymann, a "Speed Doctor" in New York who supplied many celebrities, including The Beatles, wit...

Come Together by The Beatles

Timothy Leary was a psychologist who became famous for experimenting with LSD as a way to promote social interaction and raise conscio...

Can't Buy Me Love by The Beatles

Paul McCartney wrote this song. Despite rumors to the contrary, he claimed it was not about a prostitute. Rather, the song makes a sim...

Bad Boy by The Beatles

This song was written and originally recorded by Larry Williams, a black Rock singer who John Lennon admired. The song is about a rebe...

Anna (Go to Him) by The Beatles

Arthur Alexander wrote this song, making it one of the world's great trivia questions: Alexander is the only person to write songs...

Blue Jay Way by The Beatles

George Harrison wrote this in a house he rented in Los Angeles on a street named Blue Jay Way. He was waiting for his friend Derek Tay...

Baby's In Black by The Beatles

This is about a man who is pursuing a woman, but the woman doesn't return the interest because she is still in mourning for her pr...

All I've Got To Do by The Beatles

John Lennon wrote this in 1961 in the style of Smokey Robinson and The Miracles. It was one of 3 songs (along with "It Won't ...

She's a Woman by The Beatles

It was a big deal for John Lennon and Paul McCartney to use the phrase "Turn Me On" in the lyrics. It was a drug reference. ...

Across The Universe by The Beatles

John Lennon wrote this song after having an argument with his wife Cynthia. He said, "I was lying next to me first wife in bed, a...

I Feel Fine by The Beatles

The first note was the first time feedback was used on a record. It was created when Paul McCartney pushed his bass up against an ampl...

Devil In Her Heart by The Beatles

This was originally released by The Donays in 1962 as "Devil In Your Heart." The Donays were a female group from Detroit. ...

In Spite Of All The Danger by The Beatles

"In Spite Of All The Danger" is the first Beatles song ever recorded; it is also the only Beatles song credited to McCartney...

I'm Only Sleeping by The Beatles

John Lennon wrote this as a tribute to staying in bed, which he liked to do even when he wasn't sleeping. The song is discussed i...

I Will by The Beatles

In the televised documentary The Beatles Anthology , Paul, George and Ringo are shown relaxing on a blanket outside. Ringo asks Paul ...

Tell Me Why by The Beatles

John Lennon, whose parents separated when he was 3 years old, has said that the lyrics were about children whose parents split up. App...

I'm Looking Through You by The Beatles

Paul McCartney wrote this when his girlfriend, an actress named Jane Asher, left on a theater tour instead of staying home like he had...

I'm Down by The Beatles

Paul McCartney wrote this in the style of Little Richard. American R&B singers like Richard were a big influence on The Beatles. ...

A Day In The Life by The Beatles

A 41 piece orchestra played on this song. The musicians were told to attend the session dressed formally. When they got there, they we...

Her Majesty by The Beatles

Originally intended to be an actual tribute to the Queen of England, this song was supposed to be placed in between "Mean Mr. Mus...

Flying by The Beatles

All four Beatles are credited with writing this song. It was the first song where composer credits were shared by the whole group. ...

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