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I Need You (The Beatles song)


“I Need You”
Song by The Beatles
Album Help!
Released 6 August 1965
Recorded Abbey Road Studios
15–16 February 1965
Genre Rock
Length 2:28
Label Parlophone, Capitol, EMI
Writer George Harrison
Producer George Martin
Help! track listing
Side one
  1. “Help!”
  2. “The Night Before”
  3. “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”
  4. “I Need You“
  5. “Another Girl”
  6. “You’re Going to Lose That Girl”
  7. “Ticket to Ride”
Side two
  1. “Act Naturally”
  2. “It’s Only Love”
  3. “You Like Me Too Much”
  4. “Tell Me What You See”
  5. “I’ve Just Seen a Face”
  6. “Yesterday”
  7. “Dizzy Miss Lizzy”

“I Need You” is a Beatles song on the album Help! (see 1965 in music). It is the second George Harrison song the band recorded (on 15 and 16 February 1965) and released, after a two album–long hiatus. The song was performed in their second movie Help!.

Contents

  • 1 Structure
  • 2 Credits
  • 3 Other versions
  • 4 Notes
  • 5 External links

Structure

The song is a simple, melancholy number, with a lead guitar sound achieved by Harrison’s first recorded use of a volume pedal. The confessional lyrics are commonly thought to be about Harrison’s relationship with Pattie Boyd, whom he had met in March 1964 while filming A Hard Day’s Night. (They married in January 1966.)

Credits

  • John Lennon – harmony vocal, acoustic rhythm guitar
  • Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, bass
  • George Harrison – double-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar
  • Ringo Starr – drums, cowbell

Other versions

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers played the song in tribute to Harrison at 2002’s Concert for George (see 2002 in music).

Les Fradkin has an instrumental version on his 2005 release- “While My Guitar Only Plays”.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles’ Records and the Sixties (Second Revised Edition ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). pp. 145–146. ISBN 1-844-13828-3. 
  2. ^ a b Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books. p. 54. ISBN 0-517-57066-1. 
  3. ^ Harry, Bill (2000). The Beatles Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated. London: Virgin Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 0-7535-0481-2. 
  4. ^ (2002) Album notes for Concert for George, 25 . London: Oops Publishing (R2 745/16).

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