I'll Get You
"I'll Get You" | ||||
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Single by the Beatles | ||||
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Released |
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Recorded | 1 July 1963 | |||
Studio | EMI, London | |||
Genre | Merseybeat[1] | |||
Length | 2:04 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney | |||
Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
The Beatles singles chronology | ||||
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"I'll Get You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney,[2] and released by the Beatles as the B-side of their 1963 single "She Loves You".[3] The song was initially titled "Get You in the End".[4]
Structure
Typical of the Beatles' vocal style of that period, John Lennon and Paul McCartney sing in unison for the majority of the track, allowing the few occasions when they do harmonise to stand out. But unlike most Beatles songs of the time there is no lead guitar break; the lead guitar is virtually reduced to a second rhythm guitar. The most prominent instruments in the track are McCartney's "plumply rounded bass"[5] and Lennon's harmonica, which was overdubbed in a rush as session time ran out.
McCartney credits the song as a 50 / 50 collaboration.[2] He recalls using Lennon's Menlove Avenue home as the writing base for the song. That was rare because Lennon's Aunt Mimi, whom Lennon still lived with at the time, disapproved of the Beatles.[6]
The song's opening line "Imagine I'm in love with you" was innovative, drawing the listener immediately into the story. McCartney would cite it as an early example of
Release
The song was a B-side on two occasions. It was initially released as the B-side of "She Loves You" (on 28 August 1963 in the United Kingdom and 16 September in the United States) and was also released in the US only on 21 May 1964 as the B-side of "Sie liebt dich", a German language recording of the previous A-side. Both were released on the Swan Records label in the United States—the only Beatles releases on that label (the British release was on Parlophone).
The song was also released in the US on 10 April 1964 on the
The song is available on compact disc in the first volume of the two-disc Past Masters compilation.
Missing master tape
No original master tapes of "I'll Get You" are known to exist. Standard procedure at Abbey Road Studios at the time was to erase the original two-track session tape for singles once they had been "mixed down" to the (usually
Personnel
- John Lennon – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
- Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass guitar
- George Harrison – electric guitar, harmony vocals
- Ringo Starr – drums
- Personnel per Ian MacDonald[8]
Notes
- ^ "Pop/Rock " British Invasion " Merseybeat". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d Miles 1997, p. 150.
- ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 35.
- ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 32.
- ^ a b MacDonald 1998, pp. 76.
- ^ Harry 1992, p. 322.
- ^ The Beatles 2000, p. 96.
- ^ MacDonald 2005, pp. 85–86.
References
- ISBN 0-517-57066-1.
- ISBN 1-84413-828-3.
- ISBN 0-8050-5249-6.
- ISBN 0-86369-681-3.
- ISBN 0-7126-6697-4.
- The Beatles (2000). The Beatles Anthology. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 0-304-35605-0.