And I Love Her
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| "And I Love Her" | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| Single by The Beatles | ||
| from the album A Hard Day's Night | ||
| B-side(s) | "If I Fell" | |
| Released | 20 July 1964 (US) | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | Abbey Road 1964 | |
| Genre | Rock and roll | |
| Length | 2:31 | |
| Label |
Parlophone (UK) Capitol (US) 5235 |
|
| Writer(s) | Lennon-McCartney | |
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |
| Chart positions | ||
|
||
| The Beatles singles chronology | ||
| "I'll
Cry Instead" / "I'm
Happy Just to Dance With You" (1964) |
"And I Love Her"
/ "If
I Fell" (1964) (US only) |
"Matchbox"
/ "Slow
Down" (1964) |
| A Hard Day's Night track listing | ||
| "I'm
Happy Just to Dance With You" (4) |
"And I Love
Her" (5) |
"Tell
Me Why" (6) |
"And I Love Her" is a song by The Beatles and is the fifth track on their third album, A Hard Day's Night. It was released 20 July 1964 with "If I Fell" as a single by Capitol Records in the United States, reaching #12 in Billboard (see 1964 in music).
Musicians
- Paul McCartney: Bass Guitar and Lead Vocal
- John Lennon: Acoustic Rhythm Guitar - Gibson J-160
- George Harrison: Acoustic Lead Guitar - Ramirez and claves
- Ringo Starr: Bongos
The Song
This song was one of the first pop songs with a title that starts in mid-sentence. Paul McCartney was pleased with himself that he came up with this clever idea. It is also notable for its complex structure. This song has no obvious key signature, but rather a pedal point signature that switches back and forth between the key of E and its relative minor C#m. It also changes keys altogether just before the solo, to F. It ends, oddly, on the parallel major of the key of F's relative minor, D.
Speculatively, the song was mainly written by Paul McCartney, though John claimed in an interview with Playboy, that his major contribution was the "Middle Eight" section: "A love like ours, Could never die, As long as I, Have you near me."
Different edits of this song have been released throughout the world and these differ in the number of times the closing guitar riff is repeated.
Recent History
As with many Beatles songs, this has been used since The Beatles by many artists of varying style from RnB, Crooner, Pop and even Grunge.
Most notably, translated into a power ballad - of sorts - by Australia's John Farnham, on his Anthology #2 - The Classic Hits Album.
In October 2006, Barry Manilow covered the song for his The Greatest Songs of the Sixties.
| The Beatles |
|---|
| Singles |
| 1962:
Love Me Do | 1963:
Please Please Me |
From Me to You |
She Loves You |
I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1964:
Can't Buy Me Love |
I Feel Fine |
Twist and Shout |
A Hard Day's Night | 1965:
Ticket to Ride |
Help! |
Day Tripper |
We Can Work It Out |
Yesterday | 1966:
Paperback Writer |
Eleanor Rigby |
Yellow Submarine | 1967:
Strawberry Fields Forever |
Penny Lane |
All You Need Is Love |
Hello, Goodbye | 1968:
Lady Madonna |
Hey Jude | 1969:
Get Back |
Ballad of John and Yoko |
Something |
Come Together | 1970:
Let It Be |
The Long and Winding Road | After 1970: The Beatles Movie Medley (1982) | Free as a Bird (1995) | Real Love (1996) |
| B-sides |
| 1962: P.S. I Love You | 1963: Ask Me Why | I'll Get You | Thank You Girl | 1964: Baby's in Black | I Don't Want to Spoil the Party | She's a Woman | This Boy | You Can't Do That | 1965: I'm Down | Yes It Is | Rain | 1966: What Goes On | 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man | I Am the Walrus | 1968: The Inner Light | Revolution | 1969: Don't Let Me Down | Old Brown Shoe | 1970: For You Blue | You Know My Name (Look up the Number) |
Categories: The Beatles songs | Beatallica songs | Songs produced by George Martin