I Need You (The Beatles song)
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| “I Need You” | ||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||
| Album | Help! | |
| Released | 6 August 1965 | |
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios 15–16 February 1965 |
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| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 2:28 | |
| Label | Parlophone, Capitol, EMI | |
| Writer | George Harrison | |
| Producer | George Martin | |
| Help! track listing | ||
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"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[1] (on 15 and 16 February 1965)[2] and released, after a two album–long hiatus. The song was performed in their second movie Help!.
The song is a simple, melancholy number, with a lead guitar sound achieved by Harrison's first recorded use of a volume pedal.[1][2] 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.[1] (They married in January 1966.)[3]
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[edit] 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
- Credits per Ian MacDonald.[1]
[edit] Other versions
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers played the song in tribute to Harrison at 2002's Concert for George (see 2002 in music).[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties, Second Revised Edition, London: Pimlico (Rand), 145-146. ISBN 1-844-13828-3.
- ^ a b Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books, 54. ISBN 0-517-57066-1.
- ^ Harry, Bill (2000). The Beatles Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated. London: Virgin Publishing, 199. ISBN 0-7535-0481-2.
- ^ (2002) Album notes for Concert for George, 25 [booklet]. London: Oops Publishing (R2 745/16).
