Tell Me Why (The Beatles song)

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“Tell Me Why”
Song by The Beatles
Album A Hard Day's Night
Released 10 July 1964
Recorded Abbey Road Studios
27 February 1964
Genre Rock
Length 02:10
Label Parlophone
Writer Lennon/McCartney
Producer George Martin
A Hard Day's Night track listing
Side one
  1. "A Hard Day's Night"
  2. "I Should Have Known Better"
  3. "If I Fell"
  4. "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
  5. "And I Love Her"
  6. "Tell Me Why"
  7. "Can't Buy Me Love"
Side two
  1. "Any Time at All"
  2. "I'll Cry Instead"
  3. "Things We Said Today"
  4. "When I Get Home"
  5. "You Can't Do That"
  6. "I'll Be Back"
“Tell Me Why”
Song by The Beach Boys
Album Beach Boys' Party!
Released 8 November 1965
Genre Rock and roll
Length 1:46
Label Capitol
Composer Lennon/McCartney
Producer Brian Wilson
Beach Boys' Party! track listing
"I Should Have Known Better"
(2)		 “Tell Me Why”
(3)		 "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow"
(4)


"Tell Me Why" is a song by The Beatles from their album A Hard Day's Night In the US it would also be on the album Something New. Credited to Lennon/McCartney, it was written by John Lennon in either Paris or New York,[1] it was completed in only eight takes on Thursday, 27 February 1964, at Abbey Road Studios, London.

Paul McCartney has said:

I think a lot of these [Lennon's] songs like "Tell Me Why" may have been based in real experiences or affairs John was having, or arguments with Cynthia [Lennon’s wife] or whatever, but it never occurred to us until later to put that slant on it all.[2]

Lennon described the song as resembling "a black New York girl-group song".[3] Its basic structure of simple doo-wop chord changes and block harmonies over a walking bass line “creates an illusion of sincerity through its sheer attack”.[4]

[edit] Releases

  • Included on the British LP A Hard Day’s Night.
  • Included on the British EP Extracts from the Film A Hard Day’s Night.

[edit] Covers

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Bill Harry, The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia, p. 467; Ian MacDonald, Revolution in the Head, p. 98.
  2. ^ Barry Miles, Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, p. 164.
  3. ^ Bob Spitz, The Beatles, p. 489.
  4. ^ MacDonald, Ian (1998). Revolution in the Head. London: Pimlico, 98. ISBN 0-7126-6697-4. 
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