It won't be long

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It won't be long
The Beatles
publication November 12, 1963 ( D ),
November 22, 1963 ( UK )
length 2 min 12 s
Genre (s) skirt
Author (s) Lennon / McCartney
Producer (s) George Martin
Label Odeon (D),
Parlophone (UK)
album With the Beatles

It Will not Be Long ( english It will not be long ) is a song by British band The Beatles in 1963, the first track on the album With the Beatles appeared.

background

Commenting on the piece, John Lennon said, “That was my attempt to write another single. It was never quite enough. "

composition

Although Lennon / McCartney was specified as the authors as usual on the record label , the song is a composition by John Lennon. He said: " It Won't Be Long is mine." Paul McCartney added: "John sang it mostly, so I think the idea came from him originally, but we both sat down and wrote it down."

The in 4 / 4 - stroke wrote song is in E major company and has a length of 2:12 minutes. The tempo is indicated with Moderato , the genre with "Rock".

“ It Won't Be Long is more than just a rock 'n' roll dance piece. [...] The chords make jumps that are not intended in music theory, but since they had never studied music theory, no one could blame the Beatles for the freedom to neglect them and instead try out what sounded good to their ears. "

text

In the text, a lonely person complains that someone else has left them but is coming back, so it won't be long before they belong together again. In the original language, this formulation is based on the principle of homophony : “It won't be long till I belong to you” (“It won't be long before I belong to you”). The Beatles had already used this play on words for Please Please Me , because the first 'please' means "please", the second means "doing a favor". Another reference to an earlier song concerns She Loves You : There the Beatles popularized the word 'yeah', which they sang 55 times in It Won't Be Long .

occupation

Cast list:

admission

The recording was made on Tuesday, July 30, 1963, in Studio 2 of Abbey Road Studios . A total of 23 takes were recorded in the morning and afternoon . George Martin was the producer and Norman Smith was the sound engineer .

publication

In Germany, the album With the Beatles was released on Tuesday, November 12, 1963 (Odeon O 83 568 and STO 83 568), in Great Britain on Friday, November 22 (Parlophone PMC 1206 and PCS 3045). In Germany, It Won't Be Long was released as a single with the B-side Money (That's What I Want) on Wednesday, December 11, 1963 (Odeon O 22 638), in the GDR with the B-side Devil in Her Heart ( Amiga 450 493) in April 1965 or June 1965. In addition, the title on the EP The Beatles' Sound (Odeon O 41 627) was released in February 1964 in Germany.

Reviews

"In It Won't Be Long , which is based on three chords, 'purest Lennon' shows up in every measure [...]"

- Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The song lexicon 

"[...] the musically complicated ' It Won't Be Long' [...]"

- Mark Hertsgaard: The Beatles. The story of their music 

Cover versions

In 1965, Les Lionceaux recorded a French-language version (Le temps est long) . In the film Across the Universe (2007) the song is sung by actress Evan Rachel Wood .

literature

  • Alan Aldridge (Ed.): The Beatles Songbook 2. The Beatles' colored text book. Volume 2 . German by Lutz-W. Wolff. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-423-01746-5 .
  • Colin Campbell, Allan Murphy: Things We Said Today. The Complete Lyrics and a Concordance to The Beatles' Songs, 1962-1970 . Pierian Press, Ann Arbor 1980, ISBN 0-87650-104-8 .
  • Walter Everett: The Beatles as Musicians. The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul. Oxford University Press, New York 2001, ISBN 978-0-19-514105-4 .
  • Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores . Hal Leonard, Milwaukee 1993, ISBN 0-7935-1832-6 .
  • Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Total Beatles. The stories behind the songs . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-7688-3881-8 .
  • Jerry Hammack: The Beatles Recording Reference Manual. Volume 1. My Bonnie through Beatles for Sale (1961–1964) . 2nd Edition. Gearfab Books, Toronto 2018, ISBN 978-1548023935 .
  • Mark Hertsgaard : The Beatles. The story of their music . Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, 3rd edition, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-423-30559-2 .
  • Mark Lewisohn : The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years. Hamlyn, London 1988, ISBN 0-600-55798-7 .
  • Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The song lexicon. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1426-7 .
  • Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide. An Anthology of Original LP Releases in more than 40 Countries 1962–1972 . Print Competence, Mühlenrade 2004, ISBN 3-9809137-1-6 .
  • Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide II. An Anthology of Original Singles and EP Releases in 58 Countries 1961–1973. Print Competence, Mühlenrade 2005, ISBN 3-9809137-2-4 .
  • Barry Miles : Paul McCartney. Many years from now . Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-499-60892-8 .
  • NN : The Beatles Complete. Piano Vocal / Easy Organ. Music Sales, London, undated
  • John Pring, Rob Thomas: The Beatles Story. Band history | Albums | Backgrounds . Knesebeck, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-95728-176-0 .
  • David Sheff: The Ballad of John and Yoko. The last big interview . Hannibal, Höfen 2002, ISBN 3-85445-202-0 .
  • Neville Stannard: The Long and Winding Road . A History of The Beatles on Record. 2nd Edition. Virgin, London 1983, ISBN 0-907080-96-0 .
  • Steve Turner: A Hard Day's Write. The story behind every Beatles song . Heel, Königswinter 1996, ISBN 3-89365-500-X .
  • Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Digital printing service, Halle (Saale) 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Sheff: The Ballad of John and Yoko. The last big interview, p. 177
  2. ↑ The record label says "Lennon - McCartney".
  3. ↑ David Sheff: The Ballad of John and Yoko. The last big interview, p. 177
  4. ↑ Barry Miles: Paul McCartney. Many years from now , p. 186
  5. ^ NN: The Beatles Complete. Piano Vocal / Easy Organ, p. 126; Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores, pp. 544-547
  6. ↑ Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores, pp. 544-547; John Pring, Rob Thomas: The Beatles Story. Band history | Albums | Background, p. 37
  7. ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs, p. 88
  8. ^ NN: The Beatles Complete. Piano Vocal / Easy Organ, p. 126
  9. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, p. 34: "rocker"
  10. ↑ Mark Hertsgaard: The Beatles. The story of their music, p. 72
  11. ^ Colin Campbell, Allan Murphy: Things We Said Today. The Complete Lyrics and a Concordance to The Beatles' Songs, 1962–1970, p. 32, v. 11 and 21: 'since you left me I'm so alone'
  12. ^ Colin Campbell, Allan Murphy: Things We Said Today. The Complete Lyrics and a Concordance to The Beatles' Songs, 1962–1970, p. 32, vv. 3–4, 9–10, 19–20 and 29–30
  13. ↑ Barry Miles : Paul McCartney. Many years from now, p. 186: "We both tried to accommodate a little ambiguity, that was the main thing when writing this particular song."
  14. ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs, p. 88
  15. ^ Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. Das Song-Lexikon, p. 108; Instruments: Jerry Hammack: The Beatles Recording Reference Manual. Volume 1. My Bonnie through Beatles for Sale (1961–1964) , p. 89
  16. ^ Mark Lewisohn : The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, p. 34
  17. ↑ Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, p. 8; Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide. An Anthology of Original LP Releases in more than 40 Countries 1962-1972, p. 153
  18. ^ Mark Lewisohn : The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, p. 37; Neville Stannard: The Long and Winding Road . A History of The Beatles on Record, p. 18
  19. ↑ Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, p. 10; Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide II. An Anthology of Original Singles and EP Releases in 58 Countries 1961–1973, p. 166
  20. ↑ Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, p. 36
  21. ↑ Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide II. An Anthology of Original Singles and EP Releases in 58 Countries 1961–1973, p. 182
  22. ↑ Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, p. 11; Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide II. An Anthology of Original Singles and EP Releases in 58 Countries 1961–1973, p. 167
  23. ↑ p. 108
  24. ↑ p. 64