I'll Cry Instead

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I'll Cry Instead
The Beatles
publication July 9, 1964 (Germany)
length 1 min 46 s
Genre (s) pop
Author (s) Lennon / McCartney
album A hard day's night

I'll Cry Instead ( English something like: I will cry instead ) is a song by British band The Beatles , in 1964 on their third album A Hard Day's Night was released. It was composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and published under the author's name Lennon / McCartney .

background

I'll Cry Instead is mainly based on the musical ideas of John Lennon. The song was not used for the film A Hard Day's Night , although it is on the studio album of the same name. The song was originally intended for the film, but at the request of director Richard Lester it was replaced by Can't Buy Me Love . The lyrics of the song expresses John Lennon's self-doubts, which were more evident in later songs. The music of I'll Cry Instead was approved by the US country music influences.

I'll Cry Instead was not included in the group's live repertoire in 1964.

admission

I'll Cry Instead was recorded on June 1, 1964 in London's Abbey Road Studios (Studio 2) with producer George Martin . Norman Smith was the sound engineer for the recordings. The band recorded the song in two parts, for the first part they played six takes , for the second part two takes, with the sixth take and the eighth take for the final version being merged on June 4th.

On June 1, the other songs Matchbox and Slow Down , both foreign compositions that were used for the EP Long Tall Sally , were recorded.

The song was mixed on June 4, 1964 in mono and on June 22, 1964 in stereo .

Occupation:

publication

On July 9, 1964, the fourth Beatles album A Hard Day's Night was released in Germany , here it was titled: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! A Hard Day's Night that includes I'll Cry Instead . In Great Britain the album was released on July 10, 1964, there it was the third Beatles album.

In the USA I'll Cry Instead was released on the local fifth album Something New on July 20, 1964. I'll Cry Instead was released in the USA in a version extended by almost 20 seconds on the mono version of the album Something New .

In Germany, the single I'll Cry Instead / A Taste of Honey was released on July 19, 1964 .

On July 20, 1964, the single I'll Cry Instead / I'm Happy Just to Dance With You was released in the United States , with the A side at number 25 on the US charts.

In Great Britain the EP Extracts from the album A Hard Day's Night was released on November 6, 1964 , on which I'll Cry Instead is.

Cover versions

The following is a selection:

literature

  • Ian MacDonald: Revolution in the Head . ISBN 978-0-09-952679-7 . Page 117
  • Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years . ISBN 0-600-61207-4 . Pages 44, 45, 46

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Billy Joel - An Innocent Man / I'll Cry Instead '
  2. ^ Joe Cocker - I'll Cry Instead / Precious
  3. ^ Johnny Rivers - Meanwhile Back at the Whiskey à Go Go