I'm happy just to dance with you

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I'm happy just to dance with you
The Beatles
publication June 26, 1964 (USA), July 9, 1964 (Germany)
length 1 min 56 s
Genre (s) pop
Author (s) Lennon / McCartney
album A hard day's night

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You ( english I am happy only with you to dance ) 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'm Happy Just to Dance with You was written by Lennon and McCartney for George Harrison to sing a song in A Hard Day's Night .

In the film, the song is sung in a television studio during a rehearsal. I'm Happy Just to Dance with You was not included in the group's live repertoire in 1964.

admission

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You was recorded on March 1, 1964 at Abbey Road Studios, London (Studio 2) with producer George Martin . Norman Smith was the sound engineer for the recordings. The band recorded a total of four takes , with the fourth take also being used for the final version.

The song was mixed on March 3, 1964 in mono and on June 22, 1964 in stereo .

In addition to I'm Happy Just to Dance with You , the songs Long Tall Sally and I Call Your Name were recorded on March 1, 1964 , all three songs were recorded within three hours.

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publication

In the USA I'm Happy Just to Dance with You was released on the local fourth album A Hard Day's Night on June 26, 1964 and on July 20, 1964 on the album Something New .

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'm Happy Just to Dance with You . In Great Britain the album was released on July 10, 1964, there it was the third Beatles album.

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 B-side being placed separately at number 95 on the US charts.

In Germany, which appeared in October 1964. EP The Beatles' Voice on which I'm Happy Just to Dance with You is.

On February 5, 1965, the single I'm Happy Just to Dance with You / Tell Me Why was released in Japan .

The Beatles recorded another version of I'm Happy Just to Dance with You for BBC Radio on July 17, 1964, at BBC Paris Studio , London, under live conditions . This version has so far only been published on bootlegs .

Cover versions

literature

  • Ian MacDonald: Revolution in the Head . ISBN 978-0-09-952679-7 . Page 112
  • Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years . ISBN 0-600-61207-4 . Pages 41, 46

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Japanese single: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You / Tell Me Why
  2. ^ Richie Unterberger: The Unreleased Beatles Music & Film. P. 28.
  3. ^ Anne Murray - Somebody's Waiting
  4. ↑ Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings - Jukebox
  5. ↑ The Cyrkle - Neon