I've just seen a face

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I've just seen a face
The Beatles
publication August 6, 1965
length 2 min 5 s
Genre (s) Folk rock , pop rock , country
Author (s) Lennon / McCartney
Label Parlophone
album Help!

I've Just Seen a Face ( english I've just seen a face ) is a song by British band The Beatles in 1965. Composed was it from Paul McCartney , but is subject to the usual Beatles Copyright Lennon / McCartney .

background

McCartney composed I've Just Seen a Face in the music room of the parents' house of his girlfriend at the time, Jane Asher . At first he only wrote the music. Since McCartney's aunt liked the composition very much, it was initially called Auntie Jin's Theme (Eng: ' Auntie Jin's Melody'). It was only when he later wrote the lyrics for the composition that the song was renamed I've Just Seen a Face .

admission

I've Just Seen a Face was recorded on June 14, 1965 at Abbey Road Studios , London . The song was produced by George Martin , with Norman Smith as the sound engineer . That day the band recorded I'm Down and the world hit Yesterday . In total, the Beatles recorded six takes of the song. Vocals , drums and three acoustic guitars were recorded live by Paul McCartney, John Lennon , George Harrison and Ringo Starr . Following in were multitracked by Ringo Starr Maracas recording added. What's unusual is that I've Just Seen a Face doesn't contain bass .

publication

In the UK, I've Just Seen a Face was released on August 6, 1965 on the album Help! . The marketing department of the American record company Capitol Records , which published the works of the Beatles in the USA, was very impressed with the song and deleted it from the US edition of the album Help! to use it as the first song on the US edition of Rubber Soul , which was released four months later.

Cover versions

Cover versions have appeared from The Dillards , Calamity Jane , Forester Sisters , Holly Cole , John Pizzarelli and Peter Lipa , among others . I've Just Seen a Face was one of the few Beatles songs that Paul McCartney included in his live repertoire back in the 1970s. It appeared on several of his live albums.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Chronicle . London, 2006. ISBN 0-600-61001-2