I feel fine

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I feel fine
The Beatles
publication November 27, 1964
length 2 min 25 s
Genre (s) Rock , pop rock
Author (s) Lennon / McCartney

I Feel Fine ( English ; "I'm fine") is a song by the British band The Beatles , which was released on November 27, 1964 as a single . The song was written by John Lennon . The recording is considered to be the first release to contain guitar feedback.

Emergence

Lennon initially developed the guitar riff , inspired by Bobby Parker's song Watch Your Step , which served as the basis for the entire composition. Watch Your Step was part of the Beatles' live programming in the early 1960s.

admission

I Feel Fine was recorded on October 18, 1964 at Abbey Road Studios , London . The recording was produced by George Martin , with Norman Smith and Geoff Emerick as sound engineers . The band had booked Studio 2 from 2:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. that day. In these nine hours they recorded I Feel Fine , Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey , Mr. Moonlight , I'll Follow the Sun , Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby , Rock and Roll Music and Words of Love . All of the songs were intended for the upcoming album Beatles For Sale , which had to be completed in time for the 1964 Christmas business .

The recording session for I Feel Fine took nine takes . It was the Beatles' first recording in which only the instrumental accompaniment was initially recorded and then the vocals were overdubbed . This was due to the fact that Lennon could not play the song and sing it at the same time.

The catchy riff with which the song begins was played by Lennon on an acoustic Gibson guitar that was electrically amplified. During recording, feedback accidentally occurred when Lennon leaned the guitar against his amplifier. The band liked the effect and from then on it was used at the beginning of the song.

I Feel Fine is considered to be the first song to use feedback. Bands like The Kinks or The Who had already used feedback as a stylistic device on stage, but the Beatles were the first to publish feedback on vinyl.

publication

Originally, Eight Days a Week was to be released as the Beatles' next single. The plan was dropped after I Feel Fine was found to be the better song. It was released on November 27, 1964 as the band's eighth single. On the B-side is the McCartney composition She's a Woman . Was moved I Feel Fine from 1964 by Northern Songs in London.

In the UK and the US , the song reached number one on the singles charts. It reached number three in Germany .

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