I need you

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I need you
The Beatles
publication August 12, 1965
length 2 min 29 s
Genre (s) pop
Author (s) George Harrison
Label Listen
album Help!

I Need You ( English I need you ) a song which is British band The Beatles in 1965. It appeared on the album Help! It was written by George Harrison . It is the second track Harrison wrote for the band after Don't Bother Me .

background

The text of the song assumes the absence of the addressed: "Please come on back to me, I'm lonely as can be." ('Please come back to me, I'm as lonely as I can be.') Assuming autobiographical traits, the target is Pattie Boyd , Harrison's girlfriend, whom he married the following year. Harrison doesn't mention this song in his autobiography.

composition

The in 4 / 4 - stroke wrote song is in A major company and has a length of 2:28 minutes. The tempo is specified as Moderato   or Straight ('straight', 'direct'). "Harrison's second number for the Beatles, which is quite effective in the first eight bars of its verse / chorus structure, disappoints with a harmoniously banal bridge ."

occupation

Cast list:

admission

The recording took place on February 15 and 16, 1965 in Studio 2 of Abbey Road Studios . The producer was George Martin .

publication

Was published I Need You in Germany on 12 August 1965 the LP Help!   In Italy a single was released with the A-side I Need You and the B-side Dizzy Miss Lizzy.

Film sequence

In the feature film Help! (German: Hi-Hi-Hilfe! ) the Beatles play the song on a field surrounded by tanks (shot in Salisbury Plain ).

Reviews

"George's voice sounds tired;"

"George's voice sounds tired;"

- Tim Riley: Tell me why. A Beatles Commentary, p. 143

"Harrison's callow originals I Need You and You Like Me Too Much [...]"

"Harrison's half-baked originals I Need You and You Like Me Too Much [...]"

- Chris Ingham: The Rough Guide to The Beatles, p. 41

"[...] two of these songs show a nascent melodic elegance - the rising middle eight of Don't Bother Me and the I Need You chorus."

"[...] two of these songs show an increasing melodic elegance - the rising middle section of Don't Bother Me and the refrain of I Need You ."

- Simon Leng: The Music of George Harrison. While my Guitar Gently Weeps , pp. 13-14

"This is one of George's finest compositions ..."

"This is one of George's best compositions ..."

- Stephen J. Spignesi: 100 Best Beatles Songs, p. 153

“A warmhearted love song that is one of the highlights of The Beatles' Help! ”

“A warm love song that is one of the highlights of Help! who represents the Beatles. "

- Dale C. Allison Jr .: The Love There That's Sleeping. The Art and Spirituality of George Harrison, p. 146

"George's I Need You is a modest, mild love song that sounds a lot like the efforts of other contemporary songwriters to write in the style of Lennon and McCartney ."

"Georges I Need You is a humble, gentle love song that sounds a lot like efforts by other contemporary songwriters to write in the style of Lennon and McCartney."

- Jonathan Gould: Can't Buy Me Love. Beatles, Britain and America , p. 266

Cover versions

During Concert for George was I Need You , together with Taxman and Handle with Care by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers listed.

literature

  • Dale C. Allison Jr .: The Love There That's Sleeping. The Art and Spirituality of George Harrison . Continuum International, New York 2006, ISBN 978-0-8264-1917-0 .
  • Hunter Davies: The Beatles Lyrics. The Stories Behind the Music, Including the Handwritten Drafts of More Than 100 Classic Beatles Songs . Little, Brown and Company, New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-316-24716-0 .
  • 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 .
  • Jonathan Gould: Can't Buy Me Love. Beatles, Britain and America . Portrait, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7499-5166-5 .
  • Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Total Beatles. The stories behind the songs . Delius, Klasing & Co. Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-7688-3881-8 .
  • Jerry Hammack: The Beatles Recording Reference Manual. Volume 2. Help! through revolver (1965-1966). Gearfab. Toronto 2018, ISBN 978-1983704550 .
  • Chris Ingham: The Rough Guide To The Beatles . Penguin, London 2003, ISBN 1-84353-140-2 .
  • Ian Inglis: The Words and Music of George Harrison. Praeger, Santa Barbara 2010, ISBN 978-0-313-37532-3 .
  • Simon Leng: The Music of George Harrison. While my Guitar Gently Weeps. Firefly, London 2003, ISBN 0-946719-50-0 .
  • 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 .
  • 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 978-395728-176-0 .
  • Tim Riley: Tell me why. A Beatles Commentary. First Vintage Books, New York 1989, ISBN 0-679-72198-3 .
  • Stephen J. Spignesi, Michael Lewis: 100 Best Beatles Songs. A Passionate Fan's Guide . Black dog & Leventhal, New York 2004, ISBN 978-1-57912-842-5 .
  • 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, hall 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine . Genesis, Guildford 2017. ISBN 978-1-905662-40-1 .
  2. ^ Hunter Davies: The Beatles Lyrics. The Stories Behind the Music, Including the Handwritten Drafts of More Than 100 Classic Beatles Songs, p. 98: “Was he ashamed? Had he forgotten them [I Need You and You Like Me Too Much] ? Or could he not find the original manuscripts to remind him of what he had done? " ("Was he ashamed? Had he forgotten them? Or could he not find the original manuscripts to remember what he had done?")
  3. ↑ Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores , pp. 508-511; John Pring, Rob Thomas: The Beatles Story. Band history | Albums | Background, p. 103
  4. ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs , p. 230
  5. ^ N. N .: The Beatles Complete. Piano Vocal / Easy Organ , p. 102
  6. ^ Tetsuya Fujita, Yuji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, Goro Sato (Transcription): The Beatles Complete Scores , p. 508
  7. ^ A b Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The Song Lexicon, p. 161
  8. ↑ Indication of the instruments according to Jerry Hammack: The Beatles Recording Reference Manual. Volume 2. Help! through Revolver (1965–1966), p. 18
  9. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, p. 54: “adorned, for the first time on a Beatles recording, with a foot-controlled tone pedal” ('adorned, for the first time on a Beatles recording, with a foot-controlled tone pedal ') - Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Total Beatles. The stories behind the songs , p. 230: "The volume pedal that George uses makes it possible to change the volume more or less quickly."
  10. ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Beatles total. The stories behind the songs, p. 230: Snare drum ; Jerry Hammack: The Beatles Recording Reference Manual. Volume 2. Help! through Revolver (1965–1966), p. 18: “Lennon playing a simple offbeat on Starr's 1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 'Super Classic' drum set”
  11. ↑ Jerry Hammack: The Beatles Recording Reference Manual. Volume 2. Help! through Revolver (1965–1966), p. 18: “Starr playing percussion on the back of one of the Gibson acoustic guitars”
  12. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, p. 54
  13. ↑ Christoph Maus: Beatles woldwide. An Anthology of Original LP Releases in more than 40 Countries 1962-1972, p. 166; Uwe Watzek, Uwe Heft: The Beatles made in Germany. Discography of the Beatles records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, p. 40
  14. ↑ Christoph Maus: Beatles worldwide II. An Anthology of Original Singles and EP Releases in 58 Countries 1961–1973 , p. 227
  15. ↑ Steve Turner: A Hard Day's Write. The story behind every Beatles song, p. 78
  16. ↑ Ian Inglis: The Words and Music of George Harrison, pp. 125-126