Tell Me Why

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Tell Me Why
The Beatles
publication June 26, 1964 (USA),
July 9, 1964 (Germany)
length 2 min 09 s
Genre (s) pop
Author (s) Lennon / McCartney
album A hard day's night

Tell Me Why ( English Tell me why ) 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

Tell Me Why was composed by Lennon and McCartney for the film A Hard Day's Night . The main musical ideas come from John Lennon. In the film, the song is in front of 350 boisterous fans at Scala Theater in London in the playback method presented. The film sequence was shot on March 31, 1964.

Tell Me Why was not included in the group's live repertoire in 1964.

admission

Tell Me Why was recorded on February 27, 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 a total of eight takes , with the eighth take being used for the final version.

The song was mixed on March 3, 1964 in mono and on June 22, 1964 in stereo . John Lennon's vocals were doubled in the stereo version, not so in the mono version.

In addition to Tell Me Why , If I Fell was recorded on February 27, 1964 .

Occupation:

publication

In the United States, Tell Me Why 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 Tell Me Why . In Great Britain the album was released on July 10, 1964, there it was the third Beatles album.

On September 3, 1964, the single Tell Me Why / If I Fell was released in Germany , with the B-side being placed separately at number 25 in the German charts.

Also in September 1964, the single If I Fell / Tell Me Why (catalog number: Parlophone DP 562) was pressed for export in Great Britain .

In Germany, the EP The Beatles' Voice was released in October 1964 , on which Tell Me Why is.

In Great Britain, the EP Extracts from the Film A Hard Day's Night was released on November 4, 1964, which also features Tell Me Why .

Cover versions

literature

  • Ian MacDonald: Revolution in the Head . ISBN 978-0-09-952679-7 . Page 110
  • 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. ^ Richie Unterberger: The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film. ISBN 0-87930-892-3 , p. 168.
  2. ^ Export single If I Fell / Tell Me Why
  3. ↑ April Wine - Power Play