When I get home

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When I get home
The Beatles
publication July 9, 1964 (Germany)
length 2 min 17 s
Genre (s) pop
Author (s) Lennon / McCartney
album A hard day's night

When I Get Home ( english When I get home ) 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

When I Get Home is mainly based on the musical ideas of John Lennon. The song was not used for the film A Hard Day's Night , although it is on the studio album of the same name. The song was influenced by Motown and especially Wilson Pickett .

When I Get Home was not included in the group's live repertoire in 1964.

admission

When I Get Home was recorded on June 2, 1964 at 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 eleven takes , with the 11th take also being used for the final version. On June 2nd, the songs Things We Said Today and Any Time at All were recorded.

The song was mixed on June 22, 1964 in mono and stereo . On June 22, 1964, a special mono mix was also produced for the USA , in which the piano was mixed in the foreground. Another mono-mix made on June 4th was not used.

Occupation:

During the recording on June 2, 1964, 17-year-old Ken Scott was responsible for the tape recorders. The tape recorders were in the corridor rather than in the control room, so Scott took instructions from George Martin over a public address system. According to Ken Scott, he understood Martin Home's instructions when recording When I Get Home , so he assumed the recordings had ended. Ken Scott turned off the tape machines and pulled on his jacket to go home. In the corridor he met George Martin who asked him if the tapes were ready for When I Get Home . Scott quickly turned around, switched the recorders back on, and pretended that there had been no misunderstanding.

publication

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 When I Get Home . In Great Britain the album was released on July 10, 1964, there it was the third Beatles album.

When I Get Home was released in the USA on the fifth album Something New there on July 20, 1964.

In Great Britain the EP Extracts from the album A Hard Day's Night was released on November 6, 1964 , on which When I Get Home is located.

Cover versions

(Selection)

literature

  • Ian MacDonald: Revolution in the Head . ISBN 978-0-09-952679-7 . Pp. 121-122.
  • Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years . ISBN 0-600-61207-4 , pp. 44, 45, 46.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yellow Matter Custard - One Night In New York City
  2. ^ Tony Visconti & Alejandro Escovedo - When I Get Home