![]() ![]() It is really about this girl – not about Cyn. This one has the same chord sequence – just around D and D minor and E minor, those kinds of things. In My Life was the first one that worked as a ballad. “That’s my first attempt to write a ballad proper. The catalogue number was Parlophone DP 562. It was made for export purposes, but a number of record dealers began shipping the discs back into the UK for resale. ‘If I Fell’ performed better in Norway, where it was a chart-topping single in its own right.Ī rare UK single, with ‘Tell Me Why’ on the b-side, was pressed in the UK by EMI and released on 4 December 1964. ‘If I Fell’ was also the b-side of the ‘And I Love Her’ single, which reached number 12 on the Billboard chart. The US soundtrack LP was issued on 26 June. ‘If I Fell’ was the third song on the UK version of the A Hard Day’s Night album, which was released on 10 July 1964. ![]() Neither rendition was included on the Live At The BBC collection. The second performance took place on 17 July at the BBC Paris Studio, London, and was first broadcast on 3 August. The first was taped on 14 July 1964 at Broadcasting House, London, and was transmitted two days later on the Top Gear programme. The Beatles recorded ‘If I Fell’ twice for BBC radio. Lennon took the low harmony, allowing McCartney to dominate the verses. The two-part harmony vocals was sung by Lennon and Paul McCartney into a single microphone. However, home demos recorded by John Lennon early in 1964 contained the passage. The song’s acoustic introduction – which is not repeated elsewhere in the song, musically or lyrically – made its first appearance on take 11. On the same day they also recorded ‘Tell Me Why’ and the second and final remake of ‘And I Love Her’. ‘If I Fell’ was recorded in 15 takes on 27 February 1964. On 8 April 1988 John Lennon’s lyrics for ‘If I Fell’, written on the back of a Valentine’s Day card, were sold at Sotheby’s in London for £7,800. ![]()
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