I'll Follow the Sun
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| "I'll Follow the Sun" | ||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||
| from the album Beatles for Sale | ||
| Released | 4 December 1964 | |
| Recorded | Abbey Road 18 October 1964 |
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| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 1:46 | |
| Label | EMI, Parlophone, Capitol | |
| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | |
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |
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"I'll Follow the Sun" is a song by the Beatles. It is a melancholy ballad featuring Paul McCartney as the lead vocalist. Although the song was written by McCartney, as with all Beatles songs written by either McCartney or John Lennon, it is credited as Lennon/McCartney.
The song was released on the Beatles for Sale album in 1964, but was written previously to this album release. (In the United States it appeared on the Beatles '65 album.) The song is somewhat of a cult favourite, never released as a single, nor one of the most famous Beatles tracks.
The song's lyrics center around a male who feels he is unappreciated by a woman. The song is believed to be him giving her an ultimatum, and that, as the lyrics state, "One day, you'll look to see I'm gone." There is an unwillingness on the part of the song's narrator that adds a tenderness and tragedy to his leaving: "And now the time has come, and so, my love, I must go. And though I lose a friend, in the end you will know..."
