I Wanna Be Your Man
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| "I Wanna Be Your Man" | ||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||
| from the album With the Beatles | ||
| Released | November 22, 1963 | |
| Genre | Beat | |
| Length | 1:58 | |
| Label | Parlophone | |
| Writer(s) | McCartney/Lennon | |
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |
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"I Wanna Be Your Man" is a rock song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and recorded separately by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Although The Beatles' version is better-known today, the Rolling Stones' version was released earlier.
The Beatles' version was sung by Ringo Starr and appeared on the album With the Beatles. It was driven by a heavily tremoloed, open E chord on a guitar played through a VOX AC30 amplifier with the "tremolo" setting turned up.
The Rolling Stones' version, an early hit single for them, was very "bluesy" and featured Brian Jones's distinctive slide guitar. It also is one of the few Stones songs to feature backing vocals by Jones.
According to various accounts, either the Rolling Stones' manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham or the Rolling Stones themselves ran into John Lennon and Paul McCartney on the street as the two were returning from an awards luncheon. Listening to the Rolling Stones' camp plea for a single, the pair travelled back to rehearsal and finished off the song – whose verse they had already been working on – in the corner of the room while the impressed Rolling Stones watched. John later commented, "That shows how much importance we put on it. We weren't going to give them anything great, right?"[1]
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[edit] Instrumentation on The Beatles' version
- John Lennon on rhythm guitar, Hammond organ, harmony vocal
- Paul McCartney on bass, harmony vocal
- George Harrison on lead guitar
- Ringo Starr on drums, maracas, lead vocal
[edit] Instrumentation on The Rolling Stones' version
- Mick Jagger on lead vocals, tambourine
- Brian Jones on lead guitar, backing vocals
- Keith Richard on rhythm guitar
- Bill Wyman on bass
- Charlie Watts on drums
[edit] Cover versions
Keith Richards would often perform a live "cover" of the song during the 1980s when performing solo.
Iggy Pop & The Stooges have recorded a cover version of the song for inclusion on their 2007 album The Weirdness.
[edit] References
- ^ Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now, p. 154, quoting an interview in Hit Parader
[edit] External links
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