I Will
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| "I Will" | ||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||
| from the album The Beatles | ||
| Released | 22 November 1968 | |
| Recorded | 16 September 1968 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 1:48 | |
| Label | Apple Records | |
| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | |
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |
| The Beatles track listing | ||
| "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" (15 of disc 1) |
"I Will" | "Julia" (17 of disc 1) |
"I Will" is a song by The Beatles that was released on the White Album. It was written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and features him on lead vocal, guitar, and "vocal bass" McCartney wrote it for Linda Eastman, his future wife.
There is speculation that the positioning of the song is a subtle joke, providing a question and an answer with the preceding track, "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?".
The recording session turned into a jam session, producing the short "Can you take me back"-segment that introduces "Revolution 9" on most versions of the album, as well as "Los Paranoias" (released on Anthology 3). This quiet song required 67 takes.
The song has been covered by many notable artists such as Alison Krauss, Maureen McGovern and Ben Taylor, to name a few. Also, a similar version of the guitar riff appears on the song "My Best Friend's Girl" by the group The Cars.[citation needed]
[edit] Credits
- Paul McCartney — vocal, acoustic guitar, "vocal bass"
- John Lennon — percussion
- Ringo Starr — cymbals, bongos, amracas
- Credits per Ian MacDonald.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties, Second Revised Edition, London: Pimlico (Rand), 315. ISBN 1-844-13828-3.
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