When I Get Home
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| "When I Get Home" | ||
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| A Hard Day's Night | ||
| Song by The Beatles | ||
| from the album A Hard Day's Night | ||
| Released | July 10, 1964 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 02:18 | |
| Label | Apple Records | |
| Writer(s) | Lennon-McCartney | |
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |
| A Hard Day's Night track listing | ||
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"When I Get Home" is a John Lennon composition credited to Lennon & McCartney and recorded by The Beatles on 2 June, 1964 for their LP A Hard Day's Night
Influenced somewhat by the Shirelles[1] "When I get Home" is essentially a rock and roll number, but with its unusual chord progressions (changing from major to minor keys and back) it bucks the genre to some extent. Lennon liked this particular ploy, and used it on many of his songs at the time.
Typical also of this period of The Beatles is the vocal leap into falsetto (the pushes into the falsetto sections seem to catch Ringo Starr by surprise each time, making the song sound slightly under rehearsed).
It was the last track to be taped for the album and completed a whole LP’s worth of Lennon & McCartney songs, the first and last time that this would occur.
[edit] Personnel and Instrumentation
- John Lennon - lead vocal / rhythm guitar
- Paul McCartney - backing vocal / bass guitar
- George Harrison - backing vocal / lead guitar
- Ringo Starr - drums
[edit] References
- ^ Bill Harry The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia P.689
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