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About This Track
“Eight Days a Week” is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, which was recorded by The Beatles and released on their December 1964 album Beatles for Sale.
“Eight Days a Week” is the first song which the Beatles took into the studio unfinished to work on arrangement during the session, which would later become common. The song was mainly recorded in two recording sessions on 6 October devoted exclusively to this song, which lasted nearly seven hours with a fifteen-minute break in between. Lennon and McCartney tried several ideas for the intro and outro of the song. The first take featured a simple acoustic guitar introduction. The second take introduced an “oo”-ing vocal that was experimented with until the sixth take, when it was abandoned in favour of the final guitar intro. The final outro (along with unused intro takes) was recorded separately on 18 October. The final version of the song incorporated another Beatles first and pop music rarity: the song begins with a fade-in, as opposed to the common fade-out ending. The instrumentation includes acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums, bass and overdubbed handclaps. The fade-in and coda both include more guitar overdubs.
“Eight Days a Week” is the first song which the Beatles took into the studio unfinished to work on arrangement during the session, which would later become common. The song was mainly recorded in two recording sessions on 6 October devoted exclusively to this song, which lasted nearly seven hours with a fifteen-minute break in between. Lennon and McCartney tried several ideas for the intro and outro of the song. The first take featured a simple acoustic guitar introduction. The second take introduced an “oo”-ing vocal that was experimented with until the sixth take, when it was abandoned in favour of the final guitar intro. The final outro (along with unused intro takes) was recorded separately on 18 October. The final version of the song incorporated another Beatles first and pop music rarity: the song begins with a fade-in, as opposed to the common fade-out ending. The instrumentation includes acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums, bass and overdubbed handclaps. The fade-in and coda both include more guitar overdubs.
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Shouts
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BlueOclock wrote:
<3 <3 <:-)-]--<
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AlCapwnUK wrote:
why did John think this was "lousy"?
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makemesmiile wrote:
<3
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Great song <3
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loadedsituation wrote:
Great song
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stremno wrote:
This is NOT the Beatles. Sounds like a local busker. - М-дэ.... и чего ж она тогда делает на этом альбоме? :D
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Big_Dip wrote:
This fades up from silence. It was the first pop song to do so.
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happenh wrote:
hmm, I think I prefer the original version, this one sounds "weird"
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Klausewitsch wrote:
was soll das denn sein ?
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lipordu wrote:
digital rights management sucks.. i'm sure these takes cost less than the full lyrics version, and that's why we get it. some are funny though XD
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Panachetta wrote:
whatever it is it's not what it's saying it is. ANNOYING.
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Stoner_Graeme wrote:
ok, thats 5 beatles songs now that just play the instruments and back up vocals, whats going on?
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johnTMcNeill wrote:
WTF?
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bicknor wrote:
This is NOT the Beatles. Sounds like a local busker.
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NeeCheeEnilis wrote:
i love them!
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WSteven wrote:
That is not right what crap is this?
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schtum1 wrote:
Why am I hearing a cheapo karaoke version? Sort it out...
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Muroc_Sean wrote:
Where would modern rock B now if the Beatles never happened?
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B-AIRLINE wrote:
WHAT KINDA SHIT IS THIS ?? YA TRYING TO MAKE A MICKEY OUT OF US???
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sleeve_face wrote:
ds vielleicht fröhlichste Stück Pop, das je geschrieben wurde
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