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“Girl” is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney based on an original idea by Lennon and performed by The Beatles on their 1965 album Rubber Soul. “Girl” was the last complete song recorded for that album.
The song’s lyrics describe a girl the singer loves, but with misgivings: “She’s the kind of girl who puts you down / When friends are there, you feel a fool. ” Backing the bridges is a refrain sung by Lennon while McCartney and George Harrison repeatedly sing a syllable for vocal percussion (they were supposed to sing “dit-dit-dit-dit” but decided to sing “tit-tit-tit-tit” as a joke). The deep breaths in the chorus were rumoured to have symbolised taking a long inhalation (toke) of a marijuana joint.

According to McCartney, he wrote the lines “Was she told when she was young that pain would lead to pleasure” and “That a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure.”, but in a 1970 interview with Rolling Stone, Lennon claimed those lyrics were a dig at the Roman Catholic Church.

In an interview for Rolling Stone magazine on 5 December 1980, Lennon said his 1980 song ” reminds me of a Beatles track, but I wasn’t trying to make it sound like that. I did it as I did ‘Girl’ many years ago. So this is the grown-up version of ‘Girl.’” (“Woman” was the second single released from the Double Fantasy album, and the first Lennon single issued after his death on 8 December 1980.)
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  • Rubber Soul
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  • Early Contemporary Album (disc 1)
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  • 1962-1966
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  • Love Songs
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  • obscurecendo

    and she promises the earth to me and i believe her

    yesterday morning

  • SgtPepper1992

    tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit [23]

    13 days ago

  • BiIIyShears

    tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit [22]

    21 days ago

  • CidaDuarteF

    Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!

    21 days ago

  • NeresNunes

    <3 Ah,Giiiiiiiiiirl ... sssssssssssssssssssssss [9] tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit [21] <3

    25 days ago

  • alexia_N

    really love this song

    last month

  • Diih_Cardoso

    <3

    last month

  • PattySauce

    BEATIFULl!!!!

    last month

  • Nicolas_R

    SWEET JESUS

    last month

  • oldiesfanjohn

    inhale <3<3<3 exhale...helps with the 4Fclub,lol

    last month

  • xtwntraphq

    Inhale.......Exhale ! Smell her all funky like when ya wake up in the morining! Yeah baby.

    March 2012

  • worldsworstdad

    My favorite beatles song ( on rubber soul )

    March 2012

  • iRockinJess

    Love this song. I used to listen to this all the time when I was little.<3

    March 2012

  • bloodyvampp

    Ah,Giiiiiiiiiirl ... sssssssssssssssssssssss [8]

    March 2012

  • folkfag00

    generic pop love song for high school emo girls

    March 2012

  • CelioGouveia

    Ah,Giiiiiiiiiirl ... sssssssssssssssssssssss [7]

    March 2012

  • liquiddatura

    I don't like the inhales. Otherwise I like the song.

    March 2012

  • tassiam

    Ah,Giiiiiiiiiirl ... sssssssssssssssssssssss [6]

    February 2012

  • klaka97

    Ah,Giiiiiiiiiirl ... sssssssssssssssssssssss [5]

    February 2012

  • carlarafaelapf

    tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit [20]

    February 2012
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