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“You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” is a song by The Beatles. It was written and sung by John Lennon (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and released on the album Help! in August 1965.
The song shows the influence of the American singer Bob Dylan. The song “is just basically John doing Dylan”, McCartney later said. Lennon seems to mimic Dylan’s gruff vocal style: the song is in a folkish strophic form and uses a Dylanesque acoustic guitar figure in compound time, chiefly acoustic accompaniment, no backing voices and light percussion from brushed snare, tambourine and maraca. The lyrics of Dylan’s 1964 song “I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Have Never Met)” open with a strikingly similar image: “I can’t understand, she let go of my hand, and left me here facing the wall”, as compared with Lennon’s “Here I stand head in hand, turn my face to the wall”.

“You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” was the first Beatles song to feature an outside musician (apart from “Love Me Do”, the group’s first EMI recording, in which producer George Martin had engaged a session drummer to substitute for the then-untried Ringo Starr). The basic rhythm track was recorded first, followed by Harrison’s guitar and some extra percussion. John Scott recorded a tenor flute in the spaces in Lennon’s vocal track and an additional alto flute part, in harmony with the first, on the last available track of the four-track machine.
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  • Help!
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  • Love Songs
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  • Anthology 2 (disc 1)
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  • 1962-1966 (disc 2)
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  • DonPinguin

    Although I prefer the original, gotta give props to Vedder's cover.

    10 days ago

  • WarriorJones

    Although I prefer Vedder's cover, gotta give props to the original.

    17 days ago

  • DavidSmith98

    definite comfort food lol

    23 days ago

  • DonPinguin

    Definitely one of my top five favorite Beatles songs. [5]

    last month

  • oldiesfanjohn

    comfort food for me when I hear this!

    last month

  • lesliedahlink

    Easily in my top twenty Beatles tracks.

    February 2012

  • WWOMENN

    Fantastic, JOHN was a magnificent single ♥

    February 2012

  • deviltohell

    Definitely one of my top five favorite Beatles songs. [4]

    January 2012

  • Raaggaa

    Definitely one of my top five favorite Beatles songs. [3]

    January 2012

  • BlueDiamondx3

    Definitely one of my top five favorite Beatles songs. [2]

    December 2011

  • treekillerelite

    Pauls broken a glass broken a glass Pauls broken a glass a glass aglass hes broke today...classic!

    November 2011

  • Junior_Lins

    Pearl Jam's cover its cool too.

    October 2011

  • Lowbacca

    lennon was a magnificent singer

    October 2011

  • nannybells

    Paul's broken a glass [2]

    September 2011

  • Beanoboo

    Definitely one of my top five favorite Beatles songs.

    July 2011

  • JimiTheMute

    Never forget the very first time I heard this song. I instantly exclaimed, "WOW! This is very Dylan-esque!" Also love Eddie Vedder's version as well.

    July 2011

  • crashbdc_

    I love this song...

    June 2011

  • A1omax

    clearly influenced by Bob Dylan

    June 2011

  • corky64

    Great....<3

    June 2011

  • whohoojam

    HEY!

    June 2011
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