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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.
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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lesliedahlink wrote:
Easily in my top twenty Beatles tracks.
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WWOMENN wrote:
Fantastic, JOHN was a magnificent single ♥
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deviltohell wrote:
Definitely one of my top five favorite Beatles songs. [4]
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Raaggaa wrote:
Definitely one of my top five favorite Beatles songs. [3]
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BlueDiamondx3 wrote:
Definitely one of my top five favorite Beatles songs. [2]
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treekillerelite wrote:
Pauls broken a glass broken a glass Pauls broken a glass a glass aglass hes broke today...classic!
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Junior_Lins wrote:
Pearl Jam's cover its cool too.
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Lowbacca wrote:
lennon was a magnificent singer
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nannybells wrote:
Paul's broken a glass [2]
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Beanoboo wrote:
Definitely one of my top five favorite Beatles songs.
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JimiTheMute wrote:
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.
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crashbdc_ wrote:
I love this song...
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A1omax wrote:
clearly influenced by Bob Dylan
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corky64 wrote:
Great....<3
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whohoojam wrote:
HEY!
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electrikalstorm wrote:
One of the best of the Beatles (although I might have 100 fav Beatles songs)
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promisedeyes wrote:
Fantastic!
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Lowbacca wrote:
how can i even try, i can never win [2]
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Lowbacca wrote:
how can i even try, i can never win
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mikdudds wrote:
brilliant song :3 sings so amazing.
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