Eight Days a Week

December 4, 1964

Eight Days a Week (Eng.: Eight days a week ) is a song by British rock band The Beatles in 1964 It was written primarily by Paul McCartney, however, stating the usual with the Beatles authorship Lennon / McCartney published.. The song appeared on the fourth studio album Beatles for Sale on 4 December 1964. Striking to the song is the intro, which consists of one with the Beatles and generally unusual in pop music fade- in.

Occupation

  • John Lennon: vocals, guitar
  • Paul McCartney: vocals, bass
  • George Harrison: lead guitar
  • Ringo Starr: Drums

Formation

The idea for the song had Paul McCartney, who, however, in later interviews told two different stories about the origin of the song title. For one, he wrote the statement to the Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, whose word games were repeatedly used for song titles (A Hard Day 's Night and Tomorrow Never Knows ). In another interview McCartney reported that the utterance of a chauffeur tribe who was driving him to John Lennon.

Recording

The song was recorded in London's Abbey Road Studios on October 6, 1964. Producer was George Martin. While the Beatles always seemed so far with finished arrangements in the studio to their recordings, the Arrangement for Eight Days a Week was created directly in the studio. Overall, the recordings took seven hours to complete, with a quarter of an hour for lunch. For the beginning of the song Lennon and McCartney tried out different ideas. The intro was initially played only on acoustic guitars, which have been expanded in later takes to singing. First, the recording had a classic beginning, only from Take 6 was the fade - in introduced into the recording sessions and maintained until the best take 13. The later published Intro originates Take seven of the session. The outro of the song was recorded separately on 18 October 1964.

Publication

In the UK the song was released in December 1964 on the fourth studio album Beatles for Sale. In the USA, it was released February 15, 1965 as a single and reached the top spot on the Billboard charts. In November 1995, appeared on the album Anthology 1 first, a compilation of outtakes of Experiments 1, 2 and 4 ( under the title Eight Days a Week [ sequence ] ), on the other hand, the complete Take 5, which has an alternative arrangement (under the Title Eight Days a Week [ complete] ).

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