I Should Have Known Better

I Should Have Known Better ( dt, 'I should have known better ') is a song by British band The Beatles in the year 1964 has been written by John Lennon, as composers but are Lennon and Paul McCartney with their joint copyright. specified. In the UK, the song never appeared as a single, but was part of the soundtrack for the film A Hard Day 's Night, which ran in Germany under the title Yeah Yeah Yeah. In the film, even the Beatles can be seen while playing I Should Have Known Better.

I Should Have Known Better Lennon wrote in January 1964 in Paris, where the Beatles were just hired for a three-week stint at the Olympia. The inspiration was the album The Freewheelin 'Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan, the Beatles constantly heard in Paris. On the content of the song addressed, replied Lennon in 1980 that the song is just a song without meaning.

Recording

On February 25, 1964, the Beatles took in London's Abbey Road Studios are a first attempt, I Should Have Known Better take. After three approaches they gave it up but after Lennon with his harmonica playing did not get along. The next day, the Beatles played a final version of the song after the arrangement was a little improved.

The song marked two turning points in the musical development of the Beatles: For one, it was the last song whose main theme was played on a harmonica, on the other hand was George Harrison's new twelve-string Rickenbacker guitar prominently used that the sound of the Beatles in 1964 and 1965 significantly influenced.

Publication

On July 10, 1964 I Should Have Known Better appeared on the UK edition of the album A Hard Day 's Night. As a single, the song was released only in 1976 on the B-side of Yesterday.

In the United States, however, the song was released three days later on the B - side of the single A Hard Day's Night, which was also placed at number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the U.S. album Something New, the song was also released, while also an instrumental orchestral version can be heard on the U.S. soundtrack album, which was arranged by George Martin.

In Germany I Should Have Known Better appeared as a single and placed on sixth place on the singles chart.