In My Life

December 1965

In My Life (German, 'In my life ') is a song by British rock band The Beatles. It was first published on December 3, 1965 on the album Rubber Soul. The authors of the piece are John Lennon and Paul McCartney under the Copyright common Lennon / McCartney.

Composition

While the text of In My Life clearly comes from Lennon, McCartney indicates that the melody of his tribe, while Lennon said McCartney had only helped him in the middle part in the musical realization. The idea for the song John Lennon had come at the age of 15 years when he had driven a bus through his home area.

In an interview from 1980 Lennon recalled as follows:

"It was the first song I wrote did what Consciously about my life. [ ... ] Before, we were just writing songs à la Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly - pop songs with no more thought to them than that. The words were almost irrelevant. In My Life started out as a bus journey from my house at 250 Menlove Avenue to town, mentioning all the places i could recall. I wrote it all down and what it boring. So I forgot about it and laid back and these lyrics started coming to me about friends and lovers of the past. Paul helped with the middle eight. "

" The what is the first song I 've written quite aware of my life. [ ... ] Previously, we had only written songs in the style of the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly - simple pop songs without deeper content. The words were almost completely unimportant. In My Life began as a bus ride from my home in the 250 Menlove Avenue in the city, which I enumerated all the places that I could remember. I wrote all of this and it was boring. So I let the lie once and relaxed. And then I remembered this text, about friends and lovers from my past. Paul helped me with the middle part. "

The song is characterized by a piano solo that was played by the Beatles producer George Martin. Since George Martin 's solo could not play in the fast pace, it was recorded at half-speed and then accelerates again. Martin recalled to the emergence of the solo:

"On the original version John left a hole in the song for at instrumental section, and while he away what having dinner I recorded a keyboard solo like a Bach two part invention. He loved it, and it Has Remained at integral part of the song ever since. "

" In the original version of John [ Lennon ] had left a gap in the song for an instrumental passage, and while he was gone to dinner, I took a keyboard solo on the style of a two-part Bach Invention. He liked the solo very much and it has since become an essential part of the song. "

Cover versions

This song provided the template for a whole series of cover versions, including Judy Collins, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Ozzy Osbourne and Johnny Cash. George Harrison also took the title in his concert repertoire, but changed the text at one point, he sang "I love God more " instead of " I love you more". George Martin was a 1998 album on which he combined cover versions of several Beatles songs by several artists, and also entitled In My Life. This album is the interpreter of in my Life the actor Sean Connery.

The original reached the 23th rank in a list of Rolling Stone magazine with the top 500 songs of all time.