Run for Your Life
December 3, 1965
Run for Your Life (German: Run for your life ') is a song by British band The Beatles that was recorded in 1965 for the album Rubber Soul. The piece was written primarily by John Lennon, although Lennon / McCartney is specified as composer team.
Background
In an interview with Jann Wenner for the music magazine Rolling Stone from 1970 Lennon admitted that he, the first line of the text " I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man ," the song Baby, Let's Play House had taken, and the rest have then developed around this topic. Baby, Let's Play House, a composition by the blues musician Arthur Gunter of 1954 reached in the version of Elvis Presley in 1955 to fifth place on the Billboard Hot 100 Furthermore, he expressed himself to the effect that he had the piece never liked it just a song he " carved out just once " I ("[ ... ] a song I just knocked off").
" [ ... ] I used to like specific lines from songs - ' I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another Man' so I wrote it around that [ ... ] "
"I liked certain lines from songs - I saw you rather be dead, little girl, than with another man ' - so I wrote to the around."
Lennon's low esteem for the song had on hand, and in his last major interview he conducted in December 1980 with David Sheff for the magazine Playboy, he thought he had never held much of the piece, but pointed out that George Harrison there have always liked.
John Lennon attacked 1971 the jealousy theme in the song Jealous Guy for the album Imagine again.
Recording
Although Run for Your Life concludes the album Rubber Soul, it was the first song that was recorded for it. The recordings took place on 12 October 1965 in London's Abbey Road Studios under the direction of George Martin. As a sound engineer Norman Smith acted. The Beatles needed five takes to finish the lyrics. When recording played John Lennon acoustic guitar, electric guitar George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr Bass drums. This was followed overdubs where tambourine, additional guitar and backing vocals were added. Singer of the piece was John Lennon. The background song was by McCartney and Harrison.