The Beatles

Released: July 10, 1964

Songwriter: Lennon-McCartney John Lennon

Producer: George Martin

[Chorus]
Whoa-I, whoa-I
I got a whole lot of things to tell her
When I get home

[Verse 1]
Come on, on my way
'Cause I'm-a going to see my baby today
I've got a whole lot of things I've gotta say to her

[Chorus]
Whoa-I, whoa-I
I got a whole lot of things to tell her
When I get home

[Verse 2]
Come on if you please
I've got no time for trivialities
I've got a girl who's waiting home for me tonight

[Chorus]
Whoa-I, whoa-I
I got a whole lot of things to tell her
When I get home

[Bridge]
When I'm getting home tonight
I'm going to hold her tight
I'm going to love her till the cows come home
I bet I'll love her more
Till I walk out that door
Again

[Verse 3]
Come on, let me through
I've got so many things I've got to do
I've got no business being here with you
This way

[Chorus]
Whoa-I, whoa-I
I got a whole lot of things to tell her
When I get home, yeah
I got a whole lot of things to tell her
When I get home

The Beatles are arguably the most famous, critically-acclaimed, and successful rock band of all time—certainly the preeminent group of the 20th century. They started out as four teenagers playing grimy basement clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg, but they progressed to become world-beating rock stars who are still influential to this day.

John Lennon first formed a skiffle group called The Quarrymen in March 1957. A fifteen-year-old Paul McCartney joined shortly thereafter, eventually inviting his friend George Harrison to audition for the band. After finally impressing John with his guitar skills, George was asked to join—but this juncture would be short-lived as John’s departure to college signaled the other quarrymen to go their separate ways.

By 1960, Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison had re-branded from ‘Johnny & the Moondogs’ to ‘The Silver Beetles’ at the behest of their new bass player, Stuart Sutcliffe. The name would eventually evolve into ‘The Silver Beatles’ by July of that year, before settling on ‘The Beatles’ come August—just in time for their trip to Hamburg with new drummer, Pete Best. Though club residencies in Germany would prove fundamental to the group’s progress as a whole, the tour turned out to be a blessing and a curse, following the deportation of a then-seventeen-year-old George Harrison, and the eventual tragic death of Stuart Sutcliffe.

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A Hard Day’s Night (UK)

From the albums

Extracts from the Album A Hard Day’s Night (EP) (1964)
A Hard Day’s Night (UK) (1964)
Something New (1964)
The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 (2004)
The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) Boxset (2009)
The U.S. Albums (2014)
Got to Get You Into My Life (2020)

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