If I Fell
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| "If I Fell" | ||
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| A Hard Day's Night | ||
| Song by The Beatles | ||
| from the album A Hard Day's Night | ||
| Released | July 10, 1964 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 02:22 | |
| Label | Apple Records | |
| Writer(s) | Lennon-McCartney | |
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |
| A Hard Day's Night track listing | ||
| "I Should Have Known Better" (2) |
"If I Fell" (3) |
"I'm Happy Just to Dance With You" (4) |
"If I Fell" is a song by The Beatles which first appeared on the 1964 UK album A Hard Day's Night and the US album Something New. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the song is notable primarily for its unusual structure, which includes an unrepeated introductory section followed by sequential verse sections, each having a slightly expanded form, but with no obvious chorus or bridge section. The song also features a two-part harmony sung by Lennon and McCartney and intricate chord changes.
Lennon played acoustic guitar and sang, McCartney played bass and sang, George Harrison played electric guitar, and Ringo Starr played drums.
There is an alternate take of the song in which McCartney's voice strains and cracks at the end of a line, which first appeared on the Love Songs compilation double-LP, by an archivist's error when returning to the master tapes in Capitol's vault. Since then, this version has appeared in many places and is often heard on oldies stations in some markets. This version is the stereo version now found in The Capitol Albums box set. In the mono version, Paul's voice strains, but does not crack.
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