A Hard Day's Night
“Working like a dog”
Written by Lennon overnight to fit the title – a Ringo-ism that became the band's first feature film. Topped UK and US charts simultaneously with its parent album, a first for any artist, and won the 1965 Grammy for Best Vocal Group Performance.
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The Sleep motif first appears in the Beatles catalogue on 'A Hard Day's Night' (1964).
Track1 · Album opener · Side 1 · Side opener
Songwriter(s)LennonCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedApril 16, 1964
ReleasedJuly 10, 1964
Song familyTwin songsTwin of Can't Buy Me Love: competing 1964 rockers.
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earthfeelingfindholdingmoanokaysleepingtightworkinga hardall daybe rightbeen abut whenbuy youfind theget youholding mei findi geti shouldit's worthjust tome everythingme tighton earthseems toshould beshould ithe thingsthings thatto buyto getwhen i'myou're gonnabut when iit just toit's been ajust to hearthat you dothe things thatto get youwhen i getwill make meto hear you saywhen i get homethe things that you do
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[NOUN] shoulda [ADV]be [NOUN]i'm [ADV][NOUN] [VERB] to[NOUN] when i[VERB] [ADV] toi [VERB] thejust to [VERB]like a [NOUN]the [WORD] thatto be [NOUN]will [VERB] meyou're gonna [VERB][VERB] like a [NOUN]but when i [VERB]i [VERB] [ADV] toi [VERB] the [WORD]just to [VERB] youto [VERB] you [VERB]when i [VERB] [ADV]you [VERB] me [ADJ]it just to [VERB] youthe [WORD] that you do
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[ADV] to[NOUN] it[NOUN] to[NOUN] when[VERB] i[VERB] me[VERB] the[VERB] to[VERB] you[WORD] thata [NOUN]be [VERB]been [VERB]gonna [VERB]i [VERB]i [WORD]it's [NOUN]me [ADJ]me [NOUN]me [VERB]on [NOUN]the [WORD]to [VERB]will [VERB]you [ADJ]you [NOUN]you [VERB]you [WORD][NOUN] to [VERB][VERB] i [VERB][VERB] like a[VERB] me [ADJ][VERB] me [NOUN][VERB] me [VERB][VERB] the [WORD][VERB] to be[VERB] you [ADJ][VERB] you [NOUN][VERB] you [VERB][VERB] you [WORD]gonna [VERB] mei [VERB] [ADV]i [VERB] [NOUN]i [VERB] [WORD]i [VERB] youi've been [VERB]to [VERB] youwhen i [VERB]you [VERB] iyou [VERB] me[VERB] i [VERB] [WORD][VERB] me [VERB] [WORD][VERB] you [VERB] meto [VERB] you [WORD]when i [VERB] youyou [VERB] i [VERB]you [VERB] i [VERB] [NOUN]
Distinctive word
day'slog
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C → AmC → Am → F → GC → F → B♭ → FC → D → GAm → F → GAm → DmC → G → FC → DC → Am → FAm → FC → B♭ → C → FAm → EmC → FAm → Dm → Am → FC → GC → B♭C → F → B♭C → D → G → CC → D7Am → F → G7C → EmC → D → G → C → GC → D → G → DAm → B♭C → F → C → B♭Am → B♭ → CC → G → F → GC → Em → FAm → F → DmAm → B♭ → C → FAm → Em → CC → Am → F → G7C → Em → F → GC → F9Am → F → Dm → B♭C → D → F♯mC9 → G
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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