Day Tripper
“She's a big teaser, she took me half the way there”
Lennon's blues-tinged rocker built around one of rock's most famous guitar riffs, with the title slyly mocking weekend hippies and casual acid users. Issued as a Double A-side with 'We Can Work It Out' – the band's first single not drawn from an album.
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This song is the earliest Beatles song to use double meaning as a lyrical device.
RecordedOctober 16, 1965
ReleasedDecember 3, 1965 (Single)March 7, 1988 (Past Masters)
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[VERB] a[VERB] her[VERB] me[VERB] the[VERB] to[WORD] thea [ADJ]a [NOUN]a [WORD]for [VERB]i [VERB]it [VERB]me [WORD]one [NOUN]she [VERB]so [VERB]the [ADJ]the [NOUN]to [VERB][ADJ] [NOUN] out[VERB] a [ADJ][VERB] me [WORD][VERB] me so[VERB] the [ADJ][VERB] to [VERB][WORD] the [NOUN]a [ADJ] [NOUN]a [ADJ] [WORD]a [NOUN] [WORD]a [WORD] [NOUN]and i [VERB]one [NOUN] [NOUN]she [VERB] methe [ADJ] [NOUN]the [NOUN] [ADV][VERB] a [ADJ] [NOUN][VERB] the [ADJ] [NOUN]
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one-nightplayedteasertripper
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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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