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SongsHelp!Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Yesterday·Drive My Car
Dizzy Miss Lizzy1965 · Help!
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Dizzy Miss Lizzy

1965 · Help!

“You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy”

A hard-driving cover of Larry Williams' 1958 single, with Lennon delivering a raw, aggressive vocal over Harrison's double-tracked lead guitar. The closing track of the UK Help! album and the last cover the Beatles released on a studio LP.
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Automatic Double Tracking (ADT) first appears on a Beatles record on 'Dizzy Miss Lizzy' (1965).

1965ADT
Year1965
AlbumHelp!
Track14 · Album closer · Side 2 · Side closer
Duration2:54
Songwriter(s)Larry Williams
Lead VocalJohn
RecordedMay 10, 1965
ReleasedAugust 6, 1965

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Text229 tags

Motif

LoveRelationshipWomenCharacterFamilyHardnessPleaAnatomyLonelinessChildhoodLuckCommunication

Title

Person in titlePronoun in title

Vocabulary

Casual languagePositive tone

Narrative

First personConversationalSecond personImperative

Lyrical device

Anaphora

Rhyme type

Perfect rhymeHalf rhymeFeminine rhymeExtrametrical rhymeIdentical rhyme

Song form

StrophicNo verse-chorus12-bar blues

Sections

Many verses (5+)No chorusHas introHas interludeHas outro

Section links

Outro based on verseIntro based on verseInterlude based on verse

Repetition

Recurring verseRecurring lineConsecutive word
Word cloud

Cover-shared words

babybrotherc'moncallcomedrivingfinegirlgivegrowhandhideinsanelittlelooklovelovingmakemamamanmeminemissmynameoholdoohputrockrollrunsaidsaytellwantwaywishyouyourand tellbaby don'tbe mybe yourcome ondriving megirl igirl yougive mehand ini growi saidi wanti wishlove memake memine girlmy nameooh iput yoursaid iso finethe wayto bewant towant youway youwhen youwish youyou callyou doyou makeyou toyou wereyour lovinghand in minei want toi want yourock and rollrun and hidethe way youwant to beyou make meyou to beyour loving mandon't run and hidei want to bei want you toi want you to be

Cover-shared shape

[NOUN] don't[NOUN] i[NOUN] you[VERB] and[VERB] i[VERB] in[VERB] me[VERB] my[VERB] on[VERB] so[VERB] to[VERB] too[VERB] you[VERB] you're[VERB] your[WORD] iand [VERB]don't [VERB]i [VERB]just [VERB]me [ADJ]me [WORD]mine [NOUN]my [NOUN]my [WORD]on [VERB]so [NOUN]the [NOUN]the [WORD]to [VERB]too [ADJ]you [VERB]you're [VERB]your [ADJ]your [NOUN]your [VERB][ADJ] [VERB] in[NOUN] don't [VERB][NOUN] i [VERB][NOUN] you [VERB][VERB] and [VERB][VERB] i [VERB][VERB] in mine[VERB] me [ADJ][VERB] me [WORD][VERB] my [NOUN][VERB] on [VERB][VERB] so [NOUN][VERB] to [VERB][VERB] to be[VERB] too [ADJ][VERB] you to[VERB] you were[VERB] you're [VERB][VERB] your [NOUN][WORD] [NOUN] you[WORD] i [VERB]i [VERB] ii [VERB] toi [VERB] youme [WORD] [VERB]me [WORD] [WORD]to [VERB] youwhen you [VERB]you [VERB] meyou [VERB] myyou [VERB] soyou're [VERB] meyour [VERB] [NOUN][NOUN] i [VERB] to[NOUN] you [VERB] so[VERB] and [VERB] your[VERB] i [VERB] you[VERB] me [WORD] [WORD][VERB] on [VERB] [WORD][VERB] on [VERB] me[VERB] to [VERB] you[VERB] you to bedon't [VERB] and [VERB]i [VERB] i [VERB]i [VERB] to [VERB]i [VERB] to bei [VERB] you tothe [NOUN] you [VERB]when you [VERB] myyou [VERB] and [VERB]you [VERB] me [WORD]you [VERB] my [NOUN]you [VERB] so [NOUN][VERB] me [WORD] [WORD] [WORD]i [VERB] i [VERB] youi [VERB] to [VERB] youi [VERB] you to be[WORD] i [VERB] i [VERB] you

Rhyme scheme

ABCBDBAABABCBDDUnique rhyme scheme

Line length

1-1-1Unique line length

Music127 tags

Arrangement

Lead vocalsElectric guitarLead guitarRhythm guitarBass guitarOrganDrumsPercussionCowbellHandclaps

Instrument group

GuitarsKeyboardsPercussion

Guitar work

Guitar solo

Music genre

Rock and rollRock

Influence

Blues influence

Vocal work

Ooh vocalsVocal ad-libVocals on interlude

Solo / Riff

Guitar solo

Tempo

Fast

Key

A major

Time signature

4/4

Song form

StrophicAAAAANo verse-chorus12-bar blues

Sections

Many verses (5+)No chorusHas introMultiple solos (2+)Multiple interludes (2+)Has soloHas interludeHas outro

Section links

Outro based on verseIntro based on verseInterlude based on verse

Harmony

Three-chord trickRock/Mixolydian cadenceHalf cadencePerfect cadencePlagal cadence

Composition

All major chordsTonic openingTonic endingMinimal harmonyVerse in ITonic verse

Mode

Ionian

Chord type

majordom76

Scale degree

II6IVV7

Chord degree

V–I–IVV–I–IV–II–IVIV–II–VV–IVI–IV–IIV–I–VI–V–IVV–IV–II–IV–I–VV–II–V–I–IV–I–V–IVI–V–I–IVIV–I–V–II–IV–I–V–IVI–IV–I–V–IV–I–VV–IV–I–V–I

Chord shape

C7 → F → B♭C → F → B♭C → F → B♭ → FC → FC → GC → G7C → B♭C7 → B♭C → F → CC → G → DC → G → D7C → G → FC → B♭ → FC → F → C → GC7 → FC → G → D → GC → F → C → G → FC → F → C → G → F → C → GC → F → C → G7C7 → F → B♭ → FC7 → B♭ → FC → G7 → C → FC → G7 → FC → F → C → G7 → FC → B♭ → F → C → FC → G6C → F → B♭ → F → C → B♭ → FC → G → C → F → CC → G → C → FC → G → D7 → G

Chord literal

E → AE7 → AA → DD → AA → EE → DA → D → AA → E7D → A → EE → A → DE → A → D → AD → A → E → AE7 → A → DA → E → DD → A → E7D → A → E7 → AE7 → A → D → AE7 → DA → D → A → E → DA → D → A → EE → D → A

Studio11 tags

Studio technique

ADT

Equipment

Rickenbacker 325Hofner 500/1Studer J37 4-track recorderLudwig Super ClassicEMI REDD.51 consoleGretsch 6119 TennesseanHammond C-3

Recording location

EMI Studio 2EMI Studios

Session duration

Single day

People7 tags

Unique personnel
Beatles onlyClassic formation
Line-up
John Lennon
Lead vocalsElectric rhythm guitarOrganHandclaps
Paul McCartney
Bass guitarHandclaps
George Harrison
Electric lead guitarHandclaps
Ringo Starr
DrumsCowbellHandclaps
Songwriter
Larry Williams
Producer
George Martin
Recording engineer
Norman Smith
Assistant engineer
Ken Scott
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Info16 tags

Release type

Song on album

US release

Beatles VI

Release mix

MonoStereo

Label

CapitolParlophone

Publisher

Venice Music

Cover origin

Rock and Roll

Song type

Cover

Duration

Medium
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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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VinylCD

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Year1965
AlbumHelp!
Track14 · Album closer · Side 2 · Side closer
Duration2:54
Songwriter(s)Larry Williams
Lead VocalJohn
RecordedMay 10, 1965
ReleasedAugust 6, 1965
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