Hold Me Tight
“It feels so right, now”
An early McCartney original he later dismissed as 'a work song' – a stomping handclap-driven rocker the band attempted but shelved in February 1963 before remaking it for With The Beatles. Never played live.
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The Loneliness motif first appears in the Beatles catalogue on 'Hold Me Tight' (1963).
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedSeptember 12, 1963
ReleasedNovember 22, 1963
Song familyEarly songWritten 1961
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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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