I Feel Fine
“Baby's good to me, you know”
Lennon's love-song built around a descending guitar riff he developed from Bobby Parker's 'Watch Your Step'. Famous as the first pop recording to use intentional guitar feedback – an accidental sustain Lennon insisted on keeping.
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Rings and diamonds turn up in 9 Beatles lyrics, from a bought engagement ring to a girl in the sky: Anna (Go to Him), Can't Buy Me Love, I Feel Fine, I'm Down, Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Old Brown Shoe, and Revolution 9.
Songwriter(s)LennonCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedOctober 18, 1964
ReleasedNovember 27, 1964 (Single)March 7, 1988 (Past Masters)
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[ADJ] as[ADJ] thatin [VERB][NOUN] [VERB] her[NOUN] [VERB] she's[NOUN] [VERB] you[VERB] her [WORD][WORD] [ADJ] toi'm in [VERB]i'm so [ADJ]in [VERB] withshe's so [ADJ][ADJ] as can be[NOUN] [VERB] her [WORD][VERB] [WORD] the [NOUN]and i [VERB] [NOUN]i'm in [VERB] within [VERB] with herme and i [VERB][VERB] me [WORD] the [NOUN][WORD] the [NOUN] you [VERB]she [VERB] me [WORD] the [NOUN]
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[ADJ] to[NOUN] you[VERB] her[VERB] me[VERB] she's[VERB] so[VERB] with[VERB] you[WORD] the[WORD] youhe [VERB]her [NOUN]her [WORD]i [VERB]me [WORD]my [ADJ]she [VERB]she's [ADJ]she's [VERB]so [ADJ]the [NOUN]you [VERB][ADJ] to me[NOUN] you [VERB][VERB] [WORD] the[VERB] her [NOUN][VERB] me [WORD][VERB] with me[VERB] you [VERB][WORD] the [NOUN][WORD] you [VERB]and i [VERB]i [VERB] [NOUN]my [ADJ] [NOUN]she [VERB] methe [NOUN] you [VERB]
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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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