“All my troubles seemed so far away”
McCartney's plaintive solo ballad – the melody arrived in a dream – set to George Martin's restrained string quartet score. Topped the US Hot 100 for four weeks and became one of the most-covered songs in popular music history.
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30 Beatles songs were recorded without one or more of the four present, among them 'Yesterday' (1965), 'Wild Honey Pie' (1968), and 'I Me Mine' (1970).
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedJune 14 – June 17, 1965
ReleasedAugust 6, 1965
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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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