When I Get Home - Wikipedia

1964 song by the Beatles For the 1965 Bobby Darin song, see Bobby Darin. For the Solange Knowles album, see When I Get Home (album).

"When I Get Home"
Cover of the song's sheet music
Song by the Beatles
from the album A Hard Day's Night
Released	10 July 1964
Recorded	2 June 1964
Studio	EMI, London
Genre	Rock and roll[1]
Length	2:18
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter	Lennon–McCartney
Producer	George Martin

"When I Get Home" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and recorded by the English rock band the Beatles on 2 June 1964, during the last session for their third studio album A Hard Day's Night (1964).[2] Its first US release was on the Something New LP.[3]

Influenced somewhat by the Shirelles,[4] "When I Get Home" is essentially a rock and roll number, but with unusual chord progressions. Lennon liked this particular ploy, and used it on many of his songs at the time. Typical also of this period of the Beatles is the vocal leap into falsetto.

Music critic Allan Kozinn described "When I Get Home" as "a soul-tinged rocker, [that] has the singer impatient for a reunion with his sweetheart – yet there is also a faint undercurrent of extracurricular activity in the lyrics. 'I've got no business being here with you,' he sings, and after a telling pause he adds, 'this way.'"[5]

Recording

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After completing "When I Get Home" in 11 takes, the Beatles finished recording another Lennon song, "Any Time at All", which they had started work on earlier that day. They also recorded Paul McCartney's "Things We Said Today" during the same session.[6]

A mono mix was made on 4 June 1964, although this was replaced when new mono and stereo mixes were made on 22 June.[7]

Cover versions

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The band Yellow Matter Custard covered the song for their CD/DVD release One Night In New York City.

There have also been covers by the Rustix, Tony Visconti and Alejandro Escovedo.

Personnel

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• John Lennon – lead vocal, rhythm guitar
• Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, bass, piano[8]
• George Harrison – harmony vocal, lead guitar
• Ringo Starr – drums

Personnel per Ian MacDonald,[2] except where noted.

Notes

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1. ^ Harrington, Joe S. (2002). Sonic Cool: The Life & Death of Rock 'N' Roll. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 110. ISBN 978-0634028618. Lennon and McCartney were composing at a new level of sophistication with songs like 'I'll Be Back,' 'When I Get Home,' 'I'll Cry Instead,' and 'Things We Said Today.' The harmonies were getting stronger, and there was a complexity to the work that bespoke maturity—until then a foreign concept in Rock 'n' Roll.
2. ^ a b MacDonald 2005, pp. 121–122.
3. ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 201.
4. ^ Harry 2000, p. 1144.
5. ^ Kozinn, Allan (1995). The Beatles: From the Cavern to the Rooftop. Phaidon Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0714832036.
6. ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 44.
7. ^ Lewisohn 1988, pp. 45–46.
8. ^ Rybaczewski 2010.

References

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• Harry, Bill (2000). The Beatles Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated. London: Virgin Publishing. ISBN 0-7535-0481-2.
• Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books. ISBN 0-517-57066-1.
• MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). ISBN 1-84413-828-3.

• Rybaczewski, Dave (April 2, 2010). ""When I Get Home" by the Beatles. An in-depth analysis". Beatles Ebooks. Retrieved April 13, 2017.

External links

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• Alan W. Pollack's Notes on "When I Get Home"

v t e A Hard Day's Night
1964 film
Songs	Side one "A Hard Day's Night" "I Should Have Known Better" "If I Fell" "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" "And I Love Her" "Tell Me Why" "Can't Buy Me Love" Side two "Any Time at All" "I'll Cry Instead" "Things We Said Today" "When I Get Home" "You Can't Do That" "I'll Be Back"
Long Tall Sally (EP)	"Long Tall Sally" "I Call Your Name" "Slow Down" "Matchbox"
German single	"Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" / "Sie Liebt Dich"
Outtakes	"No Reply" "You Know What to Do"
Extended plays	Extracts from the Album A Hard Day's Night Extracts from the Film A Hard Day's Night
Related NorthAmerican album	Something New
Tours	1964 world tour 1964 North American tour
Related articles	The Beatles albums discography
The Beatles albums: Please Please Me With the Beatles A Hard Day's Night Beatles for Sale Help! Rubber Soul Revolver Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles Yellow Submarine Abbey Road Let It Be

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