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Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 11 September 1963
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
Released: 22 November 1963 (UK), 20 January 1964 (US)
John Lennon: vocals, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: backing vocals, bass
George Harrison: backing vocals, lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums
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The second song on The Beatles’ second album, All I’ve Got…
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24 March 2014
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I’ve been listening a lot to this song lately. I play it on repeat mode in my car from home to work and back.
A little gem created almost on the fly. Pure example of how good and talented the Beatles were.
My fav song in “With the Beatles” no doubts.
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8.44pm
9 March 2017
Offline This song is probably my least favorite song that isn’t either super short (ex Her Majesty ) or lacks any instrumentation from any Beatle (ex She’s Leaving Home and Good Night , although I do like Eleanor Rigby ), there’s just nothing special about it, not that it’s bad, but more so bland and unimportant, although to be fair this commonly happens to the 2 of 2, such as with Simpson And Delilah or the 2nd cut scene of Ms. Pac Man or with Queen’s Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon (the reason I put this one here is because Sheer Heart Attack was their first popular album and since the follow up to that was A Night At The Opera, I call this one a 2 of 2), the dullest song on the dullest album.
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24 March 2014
Offline Dark Overlord said
This song is probably my least favorite song there’s just nothing special about it.
Everything on it is special to me 
The start-and-stop rythm, the fact that it was arranged during the recording session, the bass playing chords, john’s singing…there is a vibe troughout the song that makes me feel good.
A quite like it better than , say, “Hold Me Tight ” or “Little Child ” or “All My Loving “
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Offline I was listening to this last night and admiring it very much — the stuttery rhythm is just out of this world — and I was listening to those drums and all of a sudden I had this very tangible urge to slip into the recording, into 1963, and just give Ringo a huge hug for creating such awesomeness with that hi-hat and snare. 
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‘Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon’ is a brilliant song, so unlike your regular Queen song.
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12.54pm
9 March 2017
Offline Those things aren’t bad, just not as good as their peers, at least in my opinion. Also, is there a such thing as a normal Queen song, I mean they messed around with just about everything, glam rock, progressive rock, hard rock, rock, vaudeville, big band, baroque pop, pop rock, synth rock, the only genre they didn’t dive into that existed before Freddie’s death was rap and it’s a good thing too.
Back on topic, did John use an acoustic or electric guitar on this song.
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1 May 2011
Offline Queen are generally thought of as a rock band, probably due to their early material, but you are right as to what is your regular Queen sound as they moved into different genres through the years.
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26 January 2017
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Those things aren’t bad, just not as good as their peers, at least in my opinion. Also, is there a such thing as a normal Queen song, I mean they messed around with just about everything, glam rock, progressive rock, hard rock, rock, vaudeville, big band, baroque pop, pop rock, synth rock, the only genre they didn’t dive into that existed before Freddie’s death was rap and it’s a good thing too.Back on topic, did John use an acoustic or electric guitar on this song.
Maybe not ‘the only genre’. What about folk or country or jazz or the hundreds of types of world music? And taking mild influence from certain genres and using them on pop songs =/= writing in a genre.
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Offline I’ve been listening to this song quite a bit recently too. You just gotta call on me, yeah, you just gotta call on me!
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26 January 2017
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Also, is there a such thing as a normal Queen song, I mean they messed around with just about everything, glam rock, progressive rock, hard rock, rock, vaudeville, big band, baroque pop, pop rock, synth rock, the only genre they didn’t dive into that existed before Freddie’s death was rap and it’s a good thing too.
A normal Queen song would be bad and annoying.
All I’ve Got To Do has great harmonies. An underrated number for sure.
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14 June 2016
Offline The song takes me to a place of innocence and fun. Pure escapism.
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12.39am
26 January 2017
Offline Timothy said
The song takes me to a place of innocence and fun. Pure escapism.
Me too. This is one of the best examples of how great a singer John really was. His voice just sounds… acrobatic on this one.
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This is a really sweet song. It’s pretty insubstantial, both in terms of not being very musically adventurous and in terms of being lyrically flat. Despite that, I like it a lot. I think for the most part, the best early Beatles songs are the fastest, most rock oriented. This is definitely an exception to me. One interesting thing about it is that it’s one of the few early songs that weren’t at all co-written (according to Paul, he had never heard the song until they had already decided it would be on the album). It’s purely a John song, but Paul contributes beautifully with his vocals. George also does backing vocals, but they are less distinct here.
Instrumentally, this song is pretty good too. I really love the drumming by Ringo. Usually, I most notice great drumming on the faster songs, but his are standout despite the slower tempo. One of his best early performances. I think both guitar parts here are fantastic, although the bass isn’t very prominent. It’s overall just a pretty good song. Nothing mind blowing, but certainly good.
Score: 7/10.
Favorite cover: Here’s an easy listening cover by Susanna Hoffs. I love her voice on this track.
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1 May 2011
Offline Sometimes a song doesn’t need to be mind blowing to be a great song; I think this shows the growing maturity within the band and the step forward that ‘WTB’ was when compared to ‘PPM ‘. The opening guitar strum, unrelated to anywhere else in the song, and John’s vocal are gorgeous and I love Ringo’s hi-hat play and drumming. Paul’s harmony is great too.
The track seems to be generally overlooked as ‘It Won’t Be Long ‘ just attacks you from the very first second you put the album on whilst ‘All My Loving ‘ took, and even now takes so much attention meaning this is often kind of just there. Which is wrong as, as with so many Beatles album only tracks, most acts would kill for a track as good as this to include for it to almost go unnoticed at times.
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14 December 2009
Offline Queen Emily said
…the bass isn’t very prominent.
Favorite cover: Here’s an easy listening cover by Susanna Hoffs. I love her voice on this track.
By ‘prominent’, did you mean not prominent in the sound mix; or that Paul’s bass part doesn’t distinguish itself? Because I think it’s certainly notable that Paul is playing double-stops, which he’d do again a year later (but you won’t cover that one for another few weeks, so I won’t talk about it 🙂 )
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By ‘prominent’, did you mean not prominent in the sound mix;
Yeah, that is what I meant. It’s a well done bass part, it’s just hard to hear.
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