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31 March 2008
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Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 1 July 1963
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
Released: 23 August 1963 (UK), 16 September 1963 (US)
John Lennon: vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Paul McCartney: vocals, bass, handclaps
George Harrison: backing vocals, lead guitar, handclaps
Ringo Starr: drums, handclaps
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4.21pm
23 January 2022
Offline This is one of my favourite early Beatles tracks. I’d always assumed it was a John song, because he sings it, but it’s in The Lyrics, credited Paul McCartney and John Lennon .
Warning, you can’t unread this:
At the end of the section about this song Paul says “I think it’s fair to say there might be a bit of schoolboy humour hovering around the idea too.” I am cackling.
I’ll Get You , I’ll Get You in the end
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4.40pm
11 June 2015
Offline Ha-ha, that reminds me of Paul’s explanation for the meaning of “4000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire”.
“They were referring to 4000 screaming girls filling up Albert Hall for a concert”.
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6.33am
30 August 2021
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6.59am
14 June 2016
Offline The On Air – Live At The BBC Vol 2 version is my favourite. Lovely breezy vibe.
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6.26pm
25 November 2024
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Daily Beatles Song Review Day 18/213: I’ll Get You
This song is bad, in my opinion. I think it’s a pretty uncontroversial opinion to say that most of the Beatles’ worst songs are hidden on B-Sides of early tracks. That being said, this isn’t horrible, and it’s not the worst Beatles song so far (that’d be P.S. I Love You). This song is just pretty repetitive and the lyrics haven’t aged well. The idea of… confidence that you’ll end up with a girl definitely isn’t as accepted today. Obviously that doesn’t make the song bad from the perspective of when it was written but it definitely makes me enjoy listening to it less.
Instrumentally, the song is not one of the better early Beatles songs, but it’s not that bad either. Ringo’s drumming is good performance wise, but I think it was mixed too high and so it sounds too loud. The guitar part from John sticks out to me as better than George’s, which is rare. The vocals (especially from Paul) just come across as very lethargic and bored, which also kills the song for me.
Score: 4/10.
Favorite cover: There’s a soft rock cover by Andy Fairweather Low and the Lowriders. This one I couldn’t find on Youtube (only live performances, not the studio one) but I found it on Spotify.
With the four singles/B-Sides out of the way, tomorrow I start With the Beatles.
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10.02pm
14 December 2009
Offline One notable thing about “I’ll Get You ” is that, along with its much superior A-side, it helps contribute to creating possibly the most “Yeah-“-heavy 45rpm single ever!
But otherwise, yeah, one of the weakest Beatles B-sides, I agree – unworthy of its mighty A-side.
Paul: Yeah well… first of all, we’re bringing out a ‘Stamp Out Detroit’ campaign.
10.48pm
24 March 2014
Offline I like it. It’s a beatiful melody with some nice backing harmonies, i used to hum the melody to my kids to calm them down and put them to sleep when they were babies. Not the greates song of all time, of course, but a nice little cacthy one. Guitars, nice bass, steady drumming, and Beatles harmonies 
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9.59pm
30 August 2021
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One notable thing about “I’ll Get You ” is that, along with its much superior A-side, it helps contribute to creating possibly the most “Yeah-“-heavy 45rpm single ever!But otherwise, yeah, one of the weakest Beatles B-sides, I agree – unworthy of its mighty A-side.
I’ve wondered if the pairing had anything to do with the similarity of the titles. Pronoun+middle word+”you”.
Same thing with Can’t Buy Me Love /You Can’t Do That .
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1 May 2011
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I like the harmonica playing thru, there isn’t much else to it.
The opening lyrics have a similarity to ‘Imagine “
Imagine I’m in love with you
It’s easy ’cause I know
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
so maybe John took some inspiration from this.
I wonder if the whole of ‘I’ll Get You ‘ could be AI’d to fit ‘Imagine ‘, and vice verse.
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5.08pm
7 May 2017
Offline Speaking of pairings and similarities, it’s interesting to note that with both their previous single and this, the B-sides were originally intended as A-sides, until “From Me To You ” and “She Loves You ,” respectively, were written, leading to the change in plans.
Making “Thank You Girl ” and “I’ll Get You” more than the throwaways they might otherwise appear to be. I like them both.
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