The single reached the top of the British charts on 12 December 1964, displacing By 2012, "I Feel Fine" had sold 1.41 million copies in the UK.In the United States, the song was released on the In the United Kingdom, the song was released on the There is also another stereo version (virtually identical to the standard stereo mix) wherein whispering can be heard at the beginning of the track. John played it, and all I did was play it as well, and it became the double-tracked sound.The song itself was more John’s than mine. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.John Lennon remix compilation Gimme Some Truth announcedPeter Jackson’s documentary The Beatles: Get Back delayed till 2021Paul McCartney voices support for Black Lives Matter protestsThe Beatles Bible uses cookies to bring you a better browsing experience. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website.
John and George both had them…With ‘I Feel Fine’, we were ready to get to number five at first go, and I suppose if we’d have done that, we’d have been written off.
"I Feel Fine" marks one of the earliest examples of the use of feedback as a recording effect in popular music. G7 That her baby buys her things you know D7 he buys her diamond rings you know she said so D7 C7 G7 she's in love with me and I feel fine G7 Baby says she's mine you know D7 she tells me all the time you know she said so D7 C7 G7 I'm in love with her and I feel fine (Repeat Corus) D7 C7 G7 she's in love with me and I feel fine G7 ||| G7 Anyway, going into the studio one morning, I said to That’s me completely. So they said, ‘Yes, you go away and do that,’ knowing that we’d almost finished the album.
""I Feel Fine" was the first Beatles single to be released almost concurrently in the US and the UK.
I told them that I’d write a song specially for this riff. Voodoo!’ ‘No, it’s feedback.’ ‘Wow, it’s a great sound!’ The Beatles also recorded ‘I Feel Fine’ for BBC radio. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website.
The song has one of the earliest uses of guitar feedback in popular music. In actual fact it was present from the very first take.We were just about the walk away to listen to a take when John leaned his guitar against the amp.
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‘I Feel Fine’ was a riff-driven, blues-based number. Nobody would have remembered that The Beatles had had six number ones on the trot before ‘I Feel Fine’… Coming in at number one was great, because, well, we weren’t sure we’d do it.The acclaimed Amazon bestseller by the creator of the Beatles Bible. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website.
These cookies do not store any personal information.Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It’s in the first verse when they sing the three voices’ “I’m in love with her and i feel fine”.The Beatles Bible is run for the love of anything and everything to do with The Beatles.
– the one where he stands behind a punching ball and Ringo joins the band belatedly riding on a home trainer. He really should have turned the electric off. In one of his last interviews, he said: "I defy anybody to find a record – unless it's some old blues record in 1922 – that uses feedback that way. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.The guitar riff was actually influenced by a record called ‘Watch Your Step’ by Bobby Parker. All rights reserved.
B. We sat down and co-wrote it with John’s original idea. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent.
There was a style of drumming on ‘What’d I Say’ which is a sort of Latin R&B that Ray Charles’s drummer Milt Turner played on the original record and we used to love it. John sang it, I’m on harmonies and the drumming is basically what we used to think of as ‘What’d I Say’ drumming. It was written by John Lennon, possibly during the 6 October 1964 recording session for ‘Eight Days A Week’. One of the big clinching factors about I wrote ‘I Feel Fine’ around the riff which is going on in the background. It was only on a tiny bit, and John just leaned it against the amp when it went, ‘Nnnnnnwahhhhh!’ And we went, ‘What’s that?
The performance was taped at the Playhouse Theatre in London, on The single remained at the top of the charts for six weeks, and by 11 December had sold over a million copies.It entered the top 40 on 5 December at number 22, and by 26 December it was number one.
Lennon wrote the guitar riff while in the studio recording "At the time of the song's recording, the Beatles, having mastered the studio basics, had begun to explore new sources of inspiration in noises previously eliminated as mistakes (such as electronic goofs, twisted tapes, and talkback).
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I'm in love with her and I feel fine I'm so glad that she's my little girl She's so glad, she's telling all the world That her baby buys her things, you know He buys her diamond rings, you know She said so She's in love with me and I feel fine She's in love with me and I feel fine, mmm, mmm Submit Corrections . It had a pick-up on it so it could be amplified.