BeaTles CAN'T BUY ME LOVE/YOU CAN'T DO THAT -NEW OFFICIAL Capitol PICTURE SLEEVE
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Can't Buy Me Love
"Can't Buy Me Love" Song by The Beatles from the album A Hard Day's Night Released 10 July 1964 Recorded 29 January 1964,
Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris;
25 February 1964,
EMI Studios, London
"Can't Buy Me Love"
Single by The Beatles from the album A Hard Day's Night B-side "You Can't Do That" Released 16 March 1964 (US)
20 March 1964 (UK) Format 7" Recorded 29 January 1964,
Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris;
25 February 1964,
EMI Studios, London
Capitol 5150 (US) Writer(s) Lennon–McCartney Producer George Martin Certification Gold (RIAA)[2]
"Can't Buy Me Love" is a song composed by Paul McCartney[3] (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released by The Beatles on the A-side of their sixth British single, "Can't Buy Me Love"/"You Can't Do That".
Interpretation
When pressed by American journalists in 1966 to reveal the song's "true" meaning, McCartney stated that "I think you can put any interpretation you want on anything, but when someone suggests that 'Can't Buy Me Love' is about a prostitute, I draw the line." He went on to say: "The idea behind it was that all these material possessions are all very well, but they won't buy me what I really want."[4] However he was to later comment: "It should have been 'Can Buy Me Love' " when reflecting on the perks that money and fame had brought him.[5]
Composition
While in Paris, The Beatles stayed at the five star George V hotel and had an upright piano moved into one of their suites so that song writing could continue.[6] It was here that McCartney wrote "Can't Buy Me Love." The song was written under the pressure of the success achieved by "I Want to Hold Your Hand" which had just reached number one in America. When producer George Martin first heard "Can't Buy Me Love" he felt the song needed changing: "I thought that we really needed a tag for the song’s ending, and a tag for the beginning; a kind of intro. So I took the first two lines of the chorus and changed the ending, and said 'Let's just have these lines, and by altering the second phrase we can get back into the verse pretty quickly.'" And they said, "That's not a bad idea, we’ll do it that way".[7]
The song's verse is a twelve bar blues in structure, a formula that the Beatles seldom applied to their own material.[8]
Recording
"Can't Buy Me Love" was recorded on 29 January 1964 at EMI's Pathe Marconi Studios in Paris, France,[9] where the Beatles were performing 18 days of concerts at the Olympia Theatre. At this time, EMI's West Germany branch, Odeon, insisted that the Beatles would not sell records in any significant numbers in Germany unless they were actually sung in the German language[10] and the Beatles reluctantly agreed to re-record the vocals to "She Loves You" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" prior to them being released in Germany. George Martin travelled to Paris with a newly mastered rhythm track for what was to be "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" ("Come, Give Me your Hand"/"I Want to Hold your Hand"). "Sie Liebt Dich" ("She Loves You") required the Beatles to record a new rhythm track as the original two-track recording had been scrapped.[9] EMI sent a translator to be present for this recording session which had been hurriedly arranged to tie in with the Beatles Paris commitments. This was accomplished well within the allotted studio time allowing the Beatles an opportunity to record the backing track, with a guide vocal, to the recently composed "Can't Buy Me Love".[10][9] At this stage the song included background vocal harmonies. But after listening to the first take, the band concluded that the song did not need them. Therefore, "Can't Buy Me Love" became the first single the Beatles released without their characteristic background harmonies. McCartney's final vocal was overdubbed at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, on 25 February.[5] Also re-recorded on this day at EMI Studios was George Harrison's modified guitar solo, although his original solo can still just be heard in the background. Harrison said: "What happened was, we recorded first in Paris and re-recorded in England. Obviously they'd tried to overdub it, but in those days they only had two tracks, so you can hear the version we put on in London, and in the background you can hear a quieter one."[11] Helen Shapiro, a friend of the Beatles and present at this overdub session, says that Ringo Starr also added extra cymbals "over the top" and that "apparently this was something he did quite often on their records" [12] (Geoff Emerick, tape operator and later the Beatles' recording engineer, credits Norman Smith, the Beatles' then-current engineer, with this overdub)[13]. "Can't Buy Me Love" is also the only English-language Beatles track that the Beatles themselves recorded in a studio outside the UK, although the instrumental portion of the Beatles' B-side "The Inner Light" was recorded in India by Indian session musicians.
Personnel
- Paul McCartney — double-tracked vocal, bass guitar
- John Lennon — acoustic rhythm guitar
- George Harrison — double-tracked lead guitar
- Ringo Starr — drums
- Norman Smith — hi-hat
You Can't Do That
"You Can't Do That" Song by The Beatles Released 10 July 1964 Recorded 25 February 1964,
EMI Studios, London Genre Rock Length 2:37 Label Parlophone Writer Lennon–McCartney Producer George Martin A Hard Day's Night track listing
"You Can't Do That"
Single by The Beatles from the album A Hard Day's Night A-side "Can't Buy Me Love" Released 16 March 1964 (US)
20 March 1964 (UK) Recorded 25 February 1964,
EMI Studios, London Genre Rock Length 2:37 Label Capitol Writer(s) Lennon–McCartney Producer George Martin
A Hard Day's Night track listing
"You Can't Do That" is a song written by John Lennon[1][2][3] (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released by The Beatles as the B-side of their sixth British single "Can't Buy Me Love".[4]
Composition
One of Lennon's semi-autobiographical songs[3] You Can't Do That "contradicted the genial tone with its tense threats, sexual paranoia and nagging, dragging groove" ... so wrote Robert Sandall.[5] The song's jealousy theme was re-visited in other Lennon compositions, such as "Run for Your Life" and "Jealous Guy". Lennon played the guitar solo, which he also conceived.[1] Influenced by the then relatively unknown Wilson Pickett[1] the song is rooted in twelve-bar, with Lennon introducing a discordant Sharp 9th (F) on the D7th chord, pointedly emphasising "…I told you before…" and then pushing this note for the exasperated "Oh!" before resolving to the song's key of G.[6] The song reflected Lennon's love for hard-edged American R&B — "a cowbell going four in the bar and the chord going chatoong!" as he put it.[7]
With filming due to begin on A Hard Day's Night film director Dick Lester needed the Beatles to provide him with original material ahead of production and "You Can't Do That" was selected as part of the Scala Theatre "live performance" scene in the film, but was dropped for the final cut along with I'll Cry Instead and I Call Your Name. The recording took nine takes to complete, and was considered for the A-side of their next single until McCartney wrote Can't Buy Me Love.
Recording and release
"You Can't Do That" was recorded on Tuesday, 25 February 1964, in Abbey Road Studios in London.[8] An early take with a guide vocal is included on Anthology 1.[9] It was the first song completed in the week before the Beatles began filming A Hard Day's Night, though "I Should Have Known Better" and "And I Love Her" were also started on the same day.
While in New York for The Ed Sullivan Show guitarist George Harrison was presented with a Rickenbacker 360 Deluxe electric 12-string guitar worth (in 1964) $900[2][10]. Only the second one produced, it was heard for the first time on "You Can't Do That" (although actually used for the first time on "Can't Buy Me Love" but lost in the mix) and gave the song its distinctive chiming sound.[2] Harrison would end up playing the guitar extensively on the A Hard Day's Night LP, greatly influencing Roger McGuinn, who later went on to form The Byrds.[11]
The song was first released as the B-side of the "Can't Buy Me Love" single on 16 March 1964 in the United States by Capitol Records and on 20 March 1964 in the United Kingdom by Parlophone. it was the seventh US single and sixth UK single.[4] It was later included in the A Hard Day's Night album in the UK, and The Beatles' Second Album in the US.[4]
The Beatles were filmed miming to "You Can't Do That" as part of the final concert sequence in the A Hard Day's Night film. The filming took place on 31 March 1964 at the Scala Theatre, London, but was not used. It was, however, broadcast on The Ed Sullivan Show on 24 May.[12] The performance is included in the documentary The Making of "A Hard Day's Night".
The Beatles recorded "You Can't Do That" four times for BBC radio in 1964. It also became a part of the group's live repertoire that year, and was the second song in their set—after "Twist And Shout"—during their Australian and North American tours.[12]
According to Mark Lewisohn's The Beatles Recording Sessions book, George Martin overdubbed a piano track to Take 9 on 22 May 1964 ostensibly for the album version of this song, but it was never used.
Personnel
- John Lennon – lead vocal, lead guitar
- Paul McCartney – backing vocal, bass, cowbell
- George Harrison – backing vocal, 12 string rhythm guitar
- Ringo Starr – drums, congas
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Abbreviations
brass plug: small brass plug in cover to indicate cut-outcc: cut corner, slice of cover is missing to indicate cut-out
coh: cut-out-hole, small hole in cover
dnap: does not affect play
in shrink: in original shrinkwrap (but not sealed)
in loose bag: in original loose bag (predates shrinkwrap)
noc: name on cover (nobc: name on back cover, nofc: name on front cover)
nol: name on label
re: reissue, not the first pressing
rw: ringwear (wear on cover resembling the shape of the record)
sm: sawmark, small cut in cover to indicate cut-out
soc: sticker on cover (sobc: sticker on back cover, sofc: sticker on front cover)
sol: sticker on label
ss: seam split
toc: tape on cover (tobc: tape on back cover, tofc: tape on front cover)
tol: tape on label
woc: writing on cover (wobc: writing on back cover, wofc: writing on front cover)
wol: writing on label
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