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{{cquote|It has a line from an old Presley song. 'I'd rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man' is a line from an old blues song that Presley did once. Just sort of a throw-away song of mine that I never thought much of... but it was always a favorite of George's.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon, ''The Playboy Interviews''|1980}}
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{{cquote|It has a line from an old Presley song. 'I'd rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man' is a line from an old blues song that Presley did once. Just sort of a throw-away song of mine that I never thought much of... but it was always a favourite of George's.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon, ''The Playboy Interviews''|1980}}
  
 
{{cquote|John was always on the run, running for his life. He was married; whereas none of my songs would have 'catch you with another man.' It was never a concern of mine, at all, because I had a girlfriend and I would go with other girls, it was a perfectly open relationship so I wasn't as worried about that as John was. A bit of a macho song. It was largely John's.|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney, ''Many Years From Now'' by Barry Miles, p.279|1994}}
 
{{cquote|John was always on the run, running for his life. He was married; whereas none of my songs would have 'catch you with another man.' It was never a concern of mine, at all, because I had a girlfriend and I would go with other girls, it was a perfectly open relationship so I wasn't as worried about that as John was. A bit of a macho song. It was largely John's.|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney, ''Many Years From Now'' by Barry Miles, p.279|1994}}
  
{{cquote|I never liked 'Run For Your Life' because it was just a song I knocked off. It was inspired from 'Baby, Let's Play House'. There was a line in it, I used to like specific lines from songs, 'I'd rather see you dead little girl, than to be with another man.' I wrote it around that, but I didn't think it was that important.|John Lennon, ''The Beatles Off The Record'', p.193|2000}}
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{{cquote|I never liked 'Run For Your Life,' because it was a song I just knocked off. It was inspired from — this is a very vague connection — from 'Baby Let’s Play House.' There was a line on it — I used to like specific lines from songs — 'I’d rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man' — so I wrote it around that but I didn’t think it was that important.|John Lennon, [http://www.jannswenner.com/Archives/John_Lennon_Part2.aspx ''Rolling Stone'' interview, by Jann Wenner]|1971}}
  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:32, 28 August 2011

"Run for Your Life"
Song by The Beatles
Album Rubber Soul
Released 3 December 1965
Recorded 12 October 1965,
EMI Studios, London
Genre Folk rock, pop rockTemplate:Sfn
Length 2:18
Label Parlophone
Writer Lennon/McCartney
Producer George Martin
Rubber Soul track listing
It has a line from an old Presley song. 'I'd rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man' is a line from an old blues song that Presley did once. Just sort of a throw-away song of mine that I never thought much of... but it was always a favourite of George's.

—John Lennon, The Playboy Interviews, 1980

John was always on the run, running for his life. He was married; whereas none of my songs would have 'catch you with another man.' It was never a concern of mine, at all, because I had a girlfriend and I would go with other girls, it was a perfectly open relationship so I wasn't as worried about that as John was. A bit of a macho song. It was largely John's.

—Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now by Barry Miles, p.279, 1994

I never liked 'Run For Your Life,' because it was a song I just knocked off. It was inspired from — this is a very vague connection — from 'Baby Let’s Play House.' There was a line on it — I used to like specific lines from songs — 'I’d rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man' — so I wrote it around that but I didn’t think it was that important.

—John Lennon, Rolling Stone interview, by Jann Wenner, 1971

 

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