I'll Cry Instead
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| "I'll Cry Instead" | ||||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||||
| Album | A Hard Day's Night | |||
| Released | 10 July 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 1 June 1964, EMI Studios, London |
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| Genre | Rock and roll, folk rock | |||
| Length | 1:49 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Writer | Lennon/McCartney | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
| A Hard Day's Night track listing | ||||
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| Single by The Beatles from the album A Hard Day's Night |
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| B-side | "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" | ||||
| Released | 20 August 1964 | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | 1 June 1964, EMI Studios, London |
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| Genre | Rock and roll, folk rock | ||||
| Length | 2:09 | ||||
| Label | Capitol (US) | ||||
| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | ||||
| Producer | George Martin | ||||
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| “ | We were going to do this in the A Hard Day's Night film, but the director Dick Lester didn't like it, so we put it on the flip side of the album. I like the middle eight of that song. | „ |
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—John Lennon, The Beatles Off The Record, p.90, 2000 |
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| “ | I wrote that for 'A Hard Day's Night,' but Dick Lester didn't even want it. He resurrected 'Can't Buy Me Love' for that sequence instead. I like the middle-eight to that song, though that's about all I can say about it. | „ |
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—John Lennon, The Playboy Interviews, 1980 |
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| “ | Next recording was 'I'll Cry Instead', for the LP. This was taped in two parts — 'Section A' and 'Section B' — for editing together at a later date. Six takes of 'A' and two of 'B' saw the song through to satisfactory completion. | „ |
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—Mark Lewisohn, The Beatles Recording Sessions, p.44, 1988 |
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