We Can Work It Out
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| “We Can Work It Out” | |||||
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| Single by The Beatles | |||||
| A-side | "Day Tripper" | ||||
| Released | 3 December 1965 (UK) 6 December 1965 (US) |
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| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios: 20 October 1965 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 2:15 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone (UK) Capitol (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | ||||
| Producer | George Martin | ||||
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| “ | Paul did the first half, I did the middle-eight. But you've got Paul writing, 'We can work it out/ We can work it out' real optimistic, you know. And me, impatient, 'Life is very short and there's no time/ for fussing and fighting, my friend. | „ |
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—John Lennon, 1980 |
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| “ | I wrote it as more of an up-tempo thing, country and western. I had the basic idea, the title, had a couple of verses... then I took it to John to finish it off and we wrote the middle together, which is nice-- 'Life is very short/ And there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend.' Then it was George Harrison's idea to put the middle into waltz time, like a german waltz... The lyrics might have been personal. It is often a good way to talk to someone or to work your thoughts out. It saves you going to a psychiatrist, you allow yourself to say what you might not say in person. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1994 |
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Watch a video of The Beatles lip-syncing this song
with much hilarity caused, at least in part, by the picture propped up on John's organ, at 1:44...
