I'm a Loser
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| "I'm a Loser" | ||||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||||
| Album | Beatles for Sale | |||
| Released | 4 December 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 14 August 1964, EMI Studios, London |
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| Genre | Folk rock, country rock | |||
| Length | 2:31 | |||
| Label | EMI, Parlophone, Capitol | |||
| Writer | Lennon/McCartney | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
| Beatles for Sale track listing | ||||
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| “ | 'I'm A Loser' is me in my Dyland period, because the word 'clown' is in it. I objected to the word 'clown', because that was always artsy-fartsy, but Dylan had used it so I thought it was all right, and it rhymed with whatever I was doing. Part of me suspects I'm a loser, and part of me thinks I'm God Almighty. | „ |
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—John Lennon, The Beatles Anthology, p.160, 2000 |
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| “ | Most of my good songs are in the first person. 'In My Life', 'I'm A Loser, 'Help!', 'Strawberry Fields' — they're all personal records. I always wrote about me when I could. | „ |
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—John Lennon, The Beatles Anthology, p.197, 2000 |
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| “ | I'd started thinking about my own emotions. I don't know when exactly it started, like 'I'm A Loser' or 'Hide Your Love Away', those kind of things. Instead of projecting myself into a situation, I would try to express what I felt about myself, which I'd done in my books. I think it was Dylan who helped me realise that — not by any discussion or anything, but by hearing his work. | „ |
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—John Lennon, Rolling Stone Interview, RS74, 4 Feb 1971 |
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| “ | Looking back on it, I think songs like 'I'm a Loser' and 'Nowhere Man' were John's cries for help. We used to listen to quite a lot of country and western songs and they are all about sadness and 'I lost my truck' so it was quite acceptable to sing 'I'm a loser'. You didn't really think about it at the time, it's only later you think, God! I think it was pretty brave of John. 'I'm A Loser' was very much John's song and there may have been a dabble or two from me. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now by Barry Miles, 1994 |
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The Beatles performing I'm a Loser on Shindig on October 7, 1964...
