The Night Before
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| "The Night Before" | ||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||
| Album | Help! | |
| Released | 6 August 1965 | |
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios 17 February 1965 |
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| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 2:33 | |
| Label | Parlophone, Capitol, EMI | |
| Writer | Lennon/McCartney | |
| Producer | George Martin | |
| Help! track listing | ||
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"The Night Before" is a song by The Beatles from the album Help!. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney. The song is performed on the Salisbury Plain in the second Beatles film, Help!.
The song features a Hohner Pianet electric piano played by Lennon and rollicking throughout the whole song, accompanied by McCartney's ascending and descending basslines. John Lennon and George Harrison sing harmony during the end of each verse and the chorus, singing "Aaah the night before...". After the second repeat of the refrain, Harrison plays the guitar solo, that briefly reappears at the end of the song.
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[edit] Personnel
- Paul McCartney — double-tracked vocal, bass, lead guitar
- John Lennon — harmony vocal, electric piano
- George Harrison — harmony vocal, guitar
- Ringo Starr — drums, tambourine ?
- Personnel per Ian MacDonald; he was uncertain if the percussion instrument was a tambourine or not.[1]
[edit] Cover versions
- A cover version was recorded by country music band Restless Heart on their 2004 album Still Restless.
[edit] Notes
- ^ MacDonald (2005), p. 147.
[edit] References
- MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). ISBN 1-844-13828-3.
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