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All My Loving
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| Song by The Beatles | ||
| from the album With the Beatles | ||
| Released | November 22, 1963 | |
| Recorded | July 30, 1963 | |
| Genre | Rock and roll | |
| Length | 2:04 | |
| Label | Parlophone | |
| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | |
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |
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"All My Loving" is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon-McCartney, from the 1963 album With the Beatles.
It was the first of only a few occasions where McCartney wrote the lyrics before the music, as it was allegedly conceived as a poem while the Beatle was shaving.[1] McCartney envisioned it originally as a country & western song–hence Harrison’s Nashville influenced-guitar solo–and the music was written backstage on a piano during The Beatles’ Roy Orbison tour.[2] Another "letter" song, like "P.S. I Love You", "All My Loving" promptly drew much critical acclaim. It was the band's opening number on their famous US debut performance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964.
Reportedly, this song was playing over the sound system in the hospital John Lennon was in at the time of his death. [1]
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The Beatles recorded the song on July 30, 1963 in 11 takes with 3 overdubs. The master take was take 14 overdubbed on take 11. It was remixed on August 21 and October 29.
It is also included on other Beatles albums: Anthology 1, Live at the BBC, and The Beatles 1962-1966. The song has been covered by Helloween, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Los Manolos (for the 1992 Summer Olympics), and Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, on their 1964 album South of the Border, among others. An acoustic cover of this song performed as a warm-up by The Bravery can be seen on the Journal section of their website.
An instrumental version of this song appears in the movie Magical Mystery Tour.
- Paul McCartney on bass, lead vocal
- John Lennon on rhythm guitar, harmony vocal
- George Harrison on lead guitar, harmony vocal
- Ringo Starr on drums.
- During live performances, George and Paul sang a duet together in the middle section of the song, after the lead guitar solo. In the studio version Paul sang both parts.
- ^ Bill Harry, The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia, p. 18
- ^ Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now, p. 148