I Need You (The Beatles song)

Song infobox
Name = I Need You


Artist = The Beatles
Album = Help!
Released = 6 August 1965
track_no = 4
Recorded = Abbey Road Studios 15–16 February 1965
Genre = Rock
Length = 2:28
Writer = George Harrison
Label = Parlophone, Capitol, EMI
Producer = George Martin
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Help!
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
# "Help!"
# "The Night Before"
# "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
# "I Need You"
# "Another Girl"
# "You're Going to Lose That Girl"
# "Ticket to Ride";Side two
# "Act Naturally"
# "It's Only Love"
# "You Like Me Too Much"
# "Tell Me What You See"
# "I've Just Seen a Face"
# "Yesterday"
# "Dizzy Miss Lizzy""I Need You" is a Beatles song on the album "Help!" (see 1965 in music). It is the second George Harrison song the band recordedcite book |first=Ian |last=MacDonald |authorlink=Ian MacDonald |title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties |year=2005 |pages=145-146 |edition=Second Revised Edition |publisher=Pimlico (Rand) |location=London |isbn=1-844-13828-3] (on 15 and 16 February 1965)cite book |first=Mark |last=Lewisohn |authorlink=Mark Lewisohn |title=The Beatles Recording Sessions |year=1988 |pages=54 |publisher=Harmony Books |location=New York |isbn=0-517-57066-1] and released, after a two album–long hiatus. The song was performed in their second movie "Help!".

The song is a simple, melancholy number, with a lead guitar sound achieved by Harrison's first recorded use of a volume pedal. The confessional lyrics are commonly thought to be about Harrison's relationship with Pattie Boyd, whom he had met in March 1964 while filming "A Hard Day's Night". (They married in January 1966.)cite book |first=Bill |last=Harry |authorlink=Bill Harry |title=The Beatles Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated |year=2000 |pages=199 |publisher=Virgin Publishing |location=London |isbn=0-7535-0481-2]

Credits

*John Lennon – harmony vocal, acoustic rhythm guitar
*Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, bass
*George Harrison – double-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar, volume pedal
*Ringo Starr – drums, cowbell:"Credits per Ian MacDonald."

Other versions

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers played the song in tribute to Harrison at 2002's Concert for George (see 2002 in music).cite album-notes |title=Concert for George |albumlink=Concert for George (album)|Concert for George |year=2002 |format=booklet |publisher=Oops Publishing |location=London |publisherid=R2 745/16 |pages=25]

Les Fradkin has an instrumental version on his 2005 release- "While My Guitar Only Plays".

Notes

External links

* [http://www.stevesbeatles.com/songs/i_need_you.asp Song lyrics]
* [http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/iny.html Alan W. Pollack's Notes On "I Need You"]
* [http://www.geocities.com/~hammodotcom/beathoven/harris3.htm "The Harrisong, Part III"]