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NUMBER 91: "Every Little Thing" (McCartney – June 14, 1965)
Beatles for Sale CD Version – Track 11 (2:05)
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McCartney wrote the song in a music room at the home of Jane Asher where he was living at the time. He had hopes it would be released as a single, but it 'didn't have quite what was required', and was released on Beatles for Sale instead.
'Every Little Thing' is a rare example of a Lennon/McCartney tune in which one member of the partnership was primary composer (here McCartney) but the other sang lead vocal (here John Lennon). McCartney sings harmony, although one can hear him better in the refrain. The song's composer is not in question: McCartney claimed the song as described above, and Lennon said in an interview with Playboy that McCartney wrote it.
The released version was recorded with 4 takes at EMI Studios on 29 September 1964, and then five more on 30 September. The Beatles were enjoying themselves on the second night; take six was aborted due to McCartney burping his vocals, and take seven was finished but ended in loud laughter. It is one of the few early Beatles songs to feature an instrument that did not usually appear on rock 'n roll songs: Ringo Starr plays the timpani on the track to add punctuating one-two flourishes to the refrains. This appeared for the first time on the ninth take, along with a guitar intro and piano piece.
Music critic Ian McDonald praised the song's "emotional depth" and used this song and others as counter-arguments to the caricature of McCartney as an emotional lightweight. Richie Unterberger of All music also praised the song and its "infectious chorus". This song was revisited briefly during the stressful rehearsals that were recorded for the Get Back/Let It Be project, with Harrison playing the lick and McCartney joining in.
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