Year: 1964
Written by: Lennon & McCartney
"The mighty opening chord" of A Hard Day's Night is one of the most iconic sounds in the history of rock music. Only recently—almost 50 years after it was recorded—have musicians finally figured out how to re-create it correctly.
Upon returning home to England after their first trip to America, where they played on The Ed Sullivan Show to a record-breaking audience of more than 73 million people, The Beatles began production on their first film. Once they had decided on the title A Hard Day's Night, after "one of Ringo's malapropisms," John went home one evening and wrote the tune to open the film, scribbling the lyrics on a birthday card for his one year-old son Julian. He went into the studio the next day and the band worked together to record the song in one afternoon session. Just like that, a Beatles classic was born.
This video is actually the opening sequence of the movie. John, George, and Ringo are being chased by fans as they try to board a train at London's Marylebone Station (notice how George falls down and Ringo then falls over him), while Paul waits for them inside, wearing a fake beard and moustache as a disguise. This scene—and the whole film, in fact—depicts their daily lives during the early years of "Beatlemania."
This video is actually the opening sequence of the movie. John, George, and Ringo are being chased by fans as they try to board a train at London's Marylebone Station (notice how George falls down and Ringo then falls over him), while Paul waits for them inside, wearing a fake beard and moustache as a disguise. This scene—and the whole film, in fact—depicts their daily lives during the early years of "Beatlemania."
John sings a powerful double-tracked lead on this rocker, with Paul singing harmony and also taking the lead briefly in the song's middle eight ("when I'm home..."). George once again plays his ultra cool 12-string Rickenbacker guitar.
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