The Beatles- If I Fell

Definitely one of my favourite songs on A Hard Day's Night, with amazing harmonies from John and Paul, If I Fell.

The song is notable for its unusual structure, which includes an unrepeated introductory section (introduced as an afterthought as of take 11) followed by sequential verse sections, each having a slightly expanded form, but with no obvious chorus or bridge section. [The Demo version (John and acoustic guitar) from early 1964 does include the introduction, as well as an alternate ending.] The song also features a two-part harmony, sung by Lennon and McCartney together into a single microphone at their suggestion, and intricate chord changes. The key changes from D flat major to D major between the introduction (a series of descending barre chords) and the main song, which uses mainly open chords, including an unusual D ninth.

There is an alternate take of the song in which McCartney's voice strains and cracks at the end of a line, which first appeared on the Love Songs compilation double-LP, by an archivist's error when returning to the master tapes in Capitol's vault. Since then, this version has appeared in many places and is often heard on oldies stations in some markets. This version is the stereo version now found in The Capitol Albums box set. In the mono version, McCartney's voice strains, but does not crack.

The stereo mix of the song (found on the Hard Day's Night LP and Something New) features a double-tracked opening by Lennon.

"If I Fell" was a part of The Beatles repertoire during The Beatles' US and Canadian tour in 1964. The group typically performed the song faster than the studio version, and Lennon and McCartney often sang it with barely suppressed laughter. On more than one occasion it was introduced as "If I Fell Over".
-From Wikipedia

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[AvenueD417]

whoa, at 1:48 Pauls voice cracked,lol. he still awesome though

[billiebabeyyxx]

this group are the best of all time, no doubt. Just listen to their thow away songs, which are a million times better than most groups will ever achieve. Their premier songs are innovative, classic and without peers. If I lived to see it, i would bet money the Beatles songs will be played 100 years from now, no other band will ever lay claim to that.

[matelot95]

Total rip off of The Rutles 'With A Girl Like You'. ;-)

[badoocee]

Great, great song. Thanks JetBlack327.

[skeletoninthecl0set]

this song makes me go all gushy inside! I used to sing this to my school friends when I was 7 and I wondered why they never used to sing along

[scout2468]

1 Person Is a Douche

[journeystarr]

Truly one of their best

[chrssfalls8]

This song is so sweet :3

[DeutschFreiheit]

not a single dislike. love it

[gixzo]

@AvenueD417 That's not really a crack.

[libraalbert91]

@billiebabeyyxx how many has it been already, feel like yesterday

[RydiCrepsley]

wow :D I never noticed before but they don't sing at the same time (all the time) :D Sometimes Paul sings like 1/2 seconds behind John :D Cool! :D