The Beatles - I Feel Fine (Fish And Chips) Promo

"I Feel Fine" is a riff-driven rock song mainly written by John Lennon (although credited to Lennon/McCartney) and released in 1964 by The Beatles as the A side of their eighth UK single. The song reached the top of the UK charts on 12 December of that year, displacing The Rolling Stones' "Little Red Rooster," and remained there for five weeks. The b-side was She's a Woman, mainly written by Paul McCartney. It also reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1964.

Origin
"I Feel Fine" burgeoned from its distinctive guitar riff, written by Lennon while in the studio recording "Eight Days a Week." "I actually wrote 'I Feel Fine' around the riff which is going on in the background," Lennon recalled. "I told them that I'd write a song specially for this riff so they said, 'Yes. You go away and do that,' knowing that we'd almost finished Beatles for Sale. Anyway, going into the studio one morning, I said to Ringo, 'I've written this song but it's lousy,' but we tried it, complete with riff, and it sounded like an A side, so we decided to release it just like that." George Harrison has said that Lennon's riff was influenced by a riff in "Watch Your Step", a 1961 release written and performed by Bobby Parker and covered by The Beatles in concerts during 1961 and 1962. Paul McCartney has claimed that the drums on "I Feel Fine" were inspired by Ray Charles's "What'd I Say The Beatles would continue to feature guitar riffs in their songs, most notably in numbers like "Day Tripper", "Ticket to Ride", "And Your Bird Can Sing", and "Paperback Writer".

At the time of the song's recording, The Beatles, having mastered the studio basics, had begun to explore new sources of inspiration in noises previously eliminated as mistakes (electronic goofs, twisted tapes, talkback). "I Feel Fine" marks the earliest example of the use of feedback as a recording effect—artists such as Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, and The Who used feedback, but Lennon remained proud of the fact that The Beatles were the first group to actually put it on vinyl. This subtle shift in their approach to recording became a lasting element of the group's later career, making itself widely apparent on albums like Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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[robw182]

im suddenly in the the mood for fish and chips.

[tangerinebeam]

What does John stuff into his face at 1:12?

[towers4223]

cool song

[Bellocks1]

Beatles eating eating fish and chips = no wonder cod stocks are so low ;)

[Beatlemania196]

I've seen The Beatles eat!....my life is complete :D

[myrtlebox]

Fish n Chips: Mmmmm Yummy. They feel fine

[BlueMeannie333]

FISH N CHIP PROMO!! <3 at the end they say mmmm...

[BlueMeannie333]

FISH N CHIP PROMO!! <3

[Goody2Shoz]

I'm really craving fish and chips now.

[BeatleJohn4848]

I love how at 1:22 Paul looks back at George like he's saying y'd you stop pedaling? They r so cutie