Day Tripper by The Beatles (HD) - Remastered Stereo

Under the pressure of needing a new single for the Christmas market, Lennon wrote most of the lyrics and the famous guitar hook, while McCartney helped with the verses. "Day Tripper" was a typical play on words by Lennon: "Day trippers are people who go on a day trip, right? Usually on a ferryboat or something. But [the song] was kind of . . . you're just a weekend hippie. Get it?" In the same interview Lennon said, "That's mine. Including the lick, the guitar break and the whole bit." In his 1970 interview with Rolling Stone, however, he used "Day Tripper" as one example of their collaboration, where one partner had the main idea but the other took up the cause and completed it. For his part, McCartney claimed it was very much a collaboration based on Lennon's original idea.

In Many Years From Now, McCartney said that "Day Tripper" was about drugs, and "a tongue-in-cheek song about someone who was ... committed only in part to the idea." The line recorded as "she's a big teaser" was originally written as "she's a prick teaser."

According to music critic Ian MacDonald, the song "starts as a twelve-bar blues in E, which makes a feint at turning into a twelve-bar in the relative minor (i.e. the chorus) before doubling back to the expected B—another joke from a group which had clearly decided that wit was to be their new gimmick." Indeed, in 1966 McCartney said in Melody Maker that "Day Tripper" and "Drive My Car" (recorded three days prior) were "funny songs, songs with jokes in." McCartney provides the lead vocal for the verses and Lennon the harmony, in contrast to the Beatles' usual practice of a song's principal composer singing lead, although Lennon sings lead in the chorus.

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[carlosgonbr]

but this clip is to Paperback Writer....

[DayTripper12880]

@carlosgonbr and a little bit of Rain for good measure. ;)

[artisttobe13]

why has no one commented on this video? I really really like this song. One of my favorites.

[romans52345]

@DayTripper12880 When the Rain Stops we will Yell HERE COMES THE SUN!!!!!

[mrfrogbutt1]

@ThePurpleHarpoon Im sorry but i dont have a camera to do so otherwise I would so I could visually express how much a golden nugget like this song makes me feel all over!

[ThePurpleHarpoon]

needs more cowbell

[ThePurpleHarpoon]

@mrfrogbutt1

you should video yourself doing that...

might be fun.

[ThJoKi]

Why? when i see a comment in a song from JB its like 'i am better than you', but here everyone seems normale and smart

[mrfrogbutt1]

The intro to this song is so infectious! i start dancin and shaking about beyond any control as i whirl about the room in a dance fever frenzy that electrifies every pore of my body as i quiver in rythmic ecstacy beat!

[creevaghmiddle]

The greatest thing about The Beatles is that there is no such thing as their best song, or ''my favorite song'' because every single composition was simply sublime!!

[matrimoniofeliz7]

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiiiiiii, Got a good reason for taking the easy way out

[meglaw69]

@Vexom09 One of the first that I learned too. I can always appreciate comments like this on Beatles videos. You are obviously someone that knows and really likes their music unlike so many of the childish comments about JB