The b-side to She Loves You, this song is almost ironic in its levels of twee, Beatlemania-pandering pop sensibility.

Indeed, the band later made jokes out of the fact that they used “oh yeah!” so much in their early songs.

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A song that covers the span of nine months, and portrays the decay of a relationship that wasn’t meant to be.

A short track, played entirely by McCartney, based off a jam the group had in India.

It was pretty much recorded on a whim by McCartney whilst bored in the studio. The Beatles would often go away and work on their own songs alone by this point.

Acoustic singer-songwriter from Essex, UK. Writer and Rap Genius upper echelon impresario.

“A talented songwriter with an excellent voice… On the Blunt – Dylan spectrum, he’s sharing a drink with Bob, while Blunt looks on through the bar window. Getting rained on.” – Checkpoint Charlie

“A collection of acoustic numbers performed with a certain charm and confidence that instantly sat right with me” – Elusive Little Comments

A dreamy baroque pop song by McCartney from Sgt Pepper. It’s about how McCartney’s fans would stand outside of his house all of the time, and how he saw the issue from his perspective.

Mostly written by McCartney, but with backing vocal and a verse contribution from Lennon.

The idea for the song came from the favourite phrase of Jimmie Nicol, The Beatles' stand-in drummer for eight days of their 1964 world tour.

As is written in McCartney’s official biography, Many Years from Now, he intended to make the song have a positive tone

“It’s an optimistic song. I often try and get on to optimistic subjects in an effort to cheer myself up and also, realising that other people are going to hear this, to cheer them up too. And this was one of those.”

However, the song still dwelt on darker themes, such as domestic abuse. This is rooted in Lennon’s past, his own transition from a violent oulook on life to a peaceful one reflected in the lyrics of the song. In the last major interview before his death, Lennon explained:

“It is a diary form of writing. All that ‘I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved’ was me. I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically – any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn’t express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women. That is why I am always on about peace, you see. It is the most violent people who go for love and peace. Everything’s the opposite. But I sincerely believe in love and peace. I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. I will have to be a lot older before I can face in public how I treated women as a youngster.”