I Feel Fine

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" I Feel Fine " is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon-McCartney) and released in 1964 by The Beatles as an A-side of their eighth British single. This song has one of the first uses of guitar feedback in popular music.

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Origin

Lennon wrote a guitar riff while in the recording studio "Eight Days a Week". "I wrote 'I Feel Fine' around the riffs that occurred in the background," he recalled. "I told them I was going to write a special song for the riffs so they said 'Yeah, you go and do that', knowing we almost finished the Beatles for Sale album.Okay, go to a studio morning, I said to Ringo, 'I've written this song but lousy', but we tried it, complete with riff, and it sounded like A-side, so we decided to release it like that. " Both John Lennon and George Harrison say that the riff is influenced by the riffs 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 says drums on "I Feel Fine "inspired by Ray Charles's 1959 single" What'd I Say ".

During the recording of the song, The Beatles, who have mastered the basics of the studio, have begun exploring new sources of inspiration in sounds that were previously omitted as mistakes (such as electronic goofs, crooked tapes, and comments). "I Feel Fine" marks one of the earliest examples of the use of feedback as a recording effect in popular music. Artists such as Kinks and Who have used live bait, but Lennon remains proud of the fact that the Beatles were probably the first group to accidentally install it on vinyl.

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Structure

"I Feel Fine" was written in 4/4 time with drum beat Ringo Starr R & amp; B-influenced (based on "Latin" drums on Ray Charles hit "What'd I Say") is displayed through most of the songs except for bridges, which have a more conventional backbeat. After a brief note on heavy feedback (see below), the intro begins with a different arpeggiated riff that starts at D major before rapidly rises to C major and then G major, where the vocal point begins at G. Melody, , using the minor third and seventh minor, and have been classified as Mixolydian mode. Just before the coda, Lennon's intro riff (or ostinato) was repeated in a bright voice by George Harrison on electric guitar (Gretsch Tennessean). The song ends with a fadeout from the main part of the opening G riff repeated several times.

Audio feedback

"I Feel Fine" begins with a single feedback note made by McCartney picking the A strings on his bass, and Lennon's Guitar (which relies on bass amp McCartney) takes feedback. This is the first use of feedback on rock records. According to McCartney, "John has a Gibson semi-acoustic guitar.There's a pickup on it so it can be strengthened.... We're just about to go to listen to the shoot when John rests his guitar on amp I can still see him doing it... it's gone, 'Nnnnnnnwahhhhh!' And we went, 'What's that? Voodoo!' "No, it's feedback." 'Wow, that sounds good!' George Martin was there so we said, 'Can we have that on record?' 'Well, I think we can, we can edit it on the front.' It's an object to be found, an accident caused by a guitar lean against the amp. "Although it sounded very much like an electric guitar, Lennon actually plays a riff on an acoustic-electric guitar (Gibson J-160E model), using an onboard guitar pickup.

Later, Lennon is very proud of this sonic experiment. In one of his last interviews, he said, "I am against anyone to find records - unless there are some old blues notes in 1922 - that use such feedback."

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Music video

Two different music videos directed by Joe McGrath were filmed on November 23, 1965. Both featured a wide range of sports equipment. At first, George sings a ball blow while Ringo rides a practice bike. The second marks the only time a lunch break is filmed, where they all eat fish and chips, while trying pantomime for the song. Brian insists that this video can not be used. Since then, the controversial "fish and chips" trailer has been stored in a videotape box labeled "I Feel Fried". The first music video was included in The Beatles' 2015 video compilation 1 , and both videos were included in a three-disc version of the compilation, titled 1 .

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Diagram

The single reached the top of the UK charts on December 12, 1964, replacing the "Red Rooster" Little Rolling Stones, and remained there for five weeks. In Canada, this song also reached number one.

"I Feel Fine" is also the first single Beatles released almost simultaneously in the US and UK. The song has sold 1.41 million copies in the UK.

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The song topped the Hot 100 AS Billboard Billboard for three weeks at the end of 1964/early 1965. Cash Box magazine rated "I Feel Fine" as the 1965 greatest US hit in 1965 B-side is the hit number four "She's a Woman".

"I Feel Fine" is the sixth single by The Beatles to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 within a calendar year (1964); all time record. In sequence, these singles are "I Want to Hold Your Hands", "He Loves You", "Can not Buy Me Love", "Love Me Do", "A Hard Day's Night" and "I Feel Fine". For songwriters Lennon and McCartney, it is the seventh number one they wrote in the same calendar year (1964), another record of all time (see List of achievements and achievements of the Billboard Hot 100 chart).

This song is the first of six Hot 100 number one chart-toppers in a row (excluding EP 4 - by The Beatles ) with one round, also a note at the time. The next single is "Eight Days a Week", "Ticket to Drive", "Please!", "Yesterday", and "We Can Do It".

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More releases

In the United States, the song was released on the Capitol album Beatles '65. The mono version - also released as a single on Capitol - features an exclusive mix with an additional reverb and shorter fading made by Beatles producer, George Martin. The stereo version of LP presented a duophonic mix featuring reverb layers added by executives Dave Dexter, Jr..

In the United Kingdom, the song was released in LP format on A Collection of Beatles Oldies . The actual stereo version can be found in Past Master Volume 1 and 1 .

There is also another stereo version (almost identical to a standard stereo mix) where a whisper can be heard at the beginning of the track. This "whispered version" appears in non-US releases 1962-1966 , as well as on occasional single releases.

A call in mono is included in the Live BBC Compilation Compilation of the BBC Volume 2 released in 2013.

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Personnel

• John Lennon - double lead lead vocal, lead/rhythm guitar
• Paul McCartney - vocal harmony, bass
• George Harrison - harmonic vocal guitar, lead/rhythm
• Ringo Starr - drums

Personnel per Ian MacDonald

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cover version

• In 1965, The Ventures included a cover song on their LP Knock Me Out .
• In 1966, Chet Atkins released the instrumental cover on his album Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles .
• In 1967, Alma Cogan released a version on his album Alma .
• In 1970, Penny DeHaven released the Country version in just one.
• In 1986, Queen often played the signature riffs of this song during the Magic Tour.
• In 1988, the country duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo released the cover of a top-ten song on the US singles chart.
• In 1998, The Punkles performed a Punk version on their first album, The Punkles .
• In 2002, Take That included "I Feel Fine" in their "Beatles Medley".
• In 2003, Curtis Stigers made a ballad version of his album You Inspire Me .
• In 2005, Westlife put the song in the set of The Number Ones Tour.
• In 2005, Les Fradkin released an instrumental version on his album While My Guitar Only Plays .
• In 1997 John Farnham on the compilation album Anthology 3: Rarities .
• In 2012, Reynolds & amp; Williams Band released a bluegrass inspired version on their debut EP Reynolds & amp; William .
• In 2009, Peter Mayer (from Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band) on his Beatles tribute album Goodbye Halo .

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Graphics and certification

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Note

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References

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Further reading

• Emerick, Geoff; Massey, Howard (2006). Here, Where and Everywhere: My Life Recording The Beatles' Music . New York: Penguin Books. ISBNÃ, 1-59240-179-1.
• Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, ed. (1993). The Beatles - Full Score . Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBNÃ, 0-7935-1832-6.

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