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Written by: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Produced by: George Martin
Released: July '64 on Capitol
Charts: 13 weeks
Top spot: No. 1
The title comes from a Ringo Starr malapropism, the product of an all-day and -night recording session. Lennon was fond of these Ringoisms -- which also included "tomorrow never knows" -- and wrote the title track overnight, but he shared lead vocals with McCartney. Said Lennon, "The only reason he sang on 'Hard Day's Night' was because I couldn't reach the notes."
Appears on: A Hard Day's Night (Capitol)