The Beatles' Version
"I Wanna Be Your Man" | ||||
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Song by The Beatles from the album With The Beatles | ||||
Released | 22 November 1963 | |||
Genre | Beat | |||
Length | 1:58 | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
Writer | Lennon–McCartney | |||
Producer | George Martin | |||
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The Beatles' version was sung by Ringo Starr and appeared on the group's second UK album, With The Beatles, released 22 November 1963. It was driven by a heavily tremoloed, open E-chord on a guitar played through a Vox AC30 amplifier. John Lennon was dismissive of the song in 1980, saying:
“ | It was a throwaway. The only two versions of the song were Ringo and the Rolling Stones. That shows how much importance we put on it: We weren't going to give them anything great, right? | ” |
Bob Dylan recorded a song for Blonde on Blonde (1966) called "I Wanna Be Your Lover" as a "tip of the hat" to the Lennon/McCartney song. It was left off the final album, but was eventually released on Biograph (1985).
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