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  1. We Can Work It Out: Covers Cookies Of Lennon Mccartney The Beatles Album
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'We Can Work It Out'
Single by the Beatles
A-side'Day Tripper' (double A-side)
Released3 December 1965
Format7'
Recorded20 and 29 October 1965
EMI Studios, London
GenreFolk rock[1]
Length2:15
LabelParlophone (UK), Capitol (US)
Songwriter(s)Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)George Martin
The Beatles UK singles chronology
'Help!'
(1965)		'We Can Work It Out' / 'Day Tripper'
(1965)		'Paperback Writer'
(1966)
The Beatles US singles chronology
'Yesterday'
(1965)		''We Can Work It Out'/
'Day Tripper''
(1965)		'Nowhere Man'
(1966)
Music video
'We Can Work It Out' on YouTube
Audio sample
'We Can Work It Out'

'We Can Work It Out' is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. It was first issued as a double A-side single with 'Day Tripper' in December 1965. The release marked the first time in Britain that both tracks on an artist's single were promoted as joint A-sides.[2][3] The song was recorded during the sessions for the band's Rubber Soul album. The single was number 1 in Britain (where it won the Ivor Novello Award for the top-selling A-side of 1965),[4] America, Australia, Canada and Ireland.

'We Can Work It Out' is a comparatively rare example of a Lennon–McCartney collaboration from this period in the Beatles' career,[5] in that it recalls the level of collaboration the two songwriters had shared when writing the group's hit singles of 1963. This song, 'A Day in the Life', 'Baby, You're a Rich Man' and 'I've Got a Feeling', are among the notable exceptions.[6]

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2005 CD release of We Can Work It Out (Covers & Cookies Of Lennon, McCartney & The Beatles) on Discogs. The fact that these two singles rank among the only non-Beatles, Lennon-McCartney compositions to top the chart—ever—says something about the quirky place the Fab Four’s catalog holds in the.

  • 5Cover versions
  • 8Charts and certifications

Composition[edit]

McCartney wrote the words and music to the verses and the chorus, with lyrics that 'might have been personal', probably a reference to his relationship with Jane Asher.[7] McCartney then took the song to Lennon:

I took it to John to finish it off, and we wrote the middle together. Which is nice: 'Life is very short. There's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.' Then it was George Harrison's idea to put the middle into 3/4 time, like a German waltz. That came on the session, it was one of the cases of the arrangement being done on the session.[7]

As with several of his songs over 1965–66, McCartney drew inspiration for 'We Can Work It Out' from his relationship with actress Jane Asher (pictured performing during the Bristol Old Vic's 1967 US repertory tour).

With its intimations of mortality, Lennon's contribution to the twelve-bar bridge contrasts typically with what Lennon saw as McCartney's cajoling optimism,[6] a contrast also seen in other collaborations by the pair, such as 'Getting Better' and 'I've Got a Feeling'. As Lennon told Playboy in 1980:

In We Can Work It Out, Paul did the first half, I did the middle eight. But you've got Paul writing, 'We can work it out / We can work it out' – real optimistic, y'know, and me, impatient: 'Life is very short, and there's no time / For fussing and fighting, my friend.'[8]

In author Ian MacDonald's view, some critics have overemphasised the extent of McCartney's optimism in the song and neglect the toughness in passages written by McCartney,[6] such as 'Do I have to keep on talking until I can't go on?' Lennon's middle shifts focus from McCartney's concrete reality to a philosophical perspective in B minor, illustrating this with the waltz-like passage suggested by Harrison that leads back to the verse,[7] possibly meant to suggest tiresome struggle.[6] Rather than a formal change to 3/4 time, the waltz effect is created through suspensions and triplets within the regular 4/4 rhythm.[9]

MacDonald comments on the song:

[Lennon's] passages are so suited to his Salvation Armyharmonium that it's hard to imagine them not being composed on it. The swell-pedal crescendos he adds to the verses are, on the other hand, textural washes added in the studio – the first of their kind on a Beatles record and signposts to the enriched sound-palette of Revolver.[10]

Recording[edit]

A Mason & Hamlin pump organ or harmonium. Lennon played a Mannborg harmonium on the recording.

The Beatles recorded 'We Can Work It Out' at EMI Studios (later Abbey Road Studios) in London on 20 October 1965,[11] during the sessions for their Rubber Soul album. Along with Lennon's 'Day Tripper', the song was earmarked for the non-album single that would accompany the release of the new LP.[12] The band taped a satisfactory basic track in just two takes.[13] With nearly eleven hours dedicated to the song, however, it was by far their longest expenditure of studio time up to that point.[14] A vocal overdubbing session took place on 29 October.[12][15]

We Can Work It Out: Covers Cookies Of Lennon Mccartney The Beatles Album

No record exists of the band members' exact contributions to the recording, leading to uncertainty regarding the playing of some of the instruments.[16] Reduced to a single track in the final mix, where it was placed hard left in the stereo image, the group's initial performance consisted of acoustic guitar, bass, tambourine and drums.[17][18] While musicologist Walter Everett credits these parts to Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Ringo Starr, respectively,[17] authors Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin suggest that McCartney, as the song's main composer, was the acoustic guitarist and Lennon instead played bass.[16] Two harmonium parts were overdubbed,[19] using EMI's Mannborg harmonium.[20]

Promotional films[edit]

For the first time for one of their singles, the Beatles filmed promotional clips for 'We Can Work It Out' and 'Day Tripper'. Subsequently, known as the 'Intertel Promos', these clips were intended as a way to save the band having to appear in person on popular British television shows such as Ready Steady Go! and Top of the Pops,[21] and also ensured that the Beatles reached their large international audience.[22]

Filming took place at Twickenham Film Studios in south-west London on 23 November 1965,[22] with Joe McGrath as director.[21] The Beatles made a total of ten black-and-white promos that day,[23][24] filming clips for the new songs as well as for their previous hit singles 'I Feel Fine', 'Ticket to Ride' and 'Help!'[21][25][nb 1] Three of the films were mimed performances of 'We Can Work It Out',[25] in all of which Lennon was seated at a harmonium.[26]

The most frequently broadcast of the three was a straightforward performance piece with the group wearing black suits. In the description of Rolling Stone journalist Rob Sheffield: 'At first, they're playing it all straight in their suits, until John sets out to make Paul crack up on camera. He makes it impossible for anyone else to keep a straight face – by the end, he's playing the organ with his feet.'[27] Another clip shows the group wearing the stage suits from their Shea Stadium performance on 15 August.[26] The third clip opens with a still photograph of Lennon with a sunflower[23] in front of his eye.[28]

One of the November 1965 promo films was included in the Beatles' 2015 video compilation 1, and the third promo clip was included in the three-disc versions of the compilation, titled 1+.[29][30]

Stevie

Release[edit]

In a discussion about which of the two songs should be the A-side of the new single, Lennon had argued for 'Day Tripper', differing with the majority view that 'We Can Work It Out' was a more commercial song.[7][31] On 15 November, EMI announced that the A-side would be 'We Can Work It Out', only for Lennon to publicly contradict this two days later.[32] As a result, the single was marketed as the first-ever 'double A-side'.[22][33] Lennon's championing of 'Day Tripper', for which he was the principal writer, was based on his belief that the Beatles' rock sound should be favoured over the softer style of 'We Can Work It Out'.[34] Airplay and point-of-sale requests soon proved 'We Can Work It Out' to be the more popular of the two sides.

The single was released on EMI's Parlophone label in Britain (as Parlophone R 5389) on 3 December 1965,[35] the same day as Rubber Soul.[22] The two releases coincided with speculation in the UK press that the Beatles' superiority in the pop world since 1963 might be coming to an end, given the customary two or three years that most acts could expect to remain at the peak of their popularity.[36] 'Day Tripper' / 'We Can Work It Out' entered the UK Singles Chart (at the time, the Record Retailer chart)[37] on 15 December, at number 2, before holding the top position for five consecutive weeks.[38] The single also failed to top the national chart published by Melody Maker in its first week – marking the first occasion since December 1963 that a new Beatles single had not immediately entered at number 1.[39] Although the single was an immediate number 1 on the NME's chart, the Daily Mirror and Daily Express newspapers both published articles highlighting the apparent decline.[40] The record was the Beatles' tenth consecutive chart-topping single in the UK[41] and the band's fastest-selling single there since 'Can't Buy Me Love', their previous McCartney-led A-side.[10][42] At the following year's Ivor Novello Awards, 'We Can Work It Out' was acknowledged as the best-selling single of 1965, ahead of 'Help!'[43][44] By November 2012, it had sold 1.39 million copies in the UK, making it the group's fifth million-seller in that country.[45] As of December 2018, the double A-side was the 54th best-selling single of all time in the UK – one of six Beatles songs included on the top sales rankings published by the Official Charts Company.[46]

In the United States, where the single was issued by Capitol Records on 6 December (as Capitol 5555),[47] both songs entered the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending 18 December.[48] On 8 January 1966, 'We Can Work It Out' hit number 1 on the chart, while 'Day Tripper' entered the top ten at number 10.[49] 'We Can Work It Out' spent three non-consecutive weeks at number 1, while 'Day Tripper' peaked at number 5.[49] The song was the band's eleventh US number 1, accomplished in just under two years since their debut on the Hot 100.[50][51] It was their sixth consecutive number 1 single on the American charts,[52][53] a record at the time.[50][nb 2] The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, for sales of 1 million or over, on 6 January 1966.[55]

The Beatles performed 'We Can Work It Out' on their final UK tour,[25][56] which took place on 3–12 December 1965.[57] In 1991, McCartney played an acoustic version of the song for his MTV Unplugged performance, later released on Unplugged (The Official Bootleg).

Cover versions[edit]

Deep Purple[edit]

'Exposition/We Can Work It Out'
Song by Deep Purple
from the album The Book of Taliesyn
ReleasedDecember 1968
GenreProgressive rock
Length7:06
LabelHarvest
Songwriter(s)Beethoven, Ritchie Blackmore, Nick Simper, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)Derek Lawrence

Deep Purple covered it on their second album The Book of Taliesyn, from 1968. The band drastically reworked it, as they always did with covers. The first three minutes of the song is a fast, progressive instrumental jam incorporating themes from classical music (notably Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet) called 'Exposition', which drifts over into the Beatles song.[58]

Such overblown arrangements and attempts at making a rather simple song sound epic was normal for Deep Purple in this period, and they had already followed the same structure on their covers on the debut album (such as The Leaves' 'Hey Joe'). Reportedly, the band recorded their version of the song because McCartney had stated that he was impressed with their previous Beatles cover, 'Help!', which was featured on Shades of Deep Purple.[59]

Stevie Wonder[edit]

'We Can Work It Out'
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Signed, Sealed & Delivered
B-side'Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer'
ReleasedMarch 1971
GenreR&B
Length3:19
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
'Heaven Help Us All'
(1970)		'We Can Work It Out'
(1971)		'If You Really Love Me'
(1971)

In 1970, Stevie Wonder covered the song on his album Signed, Sealed & Delivered, and released it as a single in 1971. The single reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. Wonder's version earned him his fifth Grammy Award nomination in 1972, for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.

Wonder performed the song for McCartney after the latter was presented with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990. In 2010, after McCartney was awarded the Gershwin Prize by the Library of Congress, Wonder again performed his arrangement of 'We Can Work It Out' at a White House ceremony held in McCartney's honour. Wonder performed it a third time in January 2014, at the 50th anniversary tribute of the Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Other artists[edit]

In his discussion of the various cover versions of 'We Can Work It Out', John Kruth describes Petula Clark's recording, released on her 1966 album My Love, as 'too perky for its own good'.[60] He highlights Humble Pie's blues version, from their 1975 album Street Rats, as a 'bold' reading in which the band dispensed with the song's melody to fashion 'a worried blues ... more Sonny Boy Williamson than Fab Four'.[61]

In 1976, the song was the Four Seasons' contribution to the soundtrack of All This and World War II, a musical documentary that author Nicholas Schaffner described as 'the most bizarre' of several film and television works that capitalised on EMI, now free of its contractual obligations to the Beatles, flooding the market with re-packaged Beatles singles.[nb 3] Schaffner included this heavily orchestrated version, produced by Lou Reizner, among the interpretations that '[succeed] in making Lennon–McCartney's greatest songs sound, at best, like the Beatles' rendition of 'Good Night'.[64] In 1981, Stars on 45 covered 'We Can Work It Out' as part of an eight-song Beatles medley in their single 'Stars on 45'. This version topped the Billboard Hot 100 in June that year.[citation needed]

Other artists who have covered the song include Dionne Warwick, Valerie Simpson, Melanie, Chaka Khan, Maxine Brown, Brass Construction, King Missile, Johnny Mathis, Judy Collins, Dislocation Dance, Big Youth, Tesla, Plain White T's, Tom Jones, Heather Nova, Steel Pulse and Rick Wakeman.[65]

In popular culture[edit]

  • The song is mentioned in the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, starring Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier and Spencer Tracy.[66]
  • Denis Leary's character in National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 quotes the lyric 'life is very short, and there's no time for fighting or fussing, my friend' during a war of words with William Shatner's character.
  • Bad Religion quoted the lyric 'there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend' in their song 'You' on the No Control album. The same song references McCartney's solo hit 'Maybe I'm Amazed'.

Personnel[edit]

Beatles

According to Walter Everett, the line-up of musicians on the Beatles' recording was as follows:[17]

  • Paul McCartney – double-tracked lead vocal, bass guitar
  • John Lennon – harmony vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonium
  • George Harrison – tambourine
  • Ringo Starr – drums

In his personnel list for the song, MacDonald notes that some sources attribute the tambourine part to Harrison, yet he considers it more likely that Starr played the instrument.[6] Everett credits Harrison, citing the tambourine's placement in the stereo image with the three other instruments recorded as part of the basic track.[17] Guesdon and Margotin also credit Harrison.[67]

Charts and certifications[edit]

Beatles version[edit]

Weekly charts

Chart (1965–66)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[68]1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[69]3
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[70]1
Irish Singles Chart[71]1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[72]1
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)[73]1
South Africa (Springbok)[74]2
Swedish Kvällstoppen Chart[75]1
UK Record Retailer Chart[76]1
US Billboard Hot 100[77]1
US Cash Box Top 100[78]1
West German Musikmarkt Hit-Parade[79]2

Year-end charts

Chart (1966)Rank
US Billboard Year-End[80]16
US Cash Box[81]11

Certifications

RegionCertificationCertified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[82]Gold1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Stevie Wonder version[edit]

Weekly charts

Chart (1971)Peak
position
Canadian RPM 100[83]49
UK Singles Chart[84]27
US Billboard Hot 100[85]13
US BillboardBest Selling Soul Singles[86]3
US Cash Box Top 100[87]9

Year-end charts

Chart (1971)Rank
US Cash Box[88]96
US R&B/Soul (Billboard)[89]
27
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Notes[edit]

  1. ^Clips were made for these older songs, all of which had topped the UK charts during 1965, for inclusion in Top of the Pops' round-up of the year's biggest hits.[26]
  2. ^It was preceded by 'I Feel Fine', 'Eight Days a Week', 'Ticket to Ride', 'Help!' and 'Yesterday'.[54]
  3. ^As a result of this sales campaign, 'Day Tripper' / 'We Can Work It Out', along with all the other 21 singles released by the Beatles between 1962 and 1970, re-entered the top 100 in the UK.[62][63]

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References[edit]

  1. ^Unterberger, Richie. 'The Beatles 'We Can Work It Out''. AllMusic. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ^Hutchins, Chris (4 December 1965). 'Music Capitals of the World: London'. Billboard. p. 26. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ^White, Jack (5 June 2018). 'Is the double A-side making a comeback? Dual singles are on the rise, and here's why'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  4. ^'The 1966 Ivor Novello Awards'. theivors.com. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  5. ^Hertsgaard 1995, p. 150.
  6. ^ abcdeMacDonald 2005, pp. 171–172.
  7. ^ abcdMiles 1997, p. 210.
  8. ^Sheff 2000, p. 177–178.
  9. ^Everett 2001, p. 322.
  10. ^ abMacDonald 2005, p. 172.
  11. ^Miles 2001, p. 212.
  12. ^ abLewisohn 2005, pp. 64, 66.
  13. ^Guesdon & Margotin 2013, p. 314.
  14. ^MacDonald 2005, p. 171.
  15. ^Miles 2001, p. 213.
  16. ^ abGuesdon & Margotin 2013, pp. 314–15.
  17. ^ abcdEverett 2001, p. 321.
  18. ^Winn 2008, p. 366.
  19. ^Everett 2001, pp. 321–22.
  20. ^O'Keefe, Phil (7 February 2014). 'Keyboards of the Beatles Era'. Harmony Central. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  21. ^ abcRodriguez 2012, p. 160.
  22. ^ abcdMiles 2001, p. 215.
  23. ^ abWinn 2008, p. 292.
  24. ^Pieper 2017, p. 391.
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External links[edit]

  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
  • Alan W. Pollack's Notes on 'We Can Work It Out'
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