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All My Loving
This article is about the Beatles song. For the Beatles EP, see All My Loving (EP). For the Masaharu Fukuyama single, see All My Loving/Koibito.
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| Song by The Beatles from the album With The Beatles | ||||||||
| Released | 22 November 1963 | |||||||
| Recorded | 30 July 1963 | |||||||
| Genre | Rock, pop[1] | |||||||
| Length | 2:04 | |||||||
| Label | Parlophone | |||||||
| Writer | Lennon–McCartney | |||||||
| Producer | George Martin | |||||||
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"All My Loving" is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney[2] (credited to Lennon–McCartney), from the 1963 album With The Beatles. Though it was not released as a single in the United Kingdom or the United States, it drew considerable radio airplay, prompting EMI to issue it as the title track of an EP.[3] The song was released as a single in Canada, where it became a number one hit. The Canadian single was imported into the US in enough quantities to peak at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1964.[4][5]
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Composition
According to journalist Bill Harry, McCartney thought of the lyrics whilst shaving,[6] though McCartney told biographer Barry Miles that he wrote them while on a tour bus.[2] He also said, "It was the first song I'd ever written the words first. I never wrote words first, it was always some kind of accompaniment. I've hardly ever done it since either."[2] The lyrics follow the "letter song" model as used on "P.S. I Love You",[3] the B-side of their first single. After arriving at the location of the gig, he wrote the music on a piano backstage.[2]
McCartney originally envisioned it as a country & western song, and George Harrison added a Nashville-style guitar solo.[2][3] John Lennon's rhythm guitar track uses quickly strummed triplets similar to "Da Doo Ron Ron" by The Crystals, a song that was popular at the time.[3]
Lennon expressed his esteem for the song in his 1980 Playboy interview:[7]
| “ | LENNON:"All My Loving" is Paul, I regret to say. Ha ha ha.
PLAYBOY: Why? LENNON: Because it's a damn good piece of work....But I play a pretty mean guitar in back. |
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Recording
The Beatles recorded the song on 30 July 1963 in eleven takes with three overdubs. The master take was take fourteen overdubbed on take eleven.[8] It was remixed on 21 August (mono)[8] and 29 October (stereo).[9]
A slightly longer stereo edition of the song, featuring a hi-hat percussion introduction not found on the common stereo or mono mixes was released in Germany and the Netherlands in 1965 on a compilation album entitled Beatles' Greatest.[10] This version was later released in the UK, but only as part of The Beatles Box.
Releases and performances
"All My Loving" was originally released in the UK on 22 November 1963 on With The Beatles.[11] The first US release was on Meet The Beatles!, released 20 January 1964.[11] The song was the title track of the All My Loving EP released in the UK on 7 February 1964.[11] The song was released on another EP, Four by The Beatles in the US, on 11 May 1964.
"All My Loving" was the Beatles' opening number on their debut performance on The Ed Sullivan Show on 9 February 1964;[12] the recording was included on Anthology 1.[13] The group also performed "All My Loving" three times for BBC radio, once in 1963 and twice in 1964. The final version, which was recorded on 28 February 1964, was included on Live at the BBC.[14]
The song was used twice in films by the group - it plays in the background at the end of the nightclub scene in A Hard Day's Night (though without the drum opening and the coda), while an instrumental version appears in the movie Magical Mystery Tour.
According to Alan Weiss, a TV producer who happened to be there, "All My Loving" was playing on the sound system at Roosevelt Hospital emergency room when Lennon was pronounced dead after being shot on 8 December 1980.[15]
Reviews
"All My Loving" has been praised by multiple critics. Ian MacDonald said, "The innocence of early Sixties British pop is perfectly distilled in the eloquent simplicity of this number" and described the song as helping McCartney be seen as more of an equal to Lennon.[3] Richie Unterberger of Allmusic said it "was arguably the best LP-only track The Beatles did before 1964" and that if it was released as a single in America it would have been a huge hit.[16]
Personnel
- Paul McCartney – double-tracked vocal, bass, harmony and backing vocals
- John Lennon – backing vocal, rhythm guitar
- George Harrison – backing vocal, lead guitar
- Ringo Starr – drums
- George Martin – producer
- Norman Smith – engineer
- Personnel per Ian MacDonald[3]
Cover versions
| Group or artist’s name | Release date | Album | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annette Funicello | 1964 | Something Borrowed Something Blue | |
| Amy Winehouse | 2004 | unofficial release | |
| Scotty Anderson | 2003-09-23 | Classic Scotty[17] | |
| Hollyridge Strings | 1964-07-04 | (single) | One week at #93 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (4 July 1964)[18] |
| The Trends | 1964 | (single)[19] | |
| Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass | 1964-10 | South of the Border[20] | |
| Mike Baiardi | 2009-01-27 | Rockabye Baby! More Lullaby Renditions of The Beatles[21] | |
| Suzy Bogguss & Chet Atkins | 1995 | Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles[22] | |
| The Ballroom Band | 1999-07-13 | Swing[23] | |
| Helloween | 1999 | Metal Jukebox[24] | |
| The Punkles | 2002 | Punk[25] | |
| Jim Sturgess | 2007-09-18 | Across the Universe[26] | |
| Emilie Autumn | 2007-08-03 | A Bit o' This & That[27] | |
| Me First and the Gimme Gimmes | 2001-03-20 | Blow in the Wind[28] | |
| Johnny Young | 1967 | (single) | Top 10 hit in Australia[29] |
| The Dowlands | 1964-01 | (single) | Charted #33 January 1964 (UK)[29] |
| Fancy | 1989 | All My Loving | Appeared as all four Beatles in a music video for his cover version |
| Tim Urban | 2010-04-06 | All My Loving | Sang during American Idol. |
| Los Manolos | 1991 | (single) | Also on album RCA-1991 Pasión Condal |
See also
- All My Love (disambiguation): group of similarly titled songs
Notes
- ^ Pollack 1991.
- ^ a b c d e Miles 1997, p. 148.
- ^ a b c d e f MacDonald 2005, p. 94.
- ^ Castleman & Podrazik 1975, pp. 25, 347.
- ^ Wallgren 1982, p. 23.
- ^ Harry 2000, pp. 25–26.
- ^ Sheff 2000, p. 171.
- ^ a b Lewisohn 1988, p. 34.
- ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 37.
- ^ Schaffner 1977, p. 203.
- ^ a b c Lewisohn 1988, pp. 200–201.
- ^ Harry 2000, p. 1043.
- ^ Lewisohn 1995, pp. 32–33.
- ^ The Beatles Bible.
- ^ Mcleod 2005.
- ^ Unterberger 2009.
- ^ Anderson 2009.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3070268&cdi=8808260&cid=07%2F04%2F1964.[dead link]
- ^ Eder 2009.
- ^ Planer 2009.
- ^ Allmusic 2009d.
- ^ Erlewine 2009a.
- ^ Allmusic 2009a.
- ^ Hundey 2009.
- ^ Allmusic 2009b.
- ^ Erlewine 2009b.
- ^ Allmusic 2009c.
- ^ Bregman 2009.
- ^ a b Pop Archives 2009.
References
- "All My Lovin' - Johnny Young". Pop Archives. 2009. http://www.poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=1469. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- Anderson, Rick (2009). "Review of Classic Scotty". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r652937. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- "All My Loving". The Beatles Bible. 2008. http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/all-my-loving/. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
- Bregman, Adam (2009). "Review of Blow in the Wind". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r524559. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1975). All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography, 1961-1975. New York: Ballantine Books.
- Eder, Bruce (2009). "Overview of The Trends". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p384094. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2009a). "Review of Come Together: America Salutes the Beatles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r210538. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2009b). "Review of Across the Universe". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1209406. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- Everett, Walter (2001). The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-514105-9.
- Harry, Bill (2000). The Beatles Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated. London: Virgin Publishing. ISBN 0-7535-0481-2.
- Hundey, Jason (2009). "Review of Metal Jukebox". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r560250. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books. ISBN 0-517-57066-1.
- Lewisohn, Mark (1995). Anthology 1 (booklet). London: Apple Records. 34448.
- MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). ISBN 1-84413-828-3.
- Mcleod, Keith (6 December 2005). "Our Part in the Death of Legend John Lennon". The Daily Record. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/tm_objectid=16451061&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=our-part-in-the-death-of-legend-john-lennon-name_page.html. Retrieved 24 May 2007.
- Miles, Barry (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-5249-6.
- "Overview of A Bit O'This & That". Allmusic. 2009. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1294390. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- "Overview of Punk". Allmusic. 2009. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r632562. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- "Overview of Rockabye Baby! More Lullaby Renditions of the Beatles". Allmusic. 2009. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1462863. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- "Overview of Swing". Allmusic. 2009. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r426971. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- Pedler, Dominic (2003). The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles. New York: Music Sales Limited, Omnibus Press.
- Planer, Lindsay (2009). "Review of South of the Border". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r70686. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- Pollack, Alan W. (1991). "Notes on "All My Loving"". http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/aml.shtml. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- Schaffner, Nicholas (1977). The Beatles Forever. New York: Cameron House.
- Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying. St Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-25464-4.
- Unterberger, Richie (2009). "Review of "All My Loving"". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/song/t9762. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- Wallgren, Mark (1982). The Beatles on Record. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-45682-2.
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