You're Going to Lose That Girl

Infobox Song
Name = You're Going to Lose That Girl
Artist = The Beatles
Album = Help!
Released = 6 August 1965


track_no = 6
Recorded = Abbey Road Studios 19 February 1965
Genre = Rock
Length = 2:18
Writer = Lennon/McCartney
Label = Parlophone, Capitol, EMI
Producer = George Martin
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Help!
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
# "Help!"
# "The Night Before"
# "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
# "I Need You"
# "Another Girl"
# "You're Going to Lose That Girl"
# "Ticket to Ride";Side two
# "Act Naturally"
# "It's Only Love"
# "You Like Me Too Much"
# "Tell Me What You See"
# "I've Just Seen a Face"
# "Yesterday"
# "Dizzy Miss Lizzy""You're Going to Lose That Girl" is a song by the Beatles from the album "Help!", written mainly by John Lennon (and credited to Lennon-McCartney) for the film "Help!". Capitol Records originally titled the song "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" in the United States. In the film, the group appears singing this song in the recording studio. (In addition to the group's familiar guitar-and-drum setup, there is also footage of Paul McCartney at a piano and Ringo Starr playing the bongos.)

The lyrics feature the singer assuring a friend that if he does not take care of his girl, the singer will do it instead of him. The song has an unusual key change - the chorus and verses are in E major, but during the bridge the key shifts to G major, the relative major of the parallel minor.

In November 1977, Capitol Records scheduled the release of "Girl" backed with "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" as a single (Capitol 4506) to accompany the release of "Love Songs", a compilation album which contained both songs. However, the single was cancelled before it was issued.

The Ramones performed a song titled "You're Gonna Kill That Girl" which may have been intended as a parody of the Beatles song. [http://archive.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/04/15/joey/index.html]

Credits

*John Lennon — lead vocal, acoustic guitar
*Paul McCartney — backing vocal, piano, bass
*George Harrison — backing vocal, lead guitar
*Ringo Starr — drums, bongos