Tell Me Why (The Beatles song)

Song infobox
Name = Tell Me Why


Caption =
Artist = The Beatles
Album = A Hard Day's Night
Released = 10 July 1964
track_no = 6
Recorded = Abbey Road Studios 27 February 1964
Genre = Rock
Length = 02:10
Writer = Lennon/McCartney
Label = Parlophone
Producer = George Martin
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = A Hard Day's Night
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
# "A Hard Day's Night"
# "I Should Have Known Better"
# "If I Fell"
# "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
# "And I Love Her"
# "Tell Me Why"
# "Can't Buy Me Love";Side two
# "Any Time at All"
# "I'll Cry Instead"
# "Things We Said Today"
# "When I Get Home"
# "You Can't Do That"
# "I'll Be Back"Infobox Song
Name = Tell Me Why


Caption =
Artist = The Beach Boys
Album = Beach Boys' Party!
Released = 8 November 1965
track_no = 3
Recorded =
Genre = Rock and roll
Length = 1:46
Composer = Lennon/McCartney
Label = Capitol
Producer = Brian Wilson
prev = "I Should Have Known Better"
prev_no = 2
next = "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow"
next_no = 4"Tell Me Why" is a song by The Beatles from their album "A Hard Day's Night" In the US it would also be on the album "Something New". Credited to Lennon/McCartney, it was written by John Lennon in either Paris or New York, [Bill Harry, "The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia", p. 467; Ian MacDonald, "Revolution in the Head", p. 98.] it was completed in only eight takes on Thursday, 27 February 1964, at Abbey Road Studios, London.

Paul McCartney has said:

:I think a lot of these [Lennon's] songs like "Tell Me Why" may have been based in real experiences or affairs John was having, or arguments with Cynthia [Lennon’s wife] or whatever, but it never occurred to us until later to put that slant on it all. [Barry Miles, "Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now", p. 164.]

Lennon described the song as resembling "a black New York girl-group song". [Bob Spitz, "The Beatles", p. 489.] Its basic structure of simple doo-wop chord changes and block harmonies over a walking bass line “creates an illusion of sincerity through its sheer attack”.cite book |first=Ian |last=MacDonald |authorlink=Ian MacDonald |title=Revolution in the Head |year=1998 |pages=98|publisher=Pimlico |location=London |isbn=0-7126-6697-4]

Releases

*Included on the British LP "A Hard Day’s Night".
*Included on the British EP "Extracts from the Film A Hard Day’s Night".

Covers

*"Tell Me Why" was later covered by the Beach Boys on their "Beach Boys' Party!" album
*April Wine covered it in 1982 on their album "Power Play".
* In 2002 The Punkles did a Punk cover of this song on their second album "Punk!".

Notes