When I Get Home

Song infobox
Name = When I Get Home


Caption =
Artist = The Beatles
Album = A Hard Day's Night
Released = 10 July 1964
track_no = 11
Recorded = Abbey Road Studios 2 June 1964
Genre = Rock
Length = 02:18
Writer = Lennon-McCartney
Label = Apple Records
Producer = George MartinExtra 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 "

"When I Get Home" is a John Lennon composition credited to Lennon & McCartney and recorded by The Beatles on 2 June, 1964 for their LP "A Hard Day's Night"

Influenced somewhat by the Shirelles [Bill Harry "The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia" P.689] "When I Get Home" is essentially a rock and roll number, but with its unusual chord progressions (changing from major to minor keys and back) it bucks the genre to some extent. Lennon liked this particular ploy, and used it on many of his songs at the time.

Typical also of this period of The Beatles is the vocal leap into falsetto (the pushes into the falsetto sections seem to catch Ringo Starr by surprise each time, making the song sound slightly under rehearsed).

It was the last track to be taped for the album and completed a whole LP’s worth of Lennon & McCartney songs, the first and last time that this would occur.

Personnel and Instrumentation

*John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar
*Paul McCartney - backing vocal, bass guitar
*George Harrison - backing vocal, lead guitar
*Ringo Starr - drums

References