I'm a Loser

Song_infobox
Name = I'm a Loser


Artist = The Beatles
Album = Beatles for Sale
Released = 4 December, 1964
track_no = 2
Recorded = Abbey Road 14 August 1964
Genre = Folk rock
Length = 2:31
Writer = Lennon/McCartney
Label = EMI, Parlophone, Capitol
Producer = George Martin
Misc = Extra musicsample |filename=Beatles loser.ogg |format=Ogg |title=I'm a Loser |Type=songExtra tracklisting
Album = Beatles for Sale
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
# "No Reply"
# "I'm a Loser"
# "Baby's in Black"
# "Rock and Roll Music"
# "I'll Follow the Sun"
# "Mr. Moonlight"
# Medley: "Kansas City"/"Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey";Side two
# "Eight Days a Week"
# "Words of Love"
# "Honey Don't"
# "Every Little Thing"
# "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
# "What You're Doing"
# "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"

"I'm a Loser" is a song by The Beatles originally released on "Beatles for Sale" (on "Beatles '65" in the US).

The song's refrain sings, "I'm a loser, and I've lost someone who's near to me. I'm a loser, and I'm not what I appear to be." The lyrics appear to be about a man who lost a girl; however Lennon later suggested that he constantly felt like a loser in life. Lennon would later compose self-oriented songs without using love as a metaphor.

Singer Jackie DeShannon was on the Beatles summer 1964 North American tour. She recalled that Lennon was writing this song on the plane during the tour.

Lennon hits a low G in the verses, a note usually reserved for bass singers. This is atypical of Lennon, considering he sang the bulk of his Beatles songs in a higher, tenor register. However, he also sang a low G in "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" and the backing vocals of "Love Me Do".

"I'm a Loser" was once considered for release as a single in the UK until Lennon wrote "I Feel Fine".

On the original pressings of "Beatles for Sale", the song was misprinted as "I'm a Losser".

The first time the song was performed live on television, McCartney forgot the lyrics at one point.

Covers

This song was covered by the Lost Dogs on their 1993 album, "Little Red Riding Hood". In 2004 The Punkles did a cover of this song on their third album "Pistol". The bands Sum 41 and The Eels have also covered it live in concert. Doug Kershaw covered the song on his 1977 album "Flip, Flop, and Fly."

External links

* [http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/im-a-loser/ The Beatles Bible: I'm A Loser]