You Won't See Me

Infobox Song
Name = You Won't See Me


Artist = The Beatles
Album = Rubber Soul
Released = 3 December 1965
track_no = 3
Recorded = Abbey Road Studios
17 June, 12 October -
11 November 1965
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:22
Writer = Lennon/McCartney
Label = EMI, Parlophone, Capitol
Producer = George Martin
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Rubber Soul
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
# "Drive My Car"
# "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"
# "You Won't See Me"
# "Nowhere Man"
# "Think for Yourself"
# "The Word"
# "Michelle";Side two
# "What Goes On"
# "Girl"
# "I'm Looking Through You"
# "In My Life"
# "Wait"
# "If I Needed Someone"
# "Run for Your Life"

"You Won't See Me" is a song by the British 1960s rock group The Beatles, on the album "Rubber Soul". Though it is credited to Lennon/McCartney, it was written exclusively by Paul McCartney.

The song is about a crisis in McCartney's relationship with his then-girlfriend Jane Asher. She was rejecting him by not returning phone calls and ignoring him — for once, he was in a vulnerable position. The more biting tone of the song marks a change away from his earlier, happier love songs. "You Won't See Me" was recorded during the last session for "Rubber Soul". At 3:22, the song was the longest that the Beatles had recorded to that point and marked a trend by Bob Dylan and others at the time to start writing longer songs.

"You Won't See Me" was never a part of the Beatles' concert repertoire, but Paul McCartney played the song live during his 2005-2006 concert tour.

The song was covered by Bryan Ferry on his 1973 album, "These Foolish Things".

The following year, "You Won't See Me" became a big hit for Anne Murray, reaching #8 on the US Pop Billboard charts and #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts. John Lennon is said to have told Murray that her version of "You Won't See Me" was his favorite Beatles' cover ever.Fact|date=August 2007 Murray herself is a confessed Beatles fanatic and later covered several other of their songs as singles, including "Day Tripper" and "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You." Murray would re-record the song as a duet with Shelby Lynne as part of her latest album.

Trivia

*Mal "Organ" Evans (one of The Beatles' roadies throughout their career) is credited on the album sleeve as having played Hammond organ on this track, his contribution consisting solely of an A note quietly held throughout the last part of the song.

References

Turner, Steve. "A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song", Harper, New York: 1994, ISBN 0-06-095065-X

External links

* [http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/you-wont-see-me/ The Beatles Bible: You Won't See Me]