Eight Days a Week
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| "Eight Days a Week" | ||
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| Single by The Beatles | ||
| from the album Beatles for Sale (UK), Beatles VI (US) |
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| Released | 1965 (US only) | |
| Format | vinyl record 7" | |
| Recorded | Abbey Road, October 6, 1964 | |
| Genre | Rock and roll | |
| Length | 2:43 | |
| Label | Capitol 5371 (US) | |
| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | |
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |
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| The Beatles singles chronology | ||
| "I Feel Fine" (1964) |
"Eight Days a Week" (1965) |
"Ticket to Ride" (1965) |
| Beatles for Sale track listing | ||
| Medley: "Kansas City"/"Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" (7) |
"Eight Days a Week" (8) |
"Words of Love" (9) |
- This article is about The Beatles single. For the movie, see Eight Days a Week (film).
"Eight Days a Week" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, which was recorded by The Beatles and released on their December 1964 album Beatles for Sale.
The song, along with two others from the album ("Baby's in Black" and "No Reply") was planned as a single release. In the end, it was released as a single only in the US on February 15, 1965 becoming a number-one hit. The single release in the US was the result of DJs playing the song from imported copies of the Beatles For Sale album as an exclusive since it was not included on the album's US counterpart Beatles '65. Later, it made a US album appearance on Beatles VI.
Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr is credited with having come up with the title. Like "A Hard Day's Night" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" it was a common saying of his that Lennon and McCartney took a liking to and turned into a song. McCartney recalls, "he said it as though he were an overworked chauffeur - in a heavy accent 'Eight days a week'."[1]
[edit] Cover versions
The song has been covered by:
- Alma Cogan in 1965 as a double-A sided single with "Help!"
- Procol Harum in 1975 on their album Procol's Ninth
- The Runaways in 1978 on their album, Little Lost Girls
- Joan Jett in 1982
- Lorrie Morgan in 1987
- The Worthless Peons (Ted's Band) in the Scrubs season 3 episode, My Best Friend's Wedding
- B.E. Taylor in 2006 on his album, Love Never Fails (he has also played the song during nearly all of his concerts)
[edit] External links
- Alan W. Pollack's Notes on "Eight Days a Week". Retrieved on October 29, 2006.
| Preceded by: "My Girl" by The Temptations |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single March 13, 1965 |
Succeeded by: "Stop! In the Name of Love" by The Supremes |
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