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"You Can't Do That" is a song by The Beatles released as the B-side of the single "Can't Buy Me Love", and included on the UK album A Hard Day's Night and the US album The Beatles' Second Album. John Lennon has written the music and the lyrics and appears as the lead vocalist.
The theme of this song is about how jealous the narrator is with his girlfriends. The theme is re-visited in other Lennon compositions, such as "Run For Your Life" and "Jealous Guy".
"You Can't Do That" was covered by Harry Nilsson for his debut album Pandemonium Shadow Show. Rather than simply covering it, Nilsson worked song titles from 20 other Beatles tunes into the mix.
It is one of the few Beatles songs on which John Lennon plays lead guitar throughout (including the solo).
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1962: Love Me Do | 1963: Please Please Me, From Me to You, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine | 1965: Ticket to Ride, Help!, Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out | 1966: Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine | 1967: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye | 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude | 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together | 1970: Let It Be
1976: Yesterday, Back in the USSR | 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A Little Help From My Friends | 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley, Love Me Do (reissue) | 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird | 1996: Real Love
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1962: P.S. I Love You | 1963: Ask Me Why, Thank You Girl, I'll Get You, This Boy | 1964: You Can't Do That, Things We Said Today, She's a Woman | 1965: Yes It Is, I'm Down | 1966: Rain | 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus | 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution | 1969: Old Brown Shoe | 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number)
1976: I Should Have Known Better, Twist and Shout | 1978: A Day in the Life | 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, P.S. I Love You (reissue) | 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, Christmas Time (Is Here Again) | 1996: Baby's in Black
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| Singles (U.S. - Capitol Records, Apple Records) |
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1963: I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I'll Cry Instead, And I Love Her, Matchbox, I Feel Fine | 1965: Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, Help!, Yesterday, We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper | 1966: Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine | 1967: Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye | 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude | 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together | 1970: Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road
1976: Got to Get You into My Life, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A Little Help From My Friends | 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley | 1986: Twist and Shout | 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird | 1996: Real Love
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1963: I Saw Her Standing There | 1964: You Can't Do That, I Should Have Known Better, I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, If I Fell, Slow Down, She's a Woman | 1965: I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, Yes It Is, I'm Down, Act Naturally | 1966: What Goes On, Rain | 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus | 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution | 1969: Old Brown Shoe | 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number), For You Blue
1976: Helter Skelter, Julia | 1978: A Day in the Life | 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You | 1986: There's a Place | 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, I Saw Her Standing There / This Boy / Christmas Time (Is Here Again) | 1996: Baby's in Black / Yellow Submarine / Here, There and Everywhere
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