You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
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| Song by The Beatles | ||
| from the album Help! | ||
| Released | 6 August 1965 | |
| Recorded | 18 February 1965 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 2:06 | |
| Label | Parlophone, Capitol, EMI | |
| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | |
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |
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"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" is a song by The Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon & Paul McCartney, and first appeared on the album Help! in August 1965. The song also appeared on side three of the 1973 compilation The Red Album. It was one of John Lennon's "Bob Dylan era" songs. This song and "Yesterday" were two different songs for the Beatles at the time, two honest songs which fronted a new slant at songwriting for The Beatles.
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[edit] Performance in the film
In the film, at the opening of the song, the head of the "Indian cult", Leo McKern, appears from a manhole cover in the middle of Ailsa Avenue, London, where parts of the film were shot. He stays there for the whole song, which the Beatles play in John Lennon's flat. They are watched by "Ahme", played by Eleanor Bron, and at the end of the song, George passes out after Ahme produces a giant needle for Ringo, who is wearing the ring the cult want.
[edit] Influence of Bob Dylan
At the time of the release of Help!, John Lennon was infatuated with the American singer Bob Dylan. He even used to dress like him, once wearing a cap that was very similar to one Dylan sported on the 1962 album Bob Dylan. The song "is just basically John doing Dylan", McCartney later said.[1]
Lennon even mimics Dylan's gruff vocal style, and uses an accompaniment which is all acoustic with very little percussion. He also originally intended to add a harmonica solo at the end, which was common in Dylan's work.[citation needed] Instead, The Beatles hired Johnnie Scott to play two overdubbed flute solos—one on a concert flute and one an octave lower on an alto flute.
[edit] Other song information
The song is reputed to be about one of Lennon's numerous affairs, as his marriage to Cynthia was failing.[citation needed] Other sources state it is a reference to Brian Epstein, the group's manager, who was homosexual (homosexuality was a criminal offence in Britain at the time).[citation needed]
When Lennon made a mistake during the recording (he sang "two foot small" instead of "two foot tall"), he is reported to have said: "Leave it in, the pseuds'll love it!"[citation needed]
[edit] Cover versions
- The Silkie, produced by The Beatles
- Tim Rose
- Eddie Vedder, on the movie soundtrack of I Am Sam, as well as being popular during Pearl Jam concerts
- Oasis, as a B-Side
- The Subways
- Elvis Costello
- The Beach Boys, on their Beach Boys' Party! album, with the lead vocal by Dennis Wilson
- Perry Rose
- Travis
