I'll Follow the Sun
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| “I'll Follow the Sun” | ||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||
| Album | Beatles for Sale | |
| Released | 4 December 1964 | |
| Recorded | Abbey Road 18 October 1964 |
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| Genre | Folk Rock | |
| Length | 1:46 | |
| Label | EMI, Parlophone, Capitol | |
| Writer | John Lennon,Paul McCartney | |
| Producer | George Martin | |
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| Beatles for Sale track listing | ||
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"I'll Follow the Sun" is a song by The Beatles. It is a melancholy ballad featuring Paul McCartney as the lead vocalist. The song was written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney.)
The song was released on the Beatles for Sale album in 1964, but was written long before that year. (In the United States it appeared on the Beatles '65 album.) The song is somewhat of a cult favourite; it was released as a mono extended 45 in 1964 on Parlophone/EMI (and in 1995 as a B-side).
The song's lyrics center around a man who feels he is unappreciated by a woman. The song is believed to be him giving her an ultimatum, and that, as the lyrics state, "One day, you'll look to see I'm gone." There is an unwillingness on the part of the song's narrator that adds a tenderness and tragedy to his leaving: "And now the time has come, and so, my love, I must go. And though I lose a friend, in the end you will know..."
