You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
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| “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away” | ||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||
| Album | Help! | |
| Released | 6 August 1965 | |
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios 18 February 1965 |
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| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 2:11 | |
| Label | Parlophone, Capitol, EMI | |
| Writer | Lennon/McCartney | |
| Producer | George Martin | |
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| “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away” | ||
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| Song by The Beach Boys | ||
| Album | Beach Boys' Party! | |
| Released | 8 November 1965 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 2:56 | |
| Label | Capitol | |
| Composer | Lennon/McCartney | |
| Producer | Brian Wilson | |
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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/McCartney, and first appeared on the album Help! in August 1965. The song also appeared on side three of the 1973 compilation 1962–1966.
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[edit] Performance in the film
In the film, at the opening of the song, the head of the cult, Clang (Leo McKern), appears from underneath 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 fourth of the Beatles' shared flat. They are watched by Ahme (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 is seeking.
[edit] Influence of Bob Dylan
At the time of the release of Help!, Lennon was infatuated with the American singer Bob Dylan. Dylan's 1964 song "I Don't Believe You [She Acts Like We Have Never Met]" opens in strikingly similar fashion: "I can't understand, she let go of my hand, and left me here facing the wall". Lennon seems to mimics Dylan's gruff vocal style, and uses a Dylanesque, all-acoustic accompaniment with very little percussion. The song "is just basically John doing Dylan", McCartney later said.[1]
[edit] Other song information
The song, according to musician/singer Tom Robinson, is a reference to Brian Epstein, the group's manager, who was homosexual (homosexuality was a criminal offence in Britain at the time).[2]
When Lennon made a mistake during the recording (he sang "two foot small" instead of "two foot tall"), he is reported to have said: "Let's leave that in, actually. All those pseuds will really love it." [2]
[edit] Other studio tracks
There is an alternative take included on Anthology II. Before the song proper begins, a montage of chatter associated with several other takes is presented. In this sequence, Lennon counts off the song, then stops to readjust his guitar pickup. Then, a glass shatters, followed by Lennon saying, "Paul's broken a glass, broken a glass, Paul's broken a glass, a glass, a glass he's broke today."
[edit] Cover versions
Artists who have covered this song include the following, listed alphabetically:
- The Beach Boys, on their Beach Boys' Party! album, with the lead vocal by Dennis Wilson
- Chris Cornell
- Elvis Costello
- Howie Day, with Dispatch
- Daniel Johnston, live shows
- The Kentucky Headhunters
- Oasis, as a B-side
- Perry Rose
- Tim Rose
- The Silkie, produced by The Beatles
- The Subways
- Travis
- U2 performed a snippet of the song at The Ahoy Stadium, Holland on the 15th of June, 1992 on their Zoo TV tour towards the end of the song, "Bad"
- Eddie Vedder, on the movie soundtrack of I Am Sam, also popular during Pearl Jam concerts
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[edit] References
- ^ Milton Okun, The Compleat Beatles Vol. 2, p. 32; cited in Bob Spitz, The Beatles, p. 554.
- ^ a b Dowling, William J. (1989) Beatlesongs. New York: Simon & Schuster Inc. ISBN 0-671-68229-6
