Song

I'll Be Back

Release date: 10 June 1964

You know if you break my heart I'll go,
But I'll be back again.
'Cause I told you once before goodbye,
But I came back again.
I love you so oh, I'm the one who wants you,
Yes, I'm the one who wants you, oh ho, oh ho,

Oh, you could find better things to do
Than to break my heart again.

This time I will try to show that I'm
Not trying to pretend.
I thought that you would realize
That if I ran away from you,
That you would want me to,
But I got a big surprise, oh ho, oh ho.

Oh, you could find better things to do,
Than to break my heart again.

This time I will try to show that I'm
Not trying to pretend.
I wanna go, but I hate to leave you,
You know I hate to leave you, oh ho, oh ho, oh,

"I'll Be Back"
Song by the Beatles from the album A Hard Day's Night
Released 10 June 1964 (mono)
10 July 1964 (stereo)
Recorded 1 June 1964,
EMI Studios, London
Genre Rock and roll
Length 2:20
Label Apple Records
Writer Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
A Hard Day's Night track listing
13 tracks
Side one
  1. "A Hard Day's Night"
  2. "I Should Have Known Better"
  3. "If I Fell"
  4. "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
  5. "And I Love Her"
  6. "Tell Me Why"
  7. "Can't Buy Me Love"
Side two
  1. "Any Time at All"
  2. "I'll Cry Instead"
  3. "Things We Said Today"
  4. "When I Get Home"
  5. "You Can't Do That"
  6. "I'll Be Back"

"I'll Be Back" is primarily a John Lennon composition credited to Lennon-McCartney, and recorded by the Beatles for the soundtrack LP to their film "A Hard Day's Night". This song was not released in the US until Beatles '65 some five months on.

©1964 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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