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词条 I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
释义

  1. Composition

  2. Recording

  3. Personnel

  4. Anne Murray cover

  5. Chart performance

  6. Other cover versions

  7. Later uses

  8. Notes

  9. References

  10. External links

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| type = single
| artist = the Beatles
| album = A Hard Day's Night
| A-side = I'll Cry Instead
| released = 26 June 1964[1]
| format = 7-inch single
| recorded = 1 March 1964
| studio = EMI Studios, London
| venue =
| genre = Rock
| length = 1:58
| label = Capitol (US)
| writer = Lennon–McCartney
| producer = George Martin
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| album = Somebody's Waiting
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| released = June 1980
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"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=163}} and recorded by the English rock band the Beatles for the film soundtrack to A Hard Day's Night. Lead vocals are by George Harrison, whose performance in the film marked the first mass media depiction of Harrison singing lead.

Composition

It was written specifically for George Harrison to sing at a time when he lacked the confidence to compose his own material. Years later, McCartney described it as a "formula song",{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=163}} and Lennon said, "I would never have sung it myself."{{sfn|Harry|2000|p=546}}

Featuring a hectic style rhythm guitar in juxtaposition with Harrison's placid vocal, its composers give it an unexpected choice of chord at the crux of its chorus, augmenting the B7th on "I'm happy just to dance with you". The song is also distinctive in that it begins not with a verse or chorus but with the last four bars of the bridge.{{sfn|Hal Leonard|1993|p=492}}

Recording

The Beatles recorded "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" on a Sunday, the first time they had used Abbey Road Studios on a day other than a normal work day.{{sfn|Harry|2000|p=546}} United Artists released the song on the album A Hard Day's Night on June 26. It was also included on the album Something New, released by Capitol Records on July 20.[1] It hit #95 on the Billboard Top 100 chart on August 1, 1964, its only appearance on that chart.[3][4]

The group also recorded a version for the BBC's From Us to You radio show. The session took place on 17 July 1964 at the BBC Paris Studio in London, and was first broadcast on 3 August that year.{{sfn|The Beatles Bible|2008}}

Personnel

  • George Harrison – lead vocal, lead guitar
  • John Lennon – backing vocal, rhythm guitar
  • Paul McCartney – backing vocal, bass
  • Ringo Starr – drums, African drum
  • George Martin – producer
  • Norman Smith – engineer

Personnel per Ian MacDonald{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=112}}

Anne Murray cover

Anne Murray included a cover of "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" on her 1980 album Somebody's Waiting. Murray had had some success in previous years covering other Beatles songs such as "You Won't See Me" and "Day Tripper." Unlike the Beatles' original, Murray's version of "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" is an adult-contemporary ballad. Murray's version of the song was released as a single in mid-1980, reaching No. 64 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 23 on the Billboard country chart, and No. 13 Adult Contemporary.

Chart performance

The Beatles
Chart (1964)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2][3]95
US Cash Box Top 100[4]91
Anne Murray
Chart (1980)Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5]1
Canada RPM Country10
Canada RPM Top Singles74
US Billboard Hot 100[6]64
US Billboard Hot Country Songs[7]23
US Billboard Adult Contemporary13

Other cover versions

  • The Cyrkle released a version of the song on their 1967 album, Neon.[8]
  • Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings included a cover of the song on their 2007 album Jukebox. The Smithereens also released a cover on their 2008 album, B-Sides The Beatles.[9]

Later uses

Tori Kelly sang the song as the character Millie Pede in Beat Bugs.

Notes

1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.beatlesebooks.com/happy-just-to-dance |title="I'm Happy Just to Dance With You" |publisher=Beatlesebooks.com |accessdate=May 15, 2016}}
2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1964-08-01 |title=The Hot 100 - August 1, 1964 |work=Billboard|accessdate=May 15, 2016}}
3. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/383540/beatles/chart?page=6&f=379 |title=The Beatles - Chart History |work=Billboard |date=August 1, 1964 |accessdate=May 15, 2016}}
4. ^Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 8, 1964
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0222&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0222.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0222|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1980-08-23 |accessdate=2019-02-13}}
6. ^Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}
7. ^{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=242}}
8. ^The Cyrkle, Neon Retrieved January 10, 2016
9. ^{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000795509 |tab= |label=B-Sides the Beatles |first=Mark |last=Deming |accessdate=December 27, 2016 }}

References

{{Refbegin|2}}
  • {{cite book

| publisher=Hal Leonard
| year=1993
| title=The Beatles - Complete Scores
| location=Milwaukee
| isbn=0-7935-1832-6
| ref={{SfnRef|Hal Leonard|1993|p=492}}
}}
  • {{cite book

| last=Harry
| first=Bill
| year=2000
| authorlink=Bill Harry
| title=The Beatles Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated
| publisher=Virgin Publishing
| location=London
| isbn=0-7535-0481-2
| ref=harv
}}
  • {{cite web

| work=The Beatles Bible
| year=2008
| title=I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
| url=http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/im-happy-just-to-dance-with-you/
| accessdate=19 October 2008
| ref={{SfnRef|The Beatles Bible|2008}}
}}
  • {{cite book

| last=MacDonald
| first=Ian
| year=2005
| authorlink=Ian MacDonald
| title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties
| publisher=Pimlico (Rand)
| location=London
| edition=Second Revised
| isbn=1-84413-828-3
| ref=harv
}}
  • {{cite book

| last=Miles
| first=Barry
| year=1997
| authorlink=Barry Miles
| title=Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now
| publisher=Henry Holt & Company
| location=New York
| isbn=0-8050-5249-6
| ref=harv
}}{{Refend}}

External links

{{Wikiquote|A Hard Day's Night (album)}}
  • {{Notes on|http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/ihjtdwy.shtml}}
  • {{MetroLyrics song|anne-murray|im-happy-just-to-dance-with-you}}
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