Got To Get You Into My Life Lyrics



Lennon/McCartney


I was alone, I took a ride,
I didn't know what I would find there
Another road where maybe I could see another kind of mind there

Ooh, then I suddenly see you,
Ooh, did I tell you I need you
Every single day of my life

You didn't run, you didn't lie
You knew I wanted just to hold you
And had you gone you knew in time we'd meet again
For I had told you

Ooh, you were meant to be near me
Ooh, and I want you hear me
Say we'll be together every day

Got to get you into my life

What can I do, what can I be,
When I'm with you I want to stay there
If I'm true I'll never leave
And if I do I know the way there

Ooh, then I suddenly see you,
Ooh, did I tell you I need you
Every single day of my life

Got to get you into my life
Got to get you into my life

I was alone, I took a ride,
I didn't know what I would find there
Another road where maybe I could see another kind of mind there

Then suddenly I see you,
Did I tell you I need you...

 
Lead Singer: Paul

Recording: 4/7/66, 4/8/66, 4/11/66, 5/18/66, 6/17/66
Mixing: 5/18/66, 6/17/66, 6/20/66, 6/22/66
Length: 2:31
Take: 8

Anomalies

0:03 to 0:06
Talking (Paul?) during intro. (Left) * NEW * Not clear enough to be a regular count in.
(1:28-1:38, left)
Left side, distorted guitar sound plays horn riff after "find THERE ..." and in "OOH, then I suddenly" the guitar sound plays chord voicings on beats 2 and 4
1:45
Strange guitar sound. (Centre) Possibly the same chord that starts off the fill/solo before fadeout - right after the last "GTGYIML..." at 1:49
1:49
New guitar sound appears from nowhere, possible edit?
2:07 * NEW *
Leakage of tremolo guitar (right) that was edited out
2:10 * NEW *
Possible edit to whole take, vocals and brass seem to have more presence

At various points, a guitar bleeds through that doesn't end up in the final mix.
This is about marijuana. Paul McCartney cleared this up in his 1998 book Many Years From Now when he explained that it was not about a particular person, but his desire to smoke pot.
Session musicians played trumpets and sax. It was the first time horns were used in a Beatles song.
Earth, Wind & Fire recorded a funky new version for the 1977 movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Beatles producer George Martin was in charge of the music, and the soundtrack was a success, but the movie, which starred Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees and Aerosmith, was a huge flop. Earth, Wind And Fire's version of this hit #9 in the US.
This didn't chart until 1976, when it was released as a single backed with "Helter Skelter."
John Lennon thought this was some of McCartney's best work.
In the '60s, Joe Pesci was an aspiring singer known as Joe Ritchie. He recorded a version of this that can be found on Rhino's "Golden Throat" Series. His version merits the "Stick to Acting" award. (thanks, Barry Kesten - Bellmore, United States)
   
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