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"We Can Work It Out"
"We Can Work It Out"
Single by the Beatles
A-side	"Day Tripper" (double A-side)
Released	3 December 1965
Recorded	20 and 29 October 1965
Studio	EMI, London
Genre	Folk rock
Length	2:15
Label	Parlophone (UK), Capitol (US)
Songwriter(s)	Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)	George Martin
The Beatles UK singles chronology
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"We Can Work It Out" is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It was released as a double A-side single on 3 December 1965 on the same day as Rubber Soul. This was the first time a single was released with two A-sides in the United Kingdom.^[2]^[3] The single was number 1 in the United Kingdom.^[4] It was the seventh highest selling single of the 1960s in the UK.^[5] It was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.^[6]

Personnel

According to Walter Everett, the line-up of musicians on the Beatles' recording was as follows:^[7]

Paul McCartney – double-tracked lead vocal, bass guitar
John Lennon – harmony vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonium
George Harrison – tambourine
Ringo Starr – drums

MacDonald said that some sources say the tambourine part was played by Harrison, but he thought thay Starr had probably played it.^[8] Everett said Harrison played it, as it was recorded at the same time as the other instruments.^[7] Guesdon and Margotin also said Harrison played it.^[9]

References

↑ Unterberger, Richie. "The Beatles 'We Can Work It Out'". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
↑ Hutchins, Chris (4 December 1965). "Music Capitals of the World: London". Billboard. p. 26. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
↑ White, Jack (5 June 2018). "Is the double A-side making a comeback? Dual singles are on the rise, and here's why". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
↑ "The 1966 Ivor Novello Awards". theivors.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
↑ "Ken Dodd 'third best-selling artist of 1960s'". BBC News. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
↑ Hertsgaard 1995, p. 150.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Everett 2001, p. 321.
↑ MacDonald 2005, pp. 171–172.
↑ Guesdon & Margotin 2013, p. 315.

Sources

Everett, Walter (2001). The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-514105-9.
Guesdon, Jean-Michel; Margotin, Philippe (2013). All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release. New York, NY: Black Dog & Leventhal. ISBN 978-1-57912-952-1.
Hertsgaard, Mark (1995). A Day in the Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles. New York: Delacorte Press. ISBN 0-385-31377-2.
Jackson, Andrew Grant (2015). 1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 978-1-250-05962-8.
Kruth, John (2015). This Bird Has Flown: The Enduring Beauty of Rubber Soul Fifty Years On. Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1-61713-573-6.
Lewisohn, Mark (2005) [1988]. The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years 1962–1970. London: Bounty Books. ISBN 978-0-7537-2545-0.
MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (2nd rev. edn). Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-55652-733-3.
"Number 1s Index". everyHit.com. 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.

[1] Unterberger, Richie. "The Beatles 'We Can Work It Out'". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[2] Hutchins, Chris (4 December 1965). "Music Capitals of the World: London". Billboard. p. 26. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

[White/OCC-3] White, Jack (5 June 2018). "Is the double A-side making a comeback? Dual singles are on the rise, and here's why". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

[4] "The 1966 Ivor Novello Awards". theivors.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.

[5] "Ken Dodd 'third best-selling artist of 1960s'". BBC News. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

[FOOTNOTEHertsgaard1995150-6] Hertsgaard 1995, p. 150.

[FOOTNOTEEverett2001321-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Everett 2001, p. 321.

[FOOTNOTEMacDonald2005171–172-8] MacDonald 2005, pp. 171–172.

[FOOTNOTEGuesdonMargotin2013315-9] Guesdon & Margotin 2013, p. 315.

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