When I'm Sixty-Four

"When I'm Sixty-Four"
Song by The Beatles
from the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Released1 June 1967
Recorded6–21 December 1966
Abbey Road Studios
GenreJazz, music hall[1]
Length2:37
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)Lennon/McCartney
Producer(s)George Martin
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band track listing

"When I'm Sixty-Four" is a love song by The Beatles. It was written by Paul McCartney[2][3] (credited to Lennon/McCartney). It was released in 1967 on their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

According to Ian MacDonald, the song was "aimed chiefly at parents, and as a result got a cool reception from the group's own generation."[4]

Composition

The song is sung by a young man to his lover, and is about his plans of growing old together with her. Although the theme is aging, it was one of the first songs McCartney wrote, when he was sixteen.[2] The Beatles used it in the early days as a song they could play when the amplifiers broke down or the electricity went off.[5][6] Both George Martin and Mark Lewisohn thought that McCartney may have thought of the song when recording began for Sgt. Pepper in December 1966 because his father turned 64 earlier that year.[5][6]

Lennon said of the song, "Paul wrote it in the Cavern days. We just stuck a few more words on it like 'grandchildren on your knee' and 'Vera, Chuck and Dave' ... this was just one that was quite a hit with us."[7] In his 1980 interview for Playboy he said, "I would never even dream of writing a song like that."[3]

Recording

The song was recorded on 6 December 1966, during one of the first sessions for the as-yet-unnamed album that became Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were multiple overdub sessions, including the lead vocal by McCartney on 8 December and backing vocals by McCartney, Lennon, and George Harrison on 20 December. The clarinets were recorded on 21 December.[8]

The song is in the key of D-flat major. The Beatles recorded the song in C major but the master take was sped up in order to raise the key by one semitone at the insistence of McCartney. Martin remembers that McCartney suggested this change in order to make his voice sound younger.[9] McCartney says, "I wanted to appear younger, but that was just to make it more rooty-tooty; just lift the key because it was starting to sound turgid."[2]

Release

The song was nearly released on a single as the B-side with either "Strawberry Fields Forever" or "Penny Lane" as the A-side. Instead, Martin decided on a double-A-sided-disc. The single did not make #1 in the UK, breaking a string of #1 singles going back to 1963.[10] If "When I'm Sixty-Four" had been issued as a B-side, it probably would not have appeared on Sgt. Pepper.

Personnel

Personnel per MacDonald except where noted[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Haugen, David (2004). The Beatles. Greenhaven Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-7377-2595-8.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Miles 1997, p. 319.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sheff 2000, p. 183.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 MacDonald 2005, p. 220.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lewisohn 1988, p. 89.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Martin 1994, p. 34.
  7. ↑ The Beatles 2000, p. 247.
  8. ↑ Lewisohn 1988, pp. 89–91.
  9. ↑ Martin 1994, p. 35.
  10. ↑ Martin 1994, p. 26.
  11. ↑ Lewisohn 1988, p. 90.

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