Misery (Beatles song)
| "Misery" | |
|---|---|
| Single by the Beatles | |
| from the album Please Please Me | |
| Released | 22 March 1963 |
| Recorded | 11 and 20 February 1963 |
| Studio | EMI, London |
| Genre | Merseybeat[1] |
| Length | 1:47 |
| Label | Parlophone |
| Songwriter(s) | McCartney–Lennon |
| Producer(s) | George Martin |
"Misery" is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It is on their first album Please Please Me in 1963. It was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Lennon said he wrote most of the song,[2] and McCartney said they both helped write it together.[3] The song was written in January 1963, and recorded in March 1963.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "Misery". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
This is Merseybeat at its most ingratiating
- ↑ Sheff 2000, p. 169.
- ↑ Miles 1997, p. 94.
- ↑ MacDonald 2005, pp. 70–71.
Sources
[change | change source]- Miles, Barry (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. New York: Henry Holt & Company. ISBN 0-8050-5249-6.
- MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). ISBN 1-84413-828-3.
- Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-25464-4.
