The song was also released as a single in Norway, where it reached number one. As the B-side, it reached number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100. "If I Fell" was released as the B-side of the US single " And I Love Her" on Capitol 5235. On more than one occasion it was introduced as "If I Fell Over". The group typically performed the song faster than the studio version, and Lennon and McCartney often sang it with barely suppressed laughter. "If I Fell" was a part of the Beatles repertoire during their US and Canadian tour in 1964.
Lennon's opening vocal is single-tracked in mono but double-tracked in the stereo mix. Like much of the Beatles' early work, the song was released in two different mixes for mono and stereo. Lennon and McCartney shared a single microphone "for their Everly Brothers-like close harmonies".
It features Lennon's intricate chord changes: the key changes from E flat minor to D major at the end of the introduction, which is played with a series of descending barre chords the rest of the composition uses mainly open chords, including an unusual D ninth dominant. The remainder of the song uses a two-part harmony, with Lennon singing the lower notes while McCartney sings the higher ones. bridge or middle eight) has a slightly different ending, which creates a seamless transition between the two. Each verse preceding the B section (a.k.a. The song opens with an unrepeated introductory section sung by Lennon, followed by a standard "Tin Pan Alley" AABA form. Paul McCartney stated that he contributed to the song: "We wrote 'If I Fell' together." Structure It shows that I wrote sentimental love ballads way back when", Lennon stated in his 1980 Playboy interview. "That's my first attempt at a ballad proper. It was written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. " If I Fell" is a song by English rock band the Beatles which first appeared in 1964 on the album A Hard Day's Night in the United Kingdom and United States, and on the North American album Something New.
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