Eight Days a Week

"Eight Days a Week" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, which was recorded by The Beatles and released on their December 1964 album Beatles for Sale. "Eight Days a Week" is the first song which the Beatles took into the studio unfinished to work on arrangement during the session, which would later become common. The song was mainly recorded in two recording sessions on 6 October devoted exclusively to this song, which lasted nearly seven hours with a fifteen-minute break in between. Lennon and McCartney tried several ideas for the intro and outro of the song. The first take featured a simple acoustic guitar introduction. The second take introduced an "oo"-ing vocal that was experimented with until the sixth take, when it was abandoned in favour of the final guitar intro. The final outro (along with unused intro takes) was recorded separately on 18 October. The final version of the song incorporated another Beatles first and pop music rarity: the song begins with a fade-in, as opposed to the common fade-out ending. The instrumentation includes acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums, bass and overdubbed handclaps. The fade-in and coda both include more guitar overdubs.

[Intro] [Verse 1: John Lennon & Paul McCartney] Ooh, I need your love, babe Guess you know it's true Hope you need my love, babe Just like I need you [Chorus: John Lennon & Paul McCartney with George Harrison] Hold me, love me Hold me, love me I ain't got nothing but love, babe Eight days a week [Verse 2: John Lennon & Paul McCartney] Love you everyday, girl Always on my mind One thing I can say, girl Love you all the time [Chorus: John Lennon & Paul McCartney with George Harrison] Hold me, love me Hold me, love me I ain't got nothing but love, girl Eight days a week [Bridge: John Lennon & Paul McCartney] Eight days a week I love you Eight days a week Is not enough to show I care [Verse 3: John Lennon & Paul McCartney] Ooh, I need your love, babe Guess you know it's true Hope you need my love, babe Just like I need you [Chorus: John Lennon & Paul McCartney with George Harrison] Hold me, love me Hold me, love me I ain't got nothing but love, babe Eight days a week [Bridge: John Lennon & Paul McCartney] Eight days a week I love you Eight days a week Is not enough to show I care [Verse 4: John Lennon & Paul McCartney] Love you everyday, girl Always on my mind One thing I can say, girl Love you all the time [Chorus: John Lennon & Paul McCartney with George Harrison] Hold me, love me Hold me, love me I ain't got nothing but love, babe Eight days a week [Outro: John Lennon, Paul McCartney & George Harrison] Eight days a week Eight days a week