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Any Time at All

Any Time at All

1964 song by the Beatles


"Any Time at All" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership, it was mainly composed by John Lennon, with an instrumental middle eight by Paul McCartney.[2] It first appeared on the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night album.

Quick Facts Song by the Beatles, from the album A Hard Day's Night ...

Origin

In his 1980 interview with Playboy, Lennon described the song as "An effort at writing 'It Won't Be Long'. Same ilk: C to A minor, C to A minorwith me shouting."[3]

Lyrically, the song appears similar to the 1963 song "All I've Got to Do" from the album With the Beatles.[4]

Lennon's handwritten lyrics for "Any Time at All" were sold for £6,000 to an unidentified individual at an auction held at Sotheby's in London, on 8 April 1988.[5]

Recording

Incomplete when first brought into EMI Studios on Tuesday 2 June 1964,[6] Paul McCartney suggested an idea for the middle eight section based solely on chords, which was recorded with the intention of adding lyrics later. But by the time it was needed to be mixed, the middle eight was still without words and that is how it appears on the LP.[5] McCartney sings the second "Any time at all" in each chorus because Lennon couldn't reach the notes.[7] "Any Time at All" reprises a George Martin trick from "A Hard Day's Night" by using a piano solo echoed lightly note-for-note on guitar by George Harrison.[8]

Releases

In addition to A Hard Day's Night, "Any Time at All" was included on:

Personnel

According to Ian MacDonald,[9] except where noted:


References

Citations

  1. "Any Time at All by the Beatles - Track Info | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. Miles 1997, p. 164.
  3. Sheff 2000, p. 195.
  4. "95 - "Any Time at All"". 100 Greatest Beatles Songs. Rolling Stone. 10 April 2020.
  5. Margotin, Philippe; Guesdon, Jean-Michel (2014). All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release. Running Press. ISBN 978-1603763714.

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