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"
If I Fell" is a song by the
Beatles which first appeared in 1964 on the
album "
A Hard Day's Night". It was written primarily by
John Lennon, but credited to Lennon--McCartney.
The song is notable for its unusual structure, which includes an unrepeated introductory section sung by
Lennon, followed by sequential verse sections, each having a slightly expanded form, but with no obvious chorus or bridge section. The demo version (just
John on acoustic guitar) from early 1964, does include the introduction, as well as an alternate ending. The remainder of the song features a two-part harmony, sung by
Lennon and McCartney together into a single microphone at their suggestion, with Lennon singing the lower harmony while McCartney sings the higher one.
Lyrics:
If I fell in love with you
Would you promise to be true
And help me understand
Cause
I've been in love before
And I found that love was more
Than just holding hands
If I give my heart to you
I must be sure
From the very start that you
Would love me more than her
If I trust in you oh please
Don't run and hide
If I love you too oh please
Don't hurt my pride like her
Cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain
So I hope you see that
I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
Cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain
So I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
If I fell in love with you
A Hard Day's Night is a 1964
British black-and-white comedy film directed by
Richard Lester and starring
The Beatles—John Lennon,
Paul McCartney,
George Harrison and
Ringo Starr—during the height of Beatlemania. It was written by
Alun Owen and originally released by
United Artists. The film portrays a couple of days in the lives of the group. The film is considered to be one of the best and most influential musical films of all-time.
It was successful both financially and critically; it was rated by
Time magazine as one of the all-time great
100 films. British critic
Leslie Halliwell described it as a "comic fantasia with music; an enormous commercial success with the director trying every cinematic gag in the book" and awarded it a full four stars.
The screenplay was written by Alun Owen, who was chosen because The Beatles were familiar with his play
No Trams to Lime Street, and he had shown an aptitude for
Liverpudlian dialogue. McCartney commented, "Alun hung around with us and was careful to try and put words in our mouths that he might've heard us speak, so I thought he did a very good script."
Owen spent several days with the group, who told him their lives were like "a train and a room and a car and a room and a room and a room"; the character of
Paul's grandfather refers to this in the dialogue. Owen wrote the script from the viewpoint that The Beatles had become prisoners of their own fame, their schedule of performances and studio work having become punishing. The screenplay was nominated for an
Oscar.
The script comments cheekily on the Beatles' fame. For instance, at one
point a fan, played by
Anna Quayle, apparently recognises John Lennon, though she does not actually mention Lennon's name, saying only "you are
...". He demurs, saying his face is not quite right for "him", initiating a surreal dialogue ending with the fan agreeing that Lennon doesn't "look like him at all" and Lennon saying to himself that "she looks more like him than I do". The frequent reference to McCartney's grandfather (
Wilfrid Brambell) as a "clean old man" sets up a contrast with the stock description of Brambell's character,
Albert Steptoe in
Steptoe and Son as a "dirty old man".
Despite the fact that the original working titles of the film were first "The Beatles" and then "Beatlemania," the name of the group is never spoken in the movie—it is, however, visible on
Ringo's drumkit and on the helicopter in the final scene.
The television performance scene also contains a visual pun on the group's name, with photos of "beetles" visible on the wall behind the dancers.
- published: 09 Sep 2013
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