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"Encyclopedic content must be attributable to a reliable source." — John Cardinal 04:29, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

genre

the song sounds more like folk-rock, than simply rock. should the genre be changed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.142.36.135 (talk) 17:09, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This certainly doesn't sound like rock and roll. It sounds more like folk rock or possibly beat (although I don't have a good idea of what beat music sounds like). C.Syde (talk | contribs) 23:59, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

3/4 time

I know of no evidence, nor are any citations presented, that "I'll Be Back" was originally conceived in 3/4 time. The take played in 3/4 time presented on Anthology 1 could have been a one-off attempt. In fact, I'd propose that the difficulty John Lennon had in singing the part that tripped him up on that take stemmed entirely from the song's not having been written in 4/4; it really is inherently hard to sing it in 3/4. Besides, if the song were really substantially copied from "Runaway" by Del Shannon (another assertion with which I have a hard time, as there are substantial differences), a song which is in 4/4 time, I don't see how "I'll Be Back" could have been conceived in 3/4. If no one has a substantive argument (which I welcome), I intend to remove this assertion after a couple of weeks. MicroProf 22:26, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I don’t think the song was written in 3/4 time, but just attempted as a possible arrangement. Just remove the first sentence if no one else objects - the rest is valid. The songs verse chords are the same as “Runaway” but not the melody. Songwriters often use other songs as a device for initial inspiration.--Patthedog 10:32, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll wait for others to present evidence, if there is any. Just for the record, I inadvertently wrote "not having been written in 4/4" but meant 3/4 there.

As for the comparison with "Runaway," I understand what you're saying. I acknowledge that the beginning of the verse of each song has similar chord structure, but this breaks down soon. This strikes me as nothing more than influence, possibly worth mentioning in passing but not worth elaboration. MicroProf 17:46, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Co-written

McCartney claims this is one of three John Lennon songs from the 'A Hard Day's Night' soundtrack(or album, or whatever...) that he co-wrote with John, although he admits that this one was largely John's idea. McCartney refers to 'If I Fell' in more or less the same fashion, whereas he treats the song 'I'm Happy Just To Dance With You', also mostly attributed to Lennon, as a 50/50 composition.--84.208.240.143 05:28, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Big surprise

The line "I've got a big surprise" could be seen as another example of Lennon's smutty, double entendre humour. I don't think he's taking this lyric very seriously (common during this period). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.136.191.204 (talk) 16:56, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A song medley for LOVE

They should have combined this song with "Wait" for LOVE. C.Syde (talk | contribs) 23:56, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]