Yes It Is
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"Yes It Is" is a 1965 Beatles single credited to John Lennon and Paul McCartney (though written almost entirely by Lennon) which was first released as the B-side to "Ticket to Ride". It features some of The Beatles' most complex and dissonant three-part vocal harmonies and showcases George Harrison's early use of pedal tone guitar. Over the course of an arduous, five hour recording session, The Beatles attempted fourteen takes of the basic track before perfecting it, more than any other song they recorded in 1965.
Despite its strengths, "Yes It Is" was known to be one of Lennon's least favorite compositions, along with Run for Your Life, It's Only Love, and Dig a Pony. In his 1980 interview with Playboy, he described it as an attempt to rewrite This Boy that "didn't quite work."[1] Paul McCartney on the other hand described it as "a very fine song of John's," and that for his part, he'd only "helped him finish [it] off."[1]
Original pressings of the single erroneously show "Yes It Is" as from the film Eight Arms To Hold You (Help!), in which it did not appear at all.
The song appears on Beatles VI, the British version of the Rarities album, Past Masters, Volume One, and also on Anthology 2 in a version that combines the second and fourteenth takes.
Notes
- ^ a b "Beatles Interview Database". Retrieved 2007-10-09.
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