Composition ALL MY LOVING According to journalist Bill Harry, McCartney thought of the lyrics whilst shaving,[6] though McCartney told biographer Barry Miles that he wrote them while on a tour bus.[2] He also said, It was the first song Id ever wr itten the words first. I never wrote words first, it was always some kind of accompaniment. Ive hardly ever done it since either.[2] The lyrics follow the letter song model as used on P.S. I Love You,[3] the B-side of their first single. After arriving at the location of the gig, he wrote the music on a piano backstage.[2] McCartney originally envisioned it as a country & western song, and George Harrison added a Nashville-style guitar solo.[2][3] John Lennons rhythm guitar track uses quickly strummed triplets similar to Da Doo Ron Ron by The Crystals, a song that was popular at the time.[3] McCartney added a walking bass line.[7] Lennon expressed his esteem for the song in his 1980 Playboy interview:[8] “ LENNON:All My Loving is Paul, I regret to say. Ha ha ha. PLAYBOY: Why? LENNON: Because its a damn good piece of work. ... But I play a pretty mean guitar in back. ” Recording They recorded the song on 30 July 1963 in eleven takes with three overdubs. The master take was take fourteen overdubbed on take eleven.[10] It was remixed on 21 August (mono)[10] and 29 October (stereo).[11] A slightly longer stereo edition of the song, featuring a hi-hat percussion introduction not found on the common stereo or mono mixes was released in Germany and the Netherlands in 1965 on a compilation album entitled Beatles Greatest.[12] This version was later released in the UK, but only as part of The Beatles Box. has been hypothesized that the piece draws inspiration from the Dave Brubeck Quartets 1959 song Kathys Waltz.[9]
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