Things We Said Today

"Things We Said Today" is a song by the Beatles and credited to Lennon & McCartney. It was composed for the film A Hard Day's Night and was the B-side of the "A Hard Day's Night" single in the UK.

The song is one of three main compositions (along with "And I Love Her" and "Can't Buy Me Love") that Paul McCartney wrote for the Beatles film. Recorded in advance of film production for lip-synching reasons, "Things We Said Today" has a reverse nostalgia premise.

McCartney was particularly satisfied with his chord change, F major to B flat major—instead of the more obvious F minor—which first occurs beneath "…wishing you weren't so far away" in the song.^[1] John Lennon accentuates McCartney's strident acoustic guitar strumming by triple hitting a low A note on a piano. Interestingly, the tempo moves from ballad to rock and back with a minor to major key change during its middle eight section.

McCartney’s diction, double tracked, is so accurate that in places it cancels itself out, sounding untracked (conversely, Lennon’s vocals were always different, and often sounded quite messy when double tracked). This was still before ADT (automatic double tracking) had been invented at Lennon’s behest, ^[2] by Abbey Road studio's Ken Townsend.

Paul McCartney wrote the song while cruising the Caribbean aboard a yacht called Happy Days. It is based on his relationship with his then-girlfriend, Jane Asher. Because of their busy lives, they could not spend much time together.

The Beatles included "Things We Said Today" as part of their live set during their world tour.^[3]

The French singer Dick Rivers recorded the song as "Ces Mots Qu'On Oublie Un Jour".

In 1989/90, Paul McCartney included the song as part of his own world tour.^[4]

Releases

UK LP soundtrack for A Hard Day's Night on Parlophone PMC 1230 (mono) / PCS 3058(stereo). Appeared also on their British EP Extracts From A Hard Day's Night.
American release on Capitol's Something New LP.

Credits

Paul McCartney – double tracked vocal, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
John Lennon – acoustic guitar, piano
George Harrison – lead guitar
Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine

References

1. ^ Barry Miles Paul McCartney Many Years From Now P.122
2. ^ Mark Lewisohn The Compleate Beatles Recording Sessions P.70
3. ^ Bill Harry The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia P.649
4. ^ Bill Harry The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia P.649

• • [ e] The Beatles Singles
Singles (UK - Parlophone, Apple Records)
1962: Love Me Do 1963: Please Please Me, From Me to You, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine 1965: Ticket to Ride, Help!, Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out 1966: Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine 1967: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane, All You Need Is Love, Hello Goodbye 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together 1970: Let It Be 1976: Yesterday, Back in the U.S.S.R. 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Day in the Life • 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley, Love Me Do (reissue) 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird 1996: Real Love
B-sides
1962: P.S. I Love You 1963: Ask Me Why, Thank You Girl, I'll Get You, This Boy 1964: You Can't Do That, Things We Said Today, She's a Woman 1965: Yes It Is, I'm Down 1966: Rain 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution 1969: Old Brown Shoe 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number) 1976: I Should Have Known Better, Twist and Shout 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, P.S. I Love You (reissue) 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, Christmas Time (Is Here Again) 1996: Baby's in Black
Singles (U.S. - Capitol Records, Apple Records)
1963: I Want to Hold Your Hand 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I'll Cry Instead, And I Love Her, Matchbox, I Feel Fine 1965: Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, Help!, Yesterday, We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper 1966: Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine 1967: Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together 1970: Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road 1976: Got to Get You into My Life 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Day in the Life 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley 1986: Twist and Shout 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird 1996: Real Love
B-sides
1963: I Saw Her Standing There 1964: You Can't Do That, I Should Have Known Better, I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, If I Fell, Slow Down, She's a Woman 1965: I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, Yes It Is, I'm Down, Act Naturally 1966: What Goes On, Rain 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution 1969: Old Brown Shoe 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number), For You Blue 1976: Helter Skelter 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You 1986: There's a Place 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, I Saw Her Standing There / This Boy / Christmas Time (Is Here Again) 1996: Baby's in Black / Yellow Submarine / Here, There and Everywhere

• • [ e] The Beatles
Members	John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr Pete Best Stuart Sutcliffe
Management	Allan Williams Brian Epstein Allen Klein Lee Eastman Neil Aspinall Mal Evans Alistair Taylor Apple Records
Production	George Martin Geoff Emerick Norman Smith Ken Scott Phil Spector Jeff Lynne Abbey Road Studios
Official studio albums	Please Please Me (1963) With The Beatles (1963) A Hard Day's Night (1964) Beatles for Sale (1964) Help! (1965) Rubber Soul (1965) Revolver (1966) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) Magical Mystery Tour (U.S., 1967 / U.K., 1976) The Beatles (The White Album) (1968) Yellow Submarine (1969) Abbey Road (1969) Let It Be (1970)
Official post-breakup albums	Live at the BBC (1994) Anthology 1 (1995) Anthology 2 (1996) Anthology 3 (1996) Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) Let It Be… Naked (2003)
Official compilations	1962–1966 (1973) 1967–1970 (1973) Past Masters, Volume One (1988) Past Masters, Volume Two (1988) 1 (2000) Love (2006)
Filmography	A Hard Day's Night (1964) Help! (1965) Magical Mystery Tour (1967) Yellow Submarine (1968) Let It Be (1970)
Videography	The Compleat Beatles (1984) The Beatles Anthology (2003) (2003)
	Line-ups Bootlegs Discography Love (Cirque du Soleil) Lennon/McCartney Influence Beatle boots The Quarrymen The Beatles' breakup London Beatlemania Fifth Beatle Paul is dead The Beatles (TV series) British Invasion Apple Corps Northern Songs The Beatles Anthology Yoko Ono Linda McCartney Cynthia Lennon Billy Preston Tony Sheridan Chas Newby Andy White Jimmy Nicol Astrid Kirchherr Klaus Voormann

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A Hard Day's Night
(1964) Beatles for Sale
(1964)

A Hard Day's Night is the third album by The Beatles, released in the UK on 10 July 1964 as the soundtrack to their first film of the same name.
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" ^[2] (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" ^[3]
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Something New
(1964) The Beatles' Story
(1964)

Something New is the The Beatles' third Capitol release, but fifth American album following the United Artists release of A Hard Day's Night.
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"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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B-side(s) "Things We Said Today" (UK)
"I Should Have Known Better" (US)
Released July 10, 1964 (UK)
July 13, 1964 (US)
Format 7"
Recorded Abbey Road Studios
April 16, 1964
Genre Rock
Length 2:32
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B-side(s) "You Can't Do That"
Released 20 March 1964 (UK)
16 March 1964 (US)
Format 7"
Recorded Pathé Marconi Studios
29 January 1964
Genre Rock
Length 2:11
Label Parlophone R5114 (UK)
Capitol 5150 (US)

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B-side(s) "She's A Woman"
Released November 23 1964 (US)
November 27 1964 (UK)
Format 7"
Recorded Abbey Road: October 18 1964
Genre Rock and roll
Length 2:18
Label Parlophone R5160 (UK)
Capitol 5222 (US)

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B-side(s) "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
Released 20 August 1964
Format 7"
Recorded 1 June 1964
Genre Rock and roll
Length 2:09
Label Capitol (US)
Writer(s) Lennon/McCartney
Producer(s)
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