“I’m Looking Through You” is a Paul McCartney-written Beatles song from Rubber Soul (1965), built around a sharp, stop-start groove and a lyric that flips from affection to frustration in a few lines. It is one of the album’s clearest…
“I’m Happy Just To Dance With You” is a Lennon-McCartney song sung by George Harrison, recorded in March 1964 for the A Hard Day’s Night sessions. The song appears in the A Hard Day’s Night film, giving audiences an early…
“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)” is a 1950s pop-and-R&B standard that The Beatles turned into a fast, Elvis-style rocker for BBC Radio. The performance comes from a 1963 session at the BBC Paris Theatre in London…
“I’m Down” is Paul McCartney’s Little Richard-style rock-and-roll “shouter”, released in July 1965 as the B-side to The Beatles’ single “Help!”. The Beatles recorded it during the Help! sessions at EMI Studios in London, but they left it off the…
“I’m A Loser” is a John Lennon-led Beatles song (credited to Lennon-McCartney) recorded on 14 August 1964 and released on Beatles For Sale Album. It is one of Lennon’s first big steps towards the more confessional writing that would soon…
“I’ll Get You” is a Lennon-McCartney Beatles song recorded on 1 July 1963 and released as the B-side of the 1963 single “She Loves You”. It is a proper example of how strong Beatles B-sides could be: tight, punchy, and…
“I’ll Follow The Sun” is a Paul McCartney-led Beatles song released in 1964 on Beatles For Sale Album. Although it sounds effortless, it is actually one of McCartney’s oldest songs to make it onto a Beatles LP, written years before…
“I’ll Cry Instead” is a John Lennon-written Beatles song (credited to Lennon-McCartney) released in 1964 on A Hard Day’s Night. It sits on side two (track 2) and stands out as one of the album’s moodier moments: Lennon sounds bruised,…
“I’ll Be On My Way” is an early Lennon-McCartney composition that The Beatles never recorded as an EMI studio master. Instead, the band cut their only known recording for BBC radio in 1963, and it finally surfaced officially three decades…
“I’ll Be Back” is a John Lennon-led Beatles song (credited to Lennon-McCartney) released in 1964 on A Hard Day’s Night. It closes the UK album as a surprisingly downbeat farewell, even though the rest of the record leans hard into…
