Album: Hard Day's Night (1964)
Written before Harrison composed his own material, Paul and
John penned “I’m Happy Just to Dance with You” specifically for him to perform.
It was recorded in March of 1964 for the Hard
Day’s Night soundtrack, and the clip from the film below marked the first
commercial video piece in which George sang lead.
Lennon and McCartney considered it a formula song, but
there’s a few interesting bits about its structure nonetheless. The Beatles
often used unique and unpredictable chords, and in this song they augmented the
B7th chord on “dance,” adding a hint
of dissonance to a crucial point of the chorus. Also, the opening of the song
is taken from the last four bars of the bridge instead of from the verse or
chorus (which was standard for most pop tunes at the time).
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