"It Won't Be Long"

Song: "It Won't Be Long"

Album: With the Beatles

"It Won't Be Long" was the first song recorded for--and the opening track of--the Beatles second UK album, With the Beatles.  It was written by John, with Paul contributing to both lyrics and arrangement. Like many early Beatles tunes, it heavily utilizes call and response yeah-yeah's and scaling riffs (prevalent in George's guitaring after each chorus). 

The Beatles supposedly never performed this song live, and it was also never recorded during any of the their BBC sessions. However, they performed a lip-synch of it for Ready Steady Go! seen below. (Despite the video's title, the performance was not technically "live.")