"All My Loving"

Song: “All My Loving”

Album: With the Beatles (1963)

Although not released as a single, “All My Loving” was immensely popular and enjoyed significant radio play after its release on the group’s 1963 U.K. LP With the Beatles. So much, in fact, that EMI later issued it as the title track to an EP. It was also the opening number for the Beatles’ first performance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, and it was later used in the background during scenes in both A Hard Day’s Night and (as an instrumental piece) Magical Mystery Tour.

It was a solid early Paul song. For many, it was the track that made people realize McCartney could write just as well as John. In fact, many critics consider it the best non-single Beatles’ track before 1964.

Even John spoke fondly about the tune, joking with interviewers that he wished he’d been the one to write it. And legend has it (or, at least, TV producer Alan Weiss—who was at Roosevelt Hospital when Lennon was brought in—claims that) “All My Loving" was playing in the emergency room when was Lennon was pronounced dead.