This Boy - wikipedia This Boy This article is about the song by the Beatles. For the song by James Morrison, see Undiscovered ( James Morrison album ). For the song by Franz Ferdinand, see You Could Have It So Much Better. `` This Boy '' Label of Canadian 7 - inch single Single by the Beatles A-side `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' ( UK ) `` All My Loving '' ( Canada ) Released 29 November 1963 Recorded 17 October 1963 Genre Doo wop pop Length 2 : 13 Label Parlophone R 5084 ( UK ) Capitol 72144 ( Canada ) Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) George Martin The Beatles singles chronology `` She Loves You '' ( 1963 ) She Loves You 1963 `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' ( 1963 ) I Want to Hold Your Hand1963 `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' ( 1964 ) Ca n't Buy Me Love 1964 `` This Boy '' is a song by English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon ( credited to Lennon -- McCartney ). It was released in November 1963 as the B - side of the British Parlophone single `` I Want to Hold Your Hand ''. It also appears as the third track on side one of the 1964 U.S album Meet the Beatles !. The Beatles performed it live on 16 February 1964 for their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. `` This Boy '' was remastered for compact disc by George Martin and released in 1988 on the Past Masters, Volume One compilation. On 9 September 2009 it was re-released on the two CD set Past Masters, as part of the remastering of the original Beatles ' catalogue, and was included in The Beatles Stereo Box Set and in The Beatles in Mono box set. Contents 1 Composition 2 Recordings 3 Cover versions 4 Personnel 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links Composition Its composition was an attempt by Lennon at writing a song in the style of Motown star Smokey Robinson, specifically his song `` I 've Been Good To You '', which has similar circular doo - wop chord changes, melody and arrangement. The tune and arrangement also draws from `` You Do n't Understand Me '', a B - side to a Bobby Freeman single. Paul McCartney cites the Teddy Bears ' 1958 hit `` To Know Him Is To Love Him '' as also being influential. Lennon, McCartney, and George Harrison join together to sing an intricate three - part close harmony in the verses and refrain ( originally the middle eight was conceived as a guitar solo, but altered during the recording process ) and a similar song writing technique is exercised in later Beatles songs, such as `` Yes It Is '' and `` Because ''. The song, in D major, revolves around a 1950s - style I - vi - ii - V doo - wop sequence in 12 / 8 time before moving to the harmonically complex middle eight ( G-F # 7 - Bm - D7 - G - E7 - A-A7 ) and back again for the final verse and fade - out. William Mann describes the song as, `` harmonically... one of their most intriguing, with its chains of pandiatonic clusters '' An instrumental version of `` This Boy '', orchestrated by George Martin, is used as the incidental music during Ringo Starr 's towpath scene in the film A Hard Day 's Night. The piece, under the title, `` Ringo 's Theme ( This Boy ) '' was released as a single -- but failed to chart in the UK -- on 7 August 1964 with `` And I Love Her '' on the B Side, although it did reach number 53 in the American Top 100 later that year. It was also included on Martin 's Parlophone album Off the Beatle Track and the EP Music From A Hard Day 's Night by the George Martin Orchestra, released 19 February 1965. It was also included on the American A Hard Day 's Night soundtrack album. Recordings The Beatles recorded `` This Boy '' on 17 October 1963. On the same day they recorded `` I Want To Hold Your Hand '' ; the group 's first fan club Christmas single, and a version of `` You Really Got A Hold On Me ''. They recorded fifteen takes of `` This Boy '' followed by two overdubs. The song was recorded with a rounded ending, although it was faded out during a mixing session on 21 October. Two takes were joined together to make the final master, with the edit between the middle eight and final verse ( 1 : 28 ). Alternative recordings have also been officially released. A live version performed on Two of a Kind in 1963 was released on Anthology 1 and two incomplete takes from the original recording were released as a track on the single Free as a Bird. Cover versions Robson & Jerome covered the song on their self - titled 1995 album ; by a remarkable coincidence, this was # 1 on the UK Albums Chart in the same week the Beatles ' Anthology 1, which features a version of the song, peaked at # 2. The Smithereens covered the song on their 2007 album Meet The Smithereens ! Algernon Cadwallader covered the song on `` Cover Up - A Covers Compilation '' by Biff Swenson. Personnel John Lennon -- double - tracked vocal, acoustic guitar Paul McCartney -- double - tracked harmony vocal, bass George Harrison -- double - tracked harmony vocal, lead guitar Ringo Starr -- drums Notes Jump up ^ Pedler, Dominic ( 2010 ). The Songwriting Secrets Of The Beatles. Omnibus Press. pp. 81 -- 82. ISBN 9780857123466. Jump up ^ `` The Beatles - This Boy - AllMusic ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2014. ^ Jump up to : Harry 1992, p. 650. ^ Jump up to : MacDonald 1998, p. 92. Jump up ^ Sheff 2000, p. 193. Jump up ^ All Together Now, the ABC of the Beatles songs and albums, David Rowley ( 2013 ), page 183 -- 84 Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 36. Jump up ^ Mann, William ( 1963 ). `` London ''. Times ( 27 December ). cited in Everett, Walter ( 2001 ). The Beatles as Musicians : The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul, p. 204. Oxford. ISBN 9780195141054. Jump up ^ The Beatles Record Collection 2011. Jump up ^ The Beatles Bible 2008. Jump up ^ `` Official UK Albums Chart Top 100 - 26 November - 2 December 1995 ''. Official Charts. Retrieved 18 August 2015. Jump up ^ `` Freebies : Two New Mixtapes Offer Covers of ' N Sync, Springsteen, INXS, Beasties, and 23 More Artists ! ''. References Harry, Bill ( 1992 ). The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia. London : Virgin Books. ISBN 0 - 86369 - 681 - 3. Lewisohn, Mark ( 1988 ). The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. London : Hamlyn. ISBN 0 - 600 - 55798 - 7. MacDonald, Ian ( 1998 ). Revolution in the Head. London : Pimlico. ISBN 0 - 7126 - 6697 - 4. Sheff, David ( 2000 ). All We Are Saying. New York : St. Martin 's Griffin. ISBN 0 - 312 - 25464 - 4. `` This Boy ''. The Beatles Bible. 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008. `` The Beatles U.K. Singles / Parlophone original # 2 ''. The Beatles Record Collection. 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012. External links Wikiquote has quotations related to : Meet the Beatles ! Alan W. Pollack 's Notes on `` This Boy '' The Beatles singles discography UK and US ( all labels ) 1963 `` Please Please Me '' / `` Ask Me Why '' `` From Me to You '' / `` Thank You Girl '' `` She Loves You '' / `` I 'll Get You '' 1964 `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' / `` You Ca n't Do That '' `` I Feel Fine '' / `` She 's a Woman '' 1965 `` Ticket to Ride '' / `` Yes It Is '' `` Help ! '' / `` I 'm Down '' `` We Can Work It Out '' / `` Day Tripper '' 1966 `` Paperback Writer '' / `` Rain '' `` Yellow Submarine '' / `` Eleanor Rigby '' 1967 `` Penny Lane '' / `` Strawberry Fields Forever '' `` All You Need Is Love '' / `` Baby, You 're a Rich Man '' `` Hello, Goodbye '' / `` I Am the Walrus '' 1968 `` Lady Madonna '' / `` The Inner Light '' `` Hey Jude '' / `` Revolution '' 1969 `` Get Back '' / `` Do n't Let Me Down '' `` The Ballad of John and Yoko '' / `` Old Brown Shoe '' `` Something '' / `` Come Together '' 1970 `` Let It Be '' / `` You Know My Name ( Look Up the Number ) '' 1978 `` Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from My Friends '' / `` A Day in the Life '' 1982 `` The Beatles Movie Medley '' / `` I 'm Happy Just to Dance with You '' 1995 `` Free as a Bird '' / `` Christmas Time ( Is Here Again ) '' `` Real Love '' / `` Baby 's in Black '' UK only ( Parlophone, Apple ) 1962 `` My Bonnie '' / `` The Saints '' `` Love Me Do '' / `` P.S. I Love You '' 1963 `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' / `` This Boy '' 1964 `` Ai n't She Sweet '' / `` If You Love Me, Baby '' `` A Hard Day 's Night '' / `` Things We Said Today '' 1976 `` Yesterday '' / `` I Should Have Known Better '' `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' / `` Twist and Shout '' US only ( Vee - Jay, Swan, Tollie, Capitol, Apple ) 1963 `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' / `` I Saw Her Standing There '' 1964 `` Twist and Shout '' / `` There 's a Place '' `` Do You Want to Know a Secret '' / `` Thank You Girl '' `` Love Me Do '' / `` P.S. I Love You '' `` Sie liebt dich '' / `` I 'll Get You '' `` I 'll Cry Instead '' / `` I 'm Happy Just to Dance with You '' `` And I Love Her '' / `` If I Fell '' `` A Hard Day 's Night '' / `` I Should Have Known Better '' `` Matchbox '' / `` Slow Down '' 1965 `` Eight Days a Week '' / `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' `` Yesterday '' / `` Act Naturally '' 1966 `` Nowhere Man '' / `` What Goes On '' 1970 `` The Long and Winding Road '' / `` For You Blue '' 1976 `` Got to Get You into My Life '' / `` Helter Skelter '' `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` Julia '' Other countries ( Odeon, Parlophone, Apple ) 1963 `` All My Loving '' / `` This Boy '' ( Canada ) 1964 `` Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich '' ( Germany ) 1966 `` Norwegian Wood ( This Bird Has Flown ) '' / `` Nowhere Man '' ( Australia ) 1968 `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' ( Europe, Japan, Australia ) `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` I Will '' ( Philippines ) `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' / `` Do n't Pass Me By '' ( Sweden ) 1969 `` You 're Going to Lose That Girl '' / `` Tell Me What You See '' ( Japan ) 1970 `` Oh ! Darling '' / `` Here Comes the Sun '' ( Japan ) 1972 `` All Together Now '' / `` Hey Bulldog '' ( Europe ) 1978 `` Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from My Friends '' / `` Within You Without You '' ( Germany ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=This_Boy&oldid=823992000 '' Categories : The Beatles songs Song recordings produced by George Martin 1963 songs Songs written by Lennon -- McCartney Songs published by Northern Songs 1963 singles Hidden categories : Use British English from August 2010 Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Use dmy dates from November 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano ქართული Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 4 February 2018, at 18 : 03. About Wikipedia

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