You 've Got to Hide Your Love Away - wikipedia You 've Got to Hide Your Love Away `` You 've Got to Hide Your Love Away '' The French jukebox single release of the song, backed with `` Yesterday '' Song by the Beatles from the album Help ! Released 6 August 1965 ( mono and stereo ) Recorded 18 February 1965, EMI Studios, London Genre Folk Length 2 : 11 Label Parlophone Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) George Martin Audio sample file help `` You 've Got to Hide Your Love Away '' Single by The Silkie from the album You 've Got to Hide Your Love Away B - side `` City Winds '' Released 1965 Format 7 '' Genre Rock Length 2 : 20 Label Fontana Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) The Beatles The Silkie singles chronology `` You 've Got to Hide Your Love Away '' ( 1965 ) `` Blood Red River '' ( 1965 ) `` You 've Got to Hide Your Love Away '' ( 1965 ) `` Blood Red River '' ( 1965 ) `` You 've Got to Hide Your Love Away '' is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It was written and sung by John Lennon ( credited to Lennon -- McCartney ) and released on the album Help ! in August 1965. Contents 1 Composition and recording 2 Performance in the film 3 Other studio tracks 4 Personnel 5 Cover versions 6 References 7 External links Composition and recording Lennon said of the song, `` That 's me in my Dylan period again. I am like a chameleon, influenced by whatever is going on. If Elvis can do it, I can do it. If the Everly Brothers can do it, me and Paul can. Same with Dylan. '' The song is an early example of John self - reflecting in his writing, which had begun with songs such as `` I 'm a Loser '' in the summer of 1964. Lennon wrote the song at home during what he called his `` Dylan period, '' wanting another song for the film Help !. The song `` is just basically John doing Dylan, '' Paul McCartney confirmed. The song is similar to a folkish strophic form and uses a Dylanesque acoustic guitar figure in compound time, chiefly acoustic accompaniment, no backing voices and light percussion from brushed snare, tambourine and maraca. A flute, however, replaces the harmonica that Dylan typically used. The song lyrics are ambiguous. They may tell of an unrequited love and hidden feelings. John could also have been referring to the fact that as a Beatle he was expected to keep the fact he was married a secret. He could also have been writing about his inability to express his true ' loving ' self in public and his feelings of isolation and paranoia related to fame. Some, such as singer Tom Robinson, have suggested that it was written for their manager Brian Epstein, who had to hide his homosexuality from the public. Lennon himself however never discussed the inspiration for the lyrics. When the song was first written, Lennon used `` two - foot tall '' to rhyme with the `` wall '' in the first verse, but mistakenly said `` two - foot small '' when he sang the line to McCartney, and decided to keep it this way. Pete Shotton, Lennon 's former bandmate from The Quarrymen, was present when the song was being composed, and he suggested adding `` Hey '' to the start of the line in refrain. The basic rhythm track was recorded first, followed by George Harrison 's guitar and some extra percussion. John Scott recorded a tenor flute in the spaces in Lennon 's vocal track and an additional alto flute part, an octave higher than the first, on the last available track of the four - track machine. Performance in the film In the film Help !, at the opening of the song, the head of the cult, Clang ( Leo McKern ), appears from underneath a manhole cover in the middle of Ailsa Avenue, London, where parts of the film were shot. He stays there for the whole song, which the Beatles play in Lennon 's quarters of the Beatles ' shared flat. The flute part of the song is performed by George 's in - house gardener ( who also trims his grass carpet with chattery teeth ). They are watched by Ahme ( Eleanor Bron ), and at the end of the song, Harrison passes out after Ahme produces a giant needle for Starr, who is wearing the ring the cult is seeking. Other studio tracks In a montage the first two takes ( both broken down ) are followed by a completed alternative version ( Take 5 ), included on Anthology 2. Lennon counts off the song then stops to readjust his guitar pickup ( `` I 'm just going to raise this so that it 's nearer to the bass strings than the top string '' ). This is followed by the sound of a glass shattering on the floor, prompting John to teasingly sing : `` Paul 's broken a glass, broken a glass. Paul 's broken a glass. A glass, a glass he 's broke today ''. ( In the background, Ringo plays the snare drum with wire brush drumsticks, keeping time with John 's cadence ). John also addresses Paul as `` Macca, '' a nickname in England for someone who is of Irish descent or has `` Mc '' in their last name. `` Oh, you ready, Macca ? '' Personnel John Lennon -- double - tracked vocal, 12 - string acoustic guitar Paul McCartney -- bass George Harrison -- classical acoustic guitar Ringo Starr -- brushed snare drum, tambourine, maracas John Scott -- tenor and alto flutes Cover versions Eddie Vedder for the 2001 film I Am Sam, directed by Jessie Nelson. The Beach Boys covered the song in 1965 on their album Beach Boys ' Party ! with a lead vocal by their drummer Dennis Wilson. Beach Boys ' Party ! album got up to number 6 on the US Billboard 200 and all the way to number 3 in the UK. Jan & Dean on their album Filet of Soul from 1966. The Silkie, produced by the Beatles. Their version peaked at # 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at # 28 on the UK Singles Chart. Enuff Z'nuff on the Japanese release of 1985. Oasis, as a bonus track on the deluxe edition reissue of their album ( What 's the Story ) Morning Glory ? ( Remastered ) from 2014. The Kentucky Headhunters covered the song in 1994 on their album The Best of The Kentucky Headhunters : Still Pickin ' Waylon Jennings and the Waylors covered the song in 1967 on their album Love of the Common People The cast of Glee cast on their 2013 album Glee Sings the Beatles. Joe Cocker, notable for many Beatles covers, covered the song for his album Night Calls. Percy Faith and his orchestra covered it on the 1965 album Themes for the ' It ' Crowd. Elvis Costello covered the song as the B - side of his 1994 single `` You Tripped at Every Step. '' The Pozo - Seco Singers covered this on their 1968 album Shades of Time. The Grass Roots covered this on their 1966 album Where Were You When I Needed You. References Jump up ^ Everett, Walter ( 2001 ). The Beatles as Musicians : The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul. pp. 287 - 88. ISBN 9780195141047 Jump up ^ Dowling, William J. ( 1989 ). Beatlesongs. New York : Simon & Schuster Inc. p. 554. ISBN 0 - 671 - 68229 - 6. ^ Jump up to : Stevens, John ( October 2002 ). The Songs of John Lennon : The Beatles Years. Berklee Press Publications. pp. 112 -- 120. ISBN 978 - 0634017957. Jump up ^ Gary Graff, Daniel Durchholz ( 15 June 2012 ). Rock ' n ' Roll Myths : The True Stories Behind the Most Infamous Legends =. Voyageur Press. p. 81. ISBN 978 - 0760342305. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Jump up ^ Kenneth Womack ( 30 June 2014 ). The Beatles Encyclopedia : Everything Fab Four : Everything Fab Four. Greenwood. p. 263. ISBN 9780313391729. Jump up ^ Spitz, Bob ( 2005 ). The Beatles : The Biography. Boston : Little, Brown. ISBN 0 - 316 - 80352 - 9. Jump up ^ `` You 've Got To Hide Your Love Away The Beatles Bible ''. www.beatlesbible.com. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 30. Jump up ^ `` The Silkie Album & Song Chart History ''. Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2011. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 498. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Elvis Costello & The Attractions - You Tripped At Every Step ''. Discogs. External links Wikiquote has quotations related to : Help ! ( album ) Alan W. Pollack 's Notes on `` You 've Got To Hide Your Love Away '' Help ! Songs Side one `` Help ! '' `` The Night Before '' `` You 've Got to Hide Your Love Away '' `` I Need You '' `` Another Girl '' `` You 're Going to Lose That Girl '' `` Ticket to Ride '' Side two `` Act Naturally '' `` It 's Only Love '' `` You Like Me Too Much '' `` Tell Me What You See '' `` I 've Just Seen a Face '' `` Yesterday '' `` Dizzy Miss Lizzy '' Outtakes `` Bad Boy '' `` If You 've Got Trouble '' `` I 'm Down '' `` That Means a Lot '' `` Wait '' `` Yes It Is '' Related article Help ! ( film ) The Beatles discography Help ! ( George Martin album ) Please Please Me With the Beatles A Hard Day 's Night Beatles for Sale Help ! Rubber Soul Revolver Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles ( White Album ) Yellow Submarine Abbey Road Let It Be Past Masters Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27ve_Got_to_Hide_Your_Love_Away&oldid=796951734 '' Categories : 1960s ballads Pop ballads The Beatles songs The Beach Boys songs Fontana Records singles Jan and Dean songs LGBT - related songs Song recordings produced by George Martin Songs written for films Songs written by Lennon -- McCartney Songs published by Northern Songs 1965 songs Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter Use dmy dates from June 2012 Use British English from August 2010 Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français 한국어 Italiano ქართული Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 24 August 2017, at 01 : 54. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote you've got to hide your love away
Answer: John Lennon