I Feel Fine - wikipedia I Feel Fine For the EP by Black Lab, see I Feel Fine ( album ). `` I Feel Fine '' US picture sleeve Single by the Beatles from the album Beatles ' 65 B - side `` She 's a Woman '' Released 23 November 1964 ( US ) 27 November 1964 ( UK ) Format 7 '' Recorded 18 October 1964 Studio EMI Studios, London Genre Rock pop rock Length 2 : 25 Label Capitol 5327 ( US ) Parlophone R5200 ( UK ) Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) George Martin The Beatles UK singles chronology `` A Hard Day 's Night '' ( 1964 ) A Hard Day 's Night 1964 `` I Feel Fine '' ( 1964 ) I Feel Fine1964 `` Ticket to Ride '' ( 1965 ) Ticket to Ride 1965 The Beatles US singles chronology `` Matchbox '' ( 1964 ) Matchbox 1964 `` I Feel Fine '' ( 1964 ) I Feel Fine1964 `` Eight Days a Week '' ( 1965 ) Eight Days a Week 1965 `` I Feel Fine '' is a song written by John Lennon ( credited to Lennon -- McCartney ) and released in 1964 by the Beatles as the A-side of their eighth British single. The song has one of the first uses of guitar feedback in popular music. Contents 1 Origin 2 Structure 2.1 Audio feedback 3 Music video 4 Charts 5 Other releases 6 Personnel 7 Cover versions 8 Charts and certifications 8.1 Weekly charts 8.2 Certifications 9 Notes 10 References 11 Further reading Origin Lennon wrote the guitar riff while in the studio recording `` Eight Days a Week ''. `` I wrote ' I Feel Fine ' around that riff going on in the background '', he recalled. `` I told them I 'd write a song specially for the riff. So they said, ' Yes. You go away and do that ', knowing that we 'd almost finished the album Beatles for Sale. Anyway, going into the studio one morning, I said to Ringo, ' I 've written this song but it 's lousy '. But we tried it, complete with riff, and it sounded like an A-side, so we decided to release it just like that. '' Both John Lennon and George Harrison said that the riff was influenced by a riff in `` Watch Your Step '', a 1961 release written and performed by Bobby Parker and covered by the Beatles in concerts during 1961 and 1962. Paul McCartney said the drums on `` I Feel Fine '' were inspired by Ray Charles 's 1959 single `` What 'd I Say ''. At the time of the song 's recording, the Beatles, having mastered the studio basics, had begun to explore new sources of inspiration in noises previously eliminated as mistakes ( such as electronic goofs, twisted tapes, and talkback ). `` I Feel Fine '' marks one of the earliest examples of the use of feedback as a recording effect in popular music. Artists such as the Kinks and the Who had already used feedback live, but Lennon remained proud of the fact that the Beatles were perhaps the first group to deliberately put it on vinyl. Structure `` I Feel Fine '' is written in 4 / 4 time with drummer Ringo Starr 's R&B - influenced beat ( based on the `` Latin '' drumming in Ray Charles 's hit `` What 'd I Say '' ) featured through most of the song except for the bridge, which has a more conventional backbeat. After a brief note of heavy feedback ( see below ), the intro begins with a distinctive arpeggiated riff which starts in D major before quickly progressing to C major and then G major, at which point the vocals begin in G. The melody, unusually, uses a major third and a minor seventh, and has been classified as Mixolydian mode. Just before the coda, Lennon 's intro riff ( or ostinato ) is repeated with a bright sound by George Harrison on electric guitar ( a Gretsch Tennessean ). The song ends with a fadeout of the G major portion of the opening riff repeated several times. Audio feedback `` I Feel Fine '' starts with a single, percussive feedback note produced by McCartney plucking the A string on his bass, and Lennon 's guitar ( which was leaning against McCartney 's bass amp ) picking up feedback. This was the first use of feedback on a rock record. According to McCartney, `` John had a semi-acoustic Gibson guitar. It had a pickup on it so it could be amplified... We were just about to walk away to listen to a take when John leaned his guitar against the amp. I can still see him doing it... it went, ' Nnnnnnwahhhhh ! ' And we went, ' What 's that ? Voodoo ! ' ' No, it 's feedback. ' ' Wow, it 's a great sound ! ' George Martin was there so we said, ' Can we have that on the record ? ' ' Well, I suppose we could, we could edit it on the front. ' It was a found object, an accident caused by leaning the guitar against the amp. '' Although it sounded very much like an electric guitar, Lennon actually played the riff on an acoustic - electric guitar ( a Gibson model J - 160E ), employing the guitar 's onboard pickup. Later, Lennon was very proud of this sonic experimentation. In one of his last interviews, he said : `` I defy anybody to find a record -- unless it 's some old blues record in 1922 -- that uses feedback that way. '' Music video Two different music videos directed by Joe McGrath were filmed on 23 November 1965. Both feature various bits of gym equipment. In the first, George sang into a punch - ball while Ringo pedalled on an exercise bike. The second marked the only time a lunch break was filmed, where they all ate fish and chips, while trying to mime to the song. Brian was adamant that this video could not be used. From then on, the controversial `` fish and chips '' footage was kept in a 2 '' videotape box labelled `` I Feel Fried ''. The first music video was included in the Beatles ' 2015 video compilation 1, and both videos were included in the three - disc versions of the compilation, titled 1 +. Charts The single reached the top of the British charts on 12 December 1964, displacing the Rolling Stones ' `` Little Red Rooster '', and remained there for five weeks. In Canada, the song also reached number one. `` I Feel Fine '' was also the first Beatles single to be released almost concurrently in the US and the UK. The song has sold 1.41 million copies in the UK. The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 charts for three weeks in late 1964 / early 1965. Cash Box magazine ranked `` I Feel Fine '' as the 19th biggest US hit of 1965. The B - side was the number - four hit `` She 's a Woman ''. `` I Feel Fine '' was the sixth single by the Beatles to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in a calendar year ( 1964 ) ; an all - time record. In order, these singles were `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '', `` She Loves You '', `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '', `` Love Me Do '', `` A Hard Day 's Night '' and `` I Feel Fine ''. For songwriters Lennon and McCartney, it was the seventh number - one they wrote in the same calendar year ( 1964 ), another all - time record. The song was the first of six Hot 100 number one chart - toppers in a row ( not counting the EP 4 -- by the Beatles ) by one act, also a record at the time. The subsequent singles were `` Eight Days a Week '', `` Ticket to Ride '', `` Help ! '', `` Yesterday '' and `` We Can Work It Out ''. Other releases In the United States, the song was released on the Capitol album Beatles ' 65. The mono version -- also released as a single on Capitol -- features an exclusive mix with added reverb and a shorter fade as created by Beatles producer George Martin. The stereo version of the LP presented a duophonic mix featuring a layer of reverb added by executive Dave Dexter, Jr. In the United Kingdom, the song was released on the LP format on A Collection of Beatles Oldies. A true stereo version can be found on the Past Masters Volume 1 and 1 CDs. There is also another stereo version ( virtually identical to the standard stereo mix ) wherein whispering can be heard at the beginning of the track. This `` whispering version '' appears on the non-US release of 1962 -- 1966, as well as on occasional single re-releases. An outtake in mono is included in the On Air -- Live at the BBC Volume 2 compilation released in 2013. Personnel John Lennon -- double tracked lead vocal, lead / rhythm guitar Paul McCartney -- harmony vocal, bass George Harrison -- harmony vocal, lead guitar Ringo Starr -- drums Personnel per Ian MacDonald Cover versions `` I Feel Fine '' Single by Sweethearts of the Rodeo from the album One Time, One Night B - side `` Until I Stop Dancing '' Released December 3, 1988 Genre Country Length 2 : 36 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) Steve Buckingham Sweethearts of the Rodeo singles chronology `` Blue to the Bone '' ( 1988 ) `` I Feel Fine '' ( 1988 ) `` If I Never See Midnight Again '' ( 1989 ) In 1965, The Ventures included a cover of the song on their LP Knock Me Out. In 1966, Chet Atkins released an instrumental cover on his album Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles. In 1967, Alma Cogan released a version on her album Alma. In 1970, Penny DeHaven released a Country version on a single only. In 1986, Queen would often play this song 's signature riff during their Magic Tour. In 1988, country duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo released a cover of the song that reached the top - ten on the US country singles chart. In 1998, The Punkles did a Punk version on their first album, The Punkles. In 2002, Take That included `` I Feel Fine '' in their `` Beatles Medley ''. In 2003, Curtis Stigers did a ballad version on his album You Inspire Me. In 2005, Westlife included the song in their The Number Ones Tour set list. In 2005, Les Fradkin released an instrumental version on his album While My Guitar Only Plays. In 1997 John Farnham on compilation album Anthology 3 : Rarities. In 2012, Reynolds & Williams Band released a bluegrass inspired version on their debut EP Reynolds & William. In 2009, Peter Mayer ( of Jimmy Buffett 's Coral Reefer Band ) on his Beatles tribute album Goodbye Hello. Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 1964 ) Peak position Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Ireland ( IRMA ) Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) New Zealand ( Lever Hit Parades ) Norway ( VG - lista ) Swedish Kvällstoppen Chart UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box Top 100 West German Media Control Singles Chart Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) Gold 1,000,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone Notes Jump up ^ `` 1 '' Liner Notes by Mark Lewisohn Jump up ^ Unterberger, Richie. `` I Feel Fine '' at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 February 2017. Jump up ^ Terence J. O'Grady ( 1 May 1983 ). The Beatles : A Musical Evolution. Twayne Publishers. p. 56. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8057 - 9453 - 3. Both `` I Feel Fine '' and `` She 's a Woman '' are heavily rhythm and blues influenced pop - rock songs. ^ Jump up to : Miles 1997, p. 172. Jump up ^ Beatles Interview Database 2009. Jump up ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 36. ^ Jump up to : The Beatles, p. 160. Jump up ^ Shaheen J. Dibai, `` Bobby Parker : The Real Fifth Beatle ? '', One Note Ahead, 29 March 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2013 ^ Jump up to : Babiuk 2002, p. 146 -- 147. Jump up ^ Sheff, David ( 2000 ). All We Are Saying. New York, New York : St. Martin 's Press. p. 173. ISBN 0 - 312 - 25464 - 4. Jump up ^ Rowe, Matt ( 18 September 2015 ). `` The Beatles 1 To Be Reissued With New Audio Remixes... And Videos ''. The Morton Report. Retrieved 9 January 2016. Jump up ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5603.pdf Jump up ^ Sedghi, Ami ( 4 November 2012 ). `` UK 's million - selling singles : the full list ''. Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2012. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2016. Jump up ^ Wallgren 1982, pp. 38 -- 45. Jump up ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 136. Jump up ^ `` Sweethearts of the Rodeo chart history ''. billboard.com. Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- The Beatles -- I Feel Fine '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- The Beatles -- I Feel Fine '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 5603. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- I Feel Fine ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- The Beatles -- I Feel Fine '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Jump up ^ `` Lever hit parades : 24 - Dec - 1964 ''. Flavour of New Zealand. Jump up ^ `` Norwegiancharts.com -- The Beatles -- I Feel Fine ''. VG - lista. Jump up ^ `` Swedish Charts 1962 -- March 1966 / Kvällstoppen -- Listresultaten vecka för vecka > December 1964 '' ( PDF ) ( in Swedish ). hitsallertijden.nl. Retrieved 27 June 2018. Jump up ^ `` Beatles : Artist Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. Jump up ^ `` The Beatles Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ Hoffmann, Frank ( 1983 ). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950 - 1981. Metuchen, NJ & London : The Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 32 -- 34. Jump up ^ `` Offizielle Deutsche Charts '' ( Enter `` Beatles '' in the search box ) ( in German ). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- The Beatles -- I Feel Fine ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 14 May 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH References Babiuk, Andy ( 2002 ). Beatles Gear : All the Fab Four 's Instruments, from Stage to Studio ( Revised ed. ). San Francisco : Backbeat Books. ISBN 0 - 87930 - 731 - 5. The Beatles ( 2000 ). The Beatles Anthology. San Francisco : Chronicle Books. ISBN 0 - 8118 - 2684 - 8. `` Beatles For Sale ''. Beatles Interview Database. Retrieved 8 November 2009. MacDonald, Ian ( 2005 ). Revolution in the Head : The Beatles ' Records and the Sixties ( Second Revised ed. ). London : Pimlico ( Rand ). ISBN 1 - 84413 - 828 - 3. Miles, Barry ( 1997 ). Paul McCartney : Many Years From Now. New York : Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0 - 8050 - 5249 - 6. `` RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database -- The Beatles Gold Singles ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 20 July 2009. Wallgren, Mark ( 1982 ). The Beatles on Record. New York : Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0 - 671 - 45682 - 2. Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 -- 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 341. Further reading Emerick, Geoff ; Massey, Howard ( 2006 ). Here, There and Everywhere : My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles. New York : Penguin Books. ISBN 1 - 59240 - 179 - 1. Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, ed. ( 1993 ). The Beatles -- Complete Scores. Milwaukee : Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0 - 7935 - 1832 - 6. 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 ) 1965 `` Rock and Roll Music '' / `` I 'm a Loser '' ( Europe, Australia ) 1966 `` Norwegian Wood ( This Bird Has Flown ) '' / `` Nowhere Man '' ( Australia ) `` Michelle '' / `` Girl '' ( Europe ) 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 ) UK Christmas number - one singles in the 1960s `` I Love You '' ( Cliff Richard & The Shadows, 1960 ) `` Moon River '' ( Danny Williams, 1961 ) `` Return to Sender '' ( Elvis Presley, 1962 ) `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' ( The Beatles, 1963 ) `` I Feel Fine '' ( The Beatles, 1964 ) `` Day Tripper '' / `` We Can Work It Out '' ( The Beatles, 1965 ) `` Green, Green Grass of Home '' ( Tom Jones, 1966 ) `` Hello, Goodbye '' ( The Beatles, 1967 ) `` Lily the Pink '' ( The Scaffold, 1968 ) `` Two Little Boys '' ( Rolf Harris, 1969 ) Complete list 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Sweethearts of the Rodeo Kristine Arnold Janis Oliver Studio albums Sweethearts of the Rodeo One Time, One Night Buffalo Zone Sisters Rodeo Waltz Beautiful Lies Restless Notable singles `` Since I Found You '' `` Midnight Girl / Sunset Town '' `` Chains of Gold '' `` Gotta Get Away '' `` Satisfy You '' `` Blue to the Bone '' `` I Feel Fine '' `` If I Never See Midnight Again '' `` This Heart '' Related articles Columbia Records Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Feel_Fine&oldid=853216153 '' Categories : Christmas number - one singles in the United Kingdom 1964 singles 1989 singles Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Number - one singles in Australia UK Singles Chart number - one singles Number - one singles in Norway Irish Singles Chart number - one singles Parlophone singles Song recordings produced by George Martin The Beatles songs Songs written by Lennon -- McCartney Chet Atkins songs Sweethearts of the Rodeo songs Songs published by Northern Songs Song recordings produced by Steve Buckingham ( record producer ) RPM Top Singles number - one singles Capitol Records singles Columbia Records singles 1964 songs Hidden categories : CS1 Swedish - language sources ( sv ) CS1 German - language sources ( de ) Use British English from July 2011 Use dmy dates from July 2011 Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart usages for Canadatopsingles Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for Norway Singlechart usages for UKsinglesbyname Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Galego Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית ქართული Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Português Русский Suomi Svenska 7 more Edit links This page was last edited on 3 August 2018, at 05 : 51 ( UTC ). 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Question: who played lead guitar on i feel fine
Answer: John Lennon