I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party - wikipedia I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' Song by the Beatles from the album Beatles for Sale Released 4 December 1964 Recorded 29 September 1964 EMI Studios, London Genre Country rock pop rock Length 2 : 33 Label Parlophone Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) George Martin `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' single cover Single by the Beatles A-side `` Eight Days a Week '' Released 15 February 1965 ( US ) Label Capitol Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney The Beatles US singles chronology `` I Feel Fine '' ( 1964 ) `` Eight Days a Week '' / `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' ( 1965 ) `` Ticket to Ride '' ( 1965 ) `` I Feel Fine '' ( 1964 ) `` Eight Days a Week '' / `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' ( 1965 ) `` Ticket to Ride '' ( 1965 ) `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' is a song by the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon -- McCartney. It was released on the album Beatles for Sale in the United Kingdom in 1964. `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' was also released on the Beatles for Sale ( No. 2 ) EP. In the United States, Capitol released the song as the B - side of the single `` Eight Days a Week '', and later on the Beatles VI album, both in 1965. The single peaked at number 1 in the US ( it was not released in the UK ) ; `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' charted as a B - side, reaching number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100. Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Recording 3 Personnel 4 Chart positions 5 Rosanne Cash version 5.1 Chart positions 5.2 Year - end charts 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links Lyrics The lyrics anticipate themes that were to become familiar in Lennon 's songwriting -- alienation and inner pain. In this song, the narrator is at a party, waiting for his girl to show up. When it becomes clear that she has stood him up, he decides to leave, rather than spoil the party for everyone else. Both the lyrics and melody share a melancholy sound and theme with songs that precede it on Beatles for Sale, such as `` No Reply '' and `` I 'm a Loser ''. Author Ian MacDonald views the song as a return to the subject matter introduced by Lennon on `` I 'll Cry Instead '', from the Beatles ' A Hard Day 's Night album, and a `` preview '' of `` You 've Got to Hide Your Love Away '', from Help ! Recording The Beatles recorded `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' on 29 September 1964 in 19 takes, the last of which was released. George Harrison 's guitar solo, played on his new Gretsch Tennessean in the style of Carl Perkins, was enhanced by midrange resonance boost, giving it an especially bright sound. According to The Encyclopedia of Country Music, the song is an early example of country rock, anticipating the Byrds ' work in that style. MacDonald describes it as the `` most overt '' country track on Beatles for Sale, an album that is `` dominated by the idiom ''. Among the band 's biographers, opinions differ on which Beatle sings the low harmony part during the verses, below Lennon 's lead vocal. MacDonald lists Harrison as the second vocalist on the track, while John Winn credits McCartney, saying that he sounds `` deceptively like a second Lennon ''. According to musicologist Walter Everett, the harmony part is Lennon `` self - duetting ''. Personnel According to Walter Everett : John Lennon -- lead and harmony vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar Paul McCartney -- bass, harmony vocal George Harrison -- lead guitar, backing vocal Ringo Starr -- drums, tambourine Chart positions Chart ( 1964 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 39 Rosanne Cash version `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' Single by Rosanne Cash from the album Hits 1979 - 1989 Released Format 7 '' single Genre Country Length 2 : 36 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash singles chronology `` Runaway Train '' ( 1988 ) `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' ( 1989 ) `` Black and White '' ( 1989 ) `` Runaway Train '' ( 1988 ) `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' ( 1989 ) `` Black and White '' ( 1989 ) Rosanne Cash covered the song for her Hits 1979 - 1989 compilation. Her version went to number one on Billboard 's Hot Country Songs chart in 1989. It was also Cash 's last number one hit to date, and is the only Lennon - McCartney song to top the country chart. Chart positions Chart ( 1989 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1989 ) Position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 23 US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 16 Preceded by `` Love Out Loud '' by Earl Thomas Conley Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single 24 June 1989 Succeeded by `` Come from the Heart '' by Kathy Mattea Preceded by `` A Better Man '' by Clint Black RPM Country Tracks number - one single 26 June 1989 Succeeded by `` Hole in My Pocket '' by Ricky Van Shelton Notes ^ Jump up to : Kingsbury, McCall & Rumble 2012, p. 106. Jump up ^ Terence J. O'Grady ( 1 May 1983 ). The Beatles, a musical evolution. Twayne. p. 58. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8057 - 9453 - 3. Jump up ^ Miles 1997, p. 175. ^ Jump up to : Ruhlmann 2009. ^ Jump up to : Wallgren 1982, p. 40. Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 200. ^ Jump up to : MacDonald 2005, p. 129. Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 49. ^ Jump up to : Everett 2001, p. 258. Jump up ^ Winn 2008, p. 273. Jump up ^ `` The Beatles Chart History ( Hot 100 ) '' Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 6373. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 26 June 1989. Retrieved 28 August 2013. Jump up ^ `` Rosanne Cash Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) '' Billboard. Jump up ^ `` RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989 ''. RPM. 23 December 1989. Retrieved 28 August 2013. Jump up ^ `` Best of 1989 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved 28 August 2013. References `` Hits 1979 -- 1989 > Charts and Awards ''. Allmusic. 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2009. Everett, Walter ( 2001 ). The Beatles as Musicians : The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul. New York, NY : Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 - 19 - 514105 - 9. Kingsbury, Paul ; McCall, Michael ; Rumble, John W. ( eds ) ( 2012 ). The Encyclopedia of Country Music ( 2nd edn ). New York, NY : Oxford University Press. ISBN 978 - 0 - 19 - 539563 - 1. CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list ( link ) Lewisohn, Mark ( 1988 ). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York : Harmony Books. ISBN 0 - 517 - 57066 - 1. 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. Ruhlmann, William ( 2009 ). `` Review of `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' ``. Allmusic. Missing or empty url = ( help ) ; access - date = requires url = ( help ) Wallgren, Mark ( 1982 ). The Beatles on Record. New York : Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0 - 671 - 45682 - 2. Winn, John C. ( 2008 ). Way Beyond Compare : The Beatles ' Recorded Legacy, Volume One, 1962 -- 1965. New York, NY : Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978 - 0 - 307 - 45239 - 9. External links Alan W. Pollack 's Notes on `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' Beatles for Sale Songs Side one `` No Reply '' `` I 'm a Loser '' `` Baby 's in Black '' `` Rock and Roll Music '' `` I 'll Follow the Sun '' `` Mr. Moonlight '' `` Kansas City '' / `` Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey '' Side two `` Eight Days a Week '' `` Words of Love '' `` Honey Do n't '' `` Every Little Thing '' `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' `` What You 're Doing '' `` Everybody 's Trying to Be My Baby '' Non-album single `` I Feel Fine '' `` She 's a Woman '' Outtakes `` Leave My Kitten Alone '' Related articles Beatles for Sale ( EP ) Beatles for Sale No. 2 Beatles ' 65 Beatles VI The Beatles discography 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 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 ) Rosanne Cash Studio albums Rosanne Cash Right or Wrong Seven Year Ache Somewhere in the Stars Rhythm & Romance King 's Record Shop Interiors The Wheel 10 Song Demo Rules of Travel Black Cadillac The List The River & the Thread Compilation albums Hits 1979 -- 1989 Retrospective The Very Best of Rosanne Cash Notable singles `` No Memories Hangin ' Round '' `` Could n't Do Nothin ' Right '' `` Seven Year Ache '' `` My Baby Thinks He 's a Train '' `` Blue Moon with Heartache '' `` Ai n't No Money '' `` I Wonder '' `` It Has n't Happened Yet '' `` I Do n't Know Why You Do n't Want Me '' `` Never Be You '' `` Hold On '' `` Second to No One '' `` The Way We Make a Broken Heart '' `` Tennessee Flat Top Box '' `` If You Change Your Mind '' `` Runaway Train '' `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' `` What We Really Want '' Guest singles `` If It Were n't for Him '' ( with Vince Gill ) `` It 's Such a Small World '' ( with Rodney Crowell ) Related articles Discography Johnny Cash Tommy Cash John Carter Cash Rodney Crowell John Leventhal `` Never Alone '' Ghost Brothers of Darkland County Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Don%27t_Want_to_Spoil_the_Party&oldid=781148401 '' Categories : The Beatles songs Song recordings produced by George Martin Rosanne Cash songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles RPM Country Tracks number - one singles Songs written by Lennon -- McCartney Capitol Records singles 1964 songs 1965 singles 1989 singles Songs published by Northern Songs Columbia Records singles Song recordings produced by Rodney Crowell Hidden categories : EngvarB from September 2013 Use dmy dates from September 2013 Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Canadacountry Singlechart called without artist Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list Pages using web citations with no URL Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano ქართული 日本 語 Norsk Português Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 19 May 2017, at 11 : 30. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote i don't want to spoil the party
Answer: John Lennon