If I Fell (original mono studio mix)

~ Recording by The Beatles

Annotation

John's vocal in the introduction single-tracked to create an intimate feel. When Paul's vocals begin with the first verse, John's double-tracked vocals kick in and remain intact for the remainder of the song. They were also careful to make sure Paul's double-tracked vocals were in place for his flub at the end of the second bridge.

The following release has a remaster that has the intro toward the left but all the rest centered:
US: United Artists UAS 6366 Hard Day's Night 1964.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US mono, Waddell)
  • 1964-06-26 US
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US stereo, Waddell)
  • 1964-06-26 US
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US stereo, Columbia)
  • 1964-06-26 US
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US mono, Columbia)
  • 1964-06-26 US
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US mono, RCA)
  • 1964-06-26 US
1.3If I Fell?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (UK mono, recording first published, sold in U.K., EJD cover)
  • 1964-07-10 GB
1.3If I Fell?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (UK mono, recording first published, sold in U.K.)
  • 1964-07-10 GB
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (West Coast, Unart)
  • 1964-07-20 US
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (East Coast, Unart)
  • 1964-07-20 US
1.10If I Fell2:23The BeatlesSomething New (mono, West Coast)
  • 1964-07-20 US
1.10If I Fell2:23The BeatlesSomething New (mono, East Coast, Nicholas credit)
  • 1964-07-20 US
1.10If I Fell2:23The BeatlesSomething New (mono, East Coast, Nicholas credit, RCA)
  • 1964-07-20 US
1.2If I Fell2:22The BeatlesI Should Have Known Better
  • 1964-08-20 AU
1.10If I Fell2:22The BeatlesSomething New (mono)
  • 1964-09-10 DE
1.2If I Fell2:24The BeatlesExtracts From the Film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ (SOLD IN U.K.)
  • 1964-11-06 GB
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US mono, Monarch)
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US stereo, Monarch)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (East Coast, w/o Unart)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (West Coast, w/o Unart)
1.10If I Fell2:23The BeatlesSomething New (mono, East Coast, Nicolas credit)
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US stereo, Capitol Record Club)
  • 1966-12 US
1.3If I Fell?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (UK mono, ℗ 1964, sold in U.K., sans-serif)
1.3If I Fell?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (UK mono, ℗ 1964, sold in U.K., serif)
1.2If I Fell?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US stereo, pink/orange labels)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (white subsidiary text)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (target labels with dome logo)
  • 1969-04 US
1.3If I Fell?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (UK mono, ℗ 1964)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (circle "C" logo)
1.2If I Fell2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US stereo, Liberty labels)
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US stereo, tan labels)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (apple labels)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (circle "C" logo with white dot)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (apple labels, black star)
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US stereo, tan labels, all rights...)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (apple labels, all rights...)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (orange labels)
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US stereo, sunrise labels)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (purple labels, MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS)
1.2If I Fell2:24The BeatlesExtracts From the Film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ (EMI RECORDS, ℗ 1964)
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:21The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US stereo, purple labels, MFD. BY CAPITOL)
  • 1980-08-01 US
6.2If I Fell?:??The BeatlesE.P. Collection
  • 1981-12-07 GB
1.3If I Fell?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (UK mono, all rights...)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / IF I Fell (blue Star Line labels, stereo)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / IF I Fell (blue Star Line labels, mono)
1.3If I Fell?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (mono, red vinyl)
  • 1982-01-21 JP
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US stereo, rainbow labels)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (rainbow labels)
1.3If I Fell2:22The BeatlesA Hard Day's Night (mono, manufactured by Disque Americ)
  • 1987-02-26 CA
1.3If I Fell2:19The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (mono, CD made in W. Germany)
  • 1987-02-26 US
1.3If I Fell2:18The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (mono)
  • 1987-02-26 GB
1.3If I Fell2:18The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (mono)
  • 1987-02-26 XE
1.3If I Fell2:22The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night
  • 1987-02-26 CA
1.3If I Fell2:22The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (mono; UK version)
  • 1987-02-27 JP
1.3If I Fell2:18The BeatlesA Hard Day's Night (UK mono, rainbow labels)
  • 1987-07-21 US
1.3If I Fell?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day's Night (mono, made in Holland)
1.3If I Fell2:22The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (CD made in USA)
1.3If I Fell2:22The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (mono, longbox, CD made in USA)
1.3If I Fell?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (UK mono, two EMI boxes)
3.3If I Fell2:22The BeatlesThe Beatles (box set)
  • 1988-11-15 US
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US stereo, purple labels, MANUFACTURED BY CAPITOL)
1.2If I Fell2:17The BeatlesAnd I Love Her / If I Fell (purple labels, MANUFACTURED BY CAPITOL)
6.2If I Fell2:24The BeatlesCompact Disc EP Collection
  • 1992-05-26 GB
6.2If I Fell2:19The BeatlesCompact Disc EP. Collection
  • 1992-06-10 JP
6.2If I Fell2:24The BeatlesCompact Disc EP. Collection
  • 1992-06-30 US
1.3If I Fell2:22The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (mono, apple logo, 077774643726 in matrix)
1.3If I Fell2:22The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (mono, apple logo)
1.3If I Fell2:18The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (mono, apple logo)
1.3If I Fell?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (UK mono, two EMI boxes, apple logo)
1.3If I Fell2:18The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (mono; UK version)
  • 1998-03-11 JP
3.21If I Fell (mono)2:22The BeatlesThe Capitol Albums, Vol. 1
  • 2004-11-15 XE
3.21If I Fell (mono)2:22The BeatlesThe Capitol Albums, Vol. 1 (short box)
  • 2004-11-16 US
3.21If I Fell (mono)2:22The BeatlesThe Capitol Albums, Vol. 1 (long box)
  • 2004-11-16 US
3.3If I Fell2:24The BeatlesThe Beatles in Mono
  • 2009-09-09 JP
3.3If I Fell2:22The BeatlesThe Beatles in Mono
  • 2009-09-09 XW
3.8If I Fell (mono)2:23The BeatlesThe U.S. Albums
  • 2014-01-20 -
4.10If I Fell (mono)2:22The BeatlesThe U.S. Albums
  • 2014-01-20 -
1.8If I Fell2:23The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track
  • 2014-01-21 US
1.10If I Fell (mono)2:23The BeatlesSomething New
  • 2014-01-21 US
4.10If I Fell (mono)2:22The BeatlesThe U.S. Albums
  • 2014-01-21 US
3.8If I Fell (mono)2:23The BeatlesThe U.S. Albums
  • 2014-01-21 US
1.3If I Fell?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (2014 mono remaster)
  • 2014-09-08 XE
  • 2014-09-08 GB
  • 2014-09-09 US
3.3If I Fell?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles in Mono
  • 2014-09 XE
  • 2014-09 GB
  • 2014-09 US
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track
  • 2024-11-22 XW
1.10If I Fell2:23The BeatlesSomething New
  • 2024-11-22 XW
1.3If I Fell2:22The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night
Promotion
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US mono)
  • 1964-06-26 US
1.14If I Fell (mono)2:21The BeatlesThe Capitol Albums, Volume 1 Sampler
Bootleg
1.8If I Fell (vocal)2:16The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US stereo DESS bootleg)
1.3If I Fell?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night
1.8If I Fell (vocal)?:??The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night: Original Motion Picture Sound Track (US mono DESS bootleg)
1.10If I Fell2:23The BeatlesSomething New (mono DESS bootleg)
1.10If I Fell2:23The BeatlesSomething New
1.3If I Fell2:18The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night
1.3If I Fell2:24The BeatlesA Hard Day’s Night (UK mono DESS bootleg)
3.3If I Fell2:22The BeatlesThe Beatles in Mono
1.10If I Fell?:??The BeatlesSomething New
(unknown)
1.21If I Fell2:19The BeatlesA Hard Day's Night

Relationships

assistant engineer:Richard Langham (on 1964-02-27)
A. B. Lincoln (on 1964-03-03)
engineer:Norman Smith (on 1964-02-27, on 1964-03-03)
producer:George Martin (on 1964-02-27, on 1964-03-03)
12 string guitar [lead guitar]:George Harrison (on 1964-02-27)
acoustic guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals:John Lennon (on 1964-02-27)
drums (drum set):Ringo Starr (on 1964-02-27)
electric bass guitar and background vocals [harmony vocals]:Paul McCartney (on 1964-02-27)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (in 1964)
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1964-02-27)
mixed at:Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1964-03-03)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/1hgvykolO4kBIEozATmpyj [info]
recording of:If I Fell (on 1964-02-27)

Related works

If I Fell

writer:John Lennon
Paul McCartney
publisher:ATV
ATV (Northern Songs Catalog)
Blackwood Music Inc.
Maclen Music, Inc.
Northern Songs Ltd.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
Unart Music Corp.
referred to in medleys:Beatles Medley (order: 28)
later parody versions:With a Girl Like You
later translated versions:M'amurass (If I Tell)
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