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"We Can Work It Out"
US picture sleeve
Singlebythe Beatles
A-side"Day Tripper"(double A-side)
Released3 December 1965(1965-12-03)
Recorded20 and 29 October 1965
StudioEMI,London
GenreFolk rock[1]
Length2:15
LabelParlophone(UK),Capitol(US)
Songwriter(s)Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)George Martin
The BeatlesUK singles chronology
"Help!"
(1965) 		"We Can Work It Out"/"Day Tripper"
(1965) 		"Paperback Writer"
(1966)
The BeatlesUS singles chronology
"Yesterday"
(1965) 		"We Can Work It Out"/"Day Tripper"
(1965) 		"Nowhere Man"
(1966)
Promotional film
"We Can Work It Out"onYouTube

"We Can Work It Out"is a song by the English rock bandthe Beatles,written byPaul McCartneyandJohn Lennon.It was first issued as adouble A-sidesingle with "Day Tripper"in December 1965. The song was recorded during the sessions for the band'sRubber Soulalbum. The single reached number one in Britain (where it won theIvor Novello Awardfor the top-selling A-side of 1965),[2]the United States, Australia, Canada, and Ireland. In the UK, it was the seventh highest selling single of the 1960s.[3]

"We Can Work It Out" is a comparatively rare example of aLennon–McCartneycollaboration from this period in the Beatles' career,[4]in that the two songwriters worked together as they had when writing the group's early hit singles of 1963. "A Day in the Life","Baby, You're a Rich Man",and"I've Got a Feeling",are among the other notable exceptions to this trend from the group's later career.[5]

Composition

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McCartney wrote the words and music to the verses and the chorus, with lyrics that "might have been personal", probably relating to his relationship with actressJane Asher.[6]McCartney then presented the song to Lennon, who contributed thebridge:

I took it to John to finish it off, and we wrote the middle together. Which is nice: 'Life is very short. There's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.' Then it wasGeorge Harrison's idea to put the middle into3
4time, like a Germanwaltz.That came on the session, it was one of the cases of the arrangement being done on the session.[6]

As with several of his songs over 1965–66, McCartney drew inspiration for "We Can Work It Out" from his relationship with actressJane Asher(pictured performing during theBristol Old Vic's 1967 US repertory tour).

With its intimations of mortality, Lennon's contribution to the twelve-bar bridge contrasts typically with what he saw as McCartney's cajoling optimism,[5]a contrast also seen in other collaborations by the pair, such as "Getting Better"and" I've Got a Feeling ". As Lennon toldPlayboyin 1980:

In We Can Work It Out, Paul did the first half, I did the middle eight. But you've got Paul writing, 'We can work it out / We can work it out' – real optimistic, y'know, and me, impatient: 'Life is very short, and there's no time / For fussing and fighting, my friend.'[7]

In authorIan MacDonald's view, some critics have overemphasised the extent of McCartney's optimism in the song and neglect the urgency in passages written by McCartney,[5]such as the line "Do I have to keep on talking until I can't go on?" Lennon's middle shifts focus from McCartney's concrete reality in DMixolydianto a philosophical perspective inB minor.The waltz-like passage suggested by Harrison that leads back to the verse[6]is possibly meant to suggest tiresome struggle.[5]Rather than a formal change to3
4time, the waltz effect is created by the use of quarter notetripletswithin the regular4
4rhythm.[8]

MacDonald comments on the song:

[Lennon's] passages are so suited to hisSalvation Armyharmoniumthat it's hard to imagine them not being composed on it. The swell-pedal crescendos he adds to the verses are, on the other hand, textural washes added in the studio – the first of their kind on a Beatles record and signposts to the enriched sound-palette ofRevolver.[9]

Recording

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A Mannborg harmonium
Lennon played a Mannborgharmoniumon the recording.

The Beatles recorded "We Can Work It Out" at EMI Studios (laterAbbey Road Studios) in London on 20 October 1965,[10]during the sessions for theirRubber Soulalbum. Along with Lennon's "Day Tripper",the song was earmarked for a non-album single that would accompany the release of the new LP.[11]The band taped a satisfactory basic track in just two takes.[12]With nearly eleven hours dedicated to the song, however, it was by far their longest expenditure of studio time up to that point.[13]A vocaloverdubbingsession took place on 29 October.[11][14]

No record exists of the band members' exact contributions to the recording, leading to uncertainty regarding the playing of some of the instruments.[15]Reduced to a single track in the final mix, where it was placed hard left in the stereo image, the group's initial performance consisted of acoustic guitar, bass, tambourine and drums.[16][17]While musicologistWalter Everettcredits these parts to Lennon, McCartney, Harrison andRingo Starr,respectively,[16]authors Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin suggest that McCartney, as the song's main composer, was the acoustic guitarist and Lennon instead played bass.[15]Two harmonium parts were overdubbed,[18]using EMI's Mannborg harmonium.[19]

Promotional films

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For the first time for one of their singles, the Beatles filmed promotional clips for "We Can Work It Out" and "Day Tripper". Subsequently, known as the "Intertel Promos", these clips were intended as a way to save the band having to appear in person on popular British television shows such asReady Steady Go!andTop of the Pops,[20]and also ensured that the Beatles reached their large international audience.[21]

Filming took place atTwickenham StudiosinTwickenham,London on 23 November 1965,[21]withJoe McGrathas director.[20]The Beatles made a total of ten black-and-white videos that day,[22][23]filming clips for the new songs as well as for their previous hit singles "I Feel Fine","Ticket to Ride"and"Help!"[20][24][nb 1]Three of the films were mimed performances of "We Can Work It Out",[24]in all of which Lennon was seated at a harmonium.[25]

The most frequently broadcast of the three was a straightforward performance piece with the group wearing black suits. In the description ofRolling StonejournalistRob Sheffield:"At first, they're playing it all straight in their suits, until John sets out to make Paul crack up on camera. He makes it impossible for anyone else to keep a straight face – by the end, he's playing the organ with his feet."[26]Another clip shows the group wearing the stage suits from theirShea Stadiumperformance on 15 August.[25]The third clip opens with a still photograph of Lennon with a sunflower[22]in front of his eye.[27]

One of the November 1965 promo films was included in the Beatles' 2015 video compilation1,and the third promo clip was included in the three-disc versions of the compilation, titled1+.[28][29]

Release

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In a discussion about which of the two songs should be theA-sideof the new single, Lennon had argued for "Day Tripper",differing with the majority view that" We Can Work It Out "was more commercial.[6][30]On 15 November,EMIannounced that the A-side would be "We Can Work It Out", only for Lennon to publicly contradict this two days later.[31]As a result, the single was marketed as a "double A-side".[21][32][nb 2]Lennon's championing of "Day Tripper", for which he was the principal writer, was based on his belief that the Beatles' rock sound should be favoured over the softer style of "We Can Work It Out".[39]Airplay and point-of-sale requests soon proved "We Can Work It Out" to be the more popular of the two sides.

The single was released on EMI'sParlophonelabel in Britain (as Parlophone R 5389) on 3 December 1965,[40]the same day asRubber Soul.[21]The two releases coincided with speculation in the UK press that the Beatles' supremacy in the pop world since 1963 might be coming to an end, given the customary two or three years that most acts could expect to remain at the peak of their popularity.[41]"Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out" entered theUK Singles Chart(at the time, theRecord Retailerchart)[42]on 15 December, at number 2, before holding the top position for five consecutive weeks.[43]The single also failed to top the national chart published byMelody Makerin its first week – marking the first occasion since December 1963 that a new Beatles single had not immediately entered at number 1.[44]Although the single was an immediate number 1 on theNME's chart, theDaily MirrorandDaily Expressnewspapers both published articles highlighting the apparent decline of the band's chart success.[45]

The record was the Beatles' ninth consecutive chart-topping single in the UK[46]and the band's fastest-selling single there since "Can't Buy Me Love",their previous McCartney-led A-side.[9][47]At the following year'sIvor Novello Awards,"We Can Work It Out" was acknowledged as the best-selling single of 1965, ahead of "Help!"[48][49]By November 2012, it had sold 1.39 million copies in the UK, making it the group's fifthmillion-seller in that country.[50]As of December 2018, the double A-side was the 54th best-selling single of all time in the UK – one of six Beatles songs included on the top sales rankings published by theOfficial Charts Company.[51]

In the United States, where the single was issued byCapitol Recordson 6 December (as Capitol 5555),[52]both songs entered theBillboardHot 100on the week ending 18 December.[53]Record Worldreviewed the single and said that "We Can Work It Out" "will fascinate teens with its change of pace 4/4-3/4 timing and potent lyric."[54]Cash Boxcalled the song "a rhythmic, medium-paced affair about a determined fella who is sure that he can solve his romantic problems."[55]On 8 January 1966, "We Can Work It Out" hit number one on the chart, while "Day Tripper" entered the top ten at number 10.[56]"We Can Work It Out" spent three non-consecutive weeks at number 1, while "Day Tripper" peaked at number 5.[56]The song was the band's eleventh US number one, accomplished in just under two years since their debut on the Hot 100.[57][58]It was their sixth consecutive number 1 single on the American charts,[59][60]a record at the time.[57][nb 3]The single was certified gold by theRecording Industry Association of America,for sales of 1 million or over, on 6 January 1966.[62]

Author Andrew Grant Jackson writes that the Beatles' six US chart-toppers over the year from January 1965 reflected the nation's changing mood with regard to theVietnam Warandyouth-drivensocial upheaval. With "We Can Work It Out", he continues, the Beatles conveyed the "fussing and fighting" that had replaced the post-Kennedyrebirth of optimism from the start of the year.[63]The song was referenced byCecil Kellaway's character in the 1967 filmGuess Who's Coming to Dinner,which focused on the then-controversial issue of interracial relationships.[64]

The Beatles performed "We Can Work It Out" on theirfinal UK tour,[24][65]which took place on 3–12 December 1965.[66]In 1991, McCartney played an acoustic version of the song for hisMTV Unpluggedperformance, later released onUnplugged (The Official Bootleg),andThe Unplugged Collection, Volume One.

Cover versions

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Deep Purple

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"Exposition/We Can Work It Out"
SongbyDeep Purple
from the albumThe Book of Taliesyn
ReleasedOctober 1968(1968-10)
GenreProgressive rock
Length7:06
LabelHarvest
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Derek Lawrence

Deep Purplecovered "We Can Work It Out" on their 1968 albumThe Book of Taliesyn.The band drastically reworked it, as they always did with covers. The first three minutes of the song is a fastprogressive rockinstrumental incorporating themes from classical music (notablyTchaikovsky'sRomeo and Juliet) called "Exposition", which drifts over into the Beatles song.[67]

Deep Purple had followed the same structure on their covers on their debut albumShades of Deep Purple,such as The Leaves' "Hey Joe". Reportedly, the band recorded their version of the song because McCartney had stated that he was impressed with their cover of "Help!".[68]

Stevie Wonder

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"We Can Work It Out"
SinglebyStevie Wonder
from the albumSigned, Sealed & Delivered
B-side"Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer"
ReleasedMarch 1971(1971-03)
Genre
Length3:19
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wondersingles chronology
"Heaven Help Us All"
(1970) 		"We Can Work It Out"
(1971) 		"If You Really Love Me"
(1971)

In 1970,Stevie Wondercovered the song on his albumSigned, Sealed & Delivered,and released it as a single in 1971. The single reached number 13 on theBillboardHot 100.Wonder's version earned him his fifthGrammy Awardnomination in 1972, forBest Male R&B Vocal Performance.Cash Boxdescribed this version as a "spectacular dance track" which "returns Wonder to his earlier straight-ahead teen self complete with harmonica solo."[70]

Wonder performed the song for McCartney when the latter was presented with aGrammy Lifetime Achievement Awardin 1990. In 2010, when McCartney was awarded theGershwin Prizeby theLibrary of Congress,Wonder again performed his arrangement of "We Can Work It Out" at aWhite Houseceremony held in McCartney's honour. Wonder performed it a third time in January 2014, at the 50th anniversary tribute of the Beatles' first appearance onThe Ed Sullivan Show.

Other artists

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In his discussion of the various cover versions of "We Can Work It Out",John KruthdescribesPetula Clark's recording, released on her 1966 albumMy Love,as "too perky for its own good".[71]He highlightsHumble Pie'sbluesversion, from their 1975 albumStreet Rats,as a "bold" reading in which the band dispensed with the song's melody to fashion "a worried blues... moreSonny Boy Williamsonthan Fab Four ".[72]

In 1976, the song wasthe Four Seasons' contribution to the soundtrack ofAll This and World War II,a musical documentary that authorNicholas Schaffnerdescribed as "the most bizarre" of several film and television works that capitalised on EMI, now free of its contractual obligations to the Beatles, flooding the market with re-packaged Beatles singles.[nb 4]Schaffner included this heavily orchestrated version, produced byLou Reizner,among the interpretations that "[succeed] in making Lennon–McCartney's greatest songs sound, at best, like the Beatles' rendition of 'Good Night' ".[75]

Other artists who have covered the song includeDionne Warwick,Valerie Simpson,Melanie,Chaka Khan(on the albumWhat Cha' Gonna Do for Me),Maxine Brown,Brass Construction,King Missile,Johnny Mathis,Judy Collins,Big Youth,Tesla,Plain White T's,Tom Jones,Heather Nova,Steel Pulse,andRick Wakeman.[76]

Personnel

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According to Walter Everett, the line-up of musicians on the Beatles' recording was as follows:[16]

In his personnel list for the song, MacDonald notes that some sources attribute the tambourine part to Harrison, yet he considers it more likely that Starr played the instrument.[5]Everett credits Harrison, citing the tambourine's placement in the stereo image with the three other instruments recorded as part of the basic track.[16]Guesdon and Margotin also credit Harrison.[77]

Charts and certifications

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Beatles version

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Stevie Wonder version

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Notes

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  1. ^Clips were made for these older songs, all of which hadtopped the UK chartsduring 1965, for inclusion inTop of the Pops'round-up of the year's biggest hits.[25]
  2. ^Some sources describe the double-A side single as "unique in Britain"[33]and that the single constituted "the first official double A-side was released [in Britain]".[34]The double A-side single "Evil Hearted You"/" Still I'm Sad ", released in October 1965 bythe Yardbirds,reached number three on theRecord RetailerChart.[35][36][37][38]
  3. ^It was preceded by "I Feel Fine", "Eight Days a Week","Ticket to Ride "," Help! "and"Yesterday".[61]
  4. ^As a result of this sales campaign, "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out", along with all the other 21 singles released by the Beatles between 1962 and 1970, re-entered the top 100 in the UK.[73][74]

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