Comments on: I Need You

By: Lachie McLean

Lachie McLean — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:29:23 +0000

He was not a confident writer at this time… He could barely string two songs together so not too sure what you’re saying.

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:58:45 +0000

Beatles’ songs are the only ones that I can sing word-for-word while actually concentrating on something else, such as reading about the song while it is playing as you describe.

By: M57Blackie

M57Blackie — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:15:47 +0000

Actually its A – Asus2 – Asus4 – A, i believe

By: MarkGreenlaw

MarkGreenlaw — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:15:47 +0000

Did George ever play this live -during the post Beatle years?

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:11:51 +0000

I first heard this song on”Love Songs” compilation and instantly loved it.Later got it on the album it was originally off “Help!”. Fine George Harrison composition, love the words, his vocal delivery and 12 string electric guitar on this. As some one else pointed out Harrison was a great melody writer. Love this in the film “Help!”.

By: SouthofReality

SouthofReality — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 19:34:37 +0000

Needs more cowbell.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 01:39:26 +0000

I love this song. I could never figure out what that background instrument was. It almost sounds like an accordion until the end when it does sound like a guitar. Glad I came here to find that out.

By: cold turkey 1987

cold turkey 1987 — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:35:57 +0000

One of the highlights of the help album. I also enjoy the night before and ive just seen a face to name a couple.

By: Steamboat1874

Steamboat1874 — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 13:07:24 +0000

One of the things I do here at my office is every time a Beatles song comes on Little Steven’s Underground Garage on Sirius XM I jump over here and read about the song while listening. Very informative.

By: yvonne

yvonne — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:17:22 +0000

I love I need you its just awesome cos back at school I sang it at a concert with a partner who gave me butterflies wow wonder where he would be right now memories beautiful schooldays

By: Kenny Miles

Kenny Miles — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 18:53:09 +0000

I always felt “I Need You by George Harrison” was spoken over the end credits of Help because in AHDN “all songs by Lennon/McCartney” was credited even tho “Don’t Bother Me” be George was included in the disco scene.

By: JW

JW — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 15:07:18 +0000

I love all the technical data of those great recording sessions.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have also a quick pointer to a description of every instrument used?

By: Frank DiSalle

Frank DiSalle — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 21:44:06 +0000

The slow whole-note backup vocals by John and Paul are exquisite, and provide a great deal of the melancholy feel that mentioned above.

That musical genius, my friend… saying so much by doing so little!

(Similar accolades for their wonderful backup singing on “I’m Happy Just to Dance With You”)

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:54:30 +0000

Lennon seems to have had a hand in writing “I Need You” and “You Like Me Too Much”, spending the night before Starr’s wedding finishing the two songs with Harrison:

…Ritchie and…Maureen tied the knot on 11 February 1965…George and John dared to arrive on a bicycle, looking surprisingly alert considering that he and John had been up most of the night polishing off two of his compositions for possible inclusion on the soundtrack of HELP!…
Alan Clayson, RINGO STARR, p99

“Well it was four-thirty in the morning when we got to bed, and we had to be up at six-thirty–what a fantastic time.”
Harrison in Alan Clayson, THE QUIET ONE, p168
(and Record Mirror, January 1, 1966)

By: Julian

Julian — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:19:13 +0000

It was “Help”, not “A Hard Days Night”. 🙂

By: Sheldon Sturges

Sheldon Sturges — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:23:35 +0000

I always loved how in the “Hard Day’s Night” end credits, George pops up to let us know that “I Need You” was (written) by George Harrison. Very dry sense of humour our George.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 12:53:44 +0000

Trough the years. I always thought that George used a volume pedal on this song. I’m amused to read here that John controls George’s guitar volume knob while strumming the part/chord A – A9 – Asus4 – A. 🙂

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 14:19:56 +0000

Does John play guitar on this? There’s no mention of it in George Martin’s Playback notes … but who knows!

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:12:42 +0000

This song & “Don’t Bother Me” are 2 of George’s earliest compositions, & still 2 of my favorites by him… Sorry, but his later Indian stuff left me cold.

By: Glenn McCulloch

Glenn McCulloch — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:30:48 +0000

George could write beautiful melodies…
Too bad they didn’t let him do it more often. I need you is one of his early bests.