The Beatles Song Of The Day is”Things We Said Today.” “Things We Said Today” was written by Paul McCartney while he was on vacation with Jane Asher and Ringo and his soon to be wife Maureen Cox in the Bahamas in May 1964 when The Beatles had a brief time to take a break from everything and take a holiday.{John and George at the same time went on a trip around the world.} This song which has an ominous mood is more in line with a John Lennon type song than a Paul McCartney song [Paul being the optimistic one} John liked this song a lot. Paul has always been nostalgic even in his early 20’s.This song would be part of their live act in 1964. John Lennon: acoustic rhythm guitar and piano/ Paul McCartney: double-tracked vocal and bass guitar/ George Harrison: lead guitar/ Ringo Starr: drums and tambourine. “Things We Said Today” was recorded on June 2nd, 1964 at Abbey Road. Producer: George Martin.

Rating “Things We Said Today” on a scale of 1 to 5 stars ***** a classic.

• Rolling Stone Magazine ranked “Things We Said Today” at #47 in their “The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs” list. In Spignesi and Lewis’ “100 Best Beatles Song” “Things We Said Today” does not make their Top 100.
• Length of song: 2:38.
• “Things We Said Today” was released as a b-side to “A Hard Day’s Night” single in the United Kingdom on July 1964.
• John’s comment on “Things We Said Today” in a 1980 interview “Good song.”

Things We Said Today {Lennon-McCartney}