The Beatles Song Of The Day is “If I Fell.” “If I Fell” is the third song on side 1 of “A Hard Day’s Night.” John Lennon wrote “If I Fell”, which was his first attempt at writing a slow, pretty ballad for a Beatles record. I’ve always loved this song. Paul is noted for writing the outstanding slower songs but this one is as good as anything Paul ever wrote. John Lennon: vocal and acoustic guitar/ Paul McCartney: vocal and bass guitar/ George Harrison: lead guitar/ Ringo Starr: drums. The song was recorded on February 27th, 1964 at Abbey Road. Producer: George Martin. John would later comment that this was one of his earliest personal songs. John and Paul sing together on this song with John the low harmony and Paul singing the high harmony.

Rating “If I Fell” on a scale of 1 to 5 stars *****  a classic!

• “If I Fell” was the b-side in America to “And I Love Her” which made #12 on the charts in the USA. “If I Fell” did not crack the top 40.
• Length of song 2:22.
• “If I Fell” is ranked #26 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s “The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs” list and #46 on Spignesi and Lewis’ “100 Best Beatles Songs” list.
• John considered “If I Fell” a precursor to his great “In My Life” which would come a year later.
• In recording the song John and Paul shared a single microphone.
• “If I Fell” was released as a single in Norway and reached #1 on their charts.

“If I Fell” {Lennon-McCartney}