The Beatles Song Of The Day is “What You’re Doing.” “What You’re Doing” is on The Beatles “Beatles For Sale” album. The song was written by Paul McCartney. It was the only ‘new’ song written by Paul along on this album. “I’ll Follow The Sun” had been written years earlier. Paul would say that it was a better recording than it was a song. The song was written about his relationship with actress Jane Asher. It is memorable for The Beatles shouting out the first word of each verse with Paul completing the phrases. John Lennon: harmony vocal and acoustic rhythm guitar/ Paul McCartney: vocal and bass guitar/ George Harrison: harmony vocal and lead guitar/ Ringo Starr: drums/ George Martin: piano. The song was recorded on September 29,30 and October 26th,1964. Producer: George Martin.

Rating “What You’re Doing” on a scale of 1 to 5 ***1/2

• “What You’re Doing” did not make Rolling Stone Magazine’s “The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs” or Spignesi and Lewis’ “100 Best Beatles Songs’ lists.
• Length of song: 2:30.
•  The song was never released as a single.

What You’re Doing { Lennon-McCartney}