The Beatles Song Of The Day is “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” which is on The Beatles “Help!” album. This song was written by John Lennon. He said it was heavily influenced by Bob Dylan. This was John’s first vocal in two years not to be double-tracked. Some believe this song was written concerning Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Singer Tom Robinson has went so far as to call it the first gay rock song He said the lyrics were directed towards Brian Epstein. John Lennon never said it was. John Lennon: vocal and acoustic guitar/ Paul McCartney: acoustic rhythm guitar/ George Harrison: acoustic lead guitar/ Ringo Starr: tambourine/ Johnny Scott-tenor/alto flutes. The song was recorded on February 18th, 1965 at Abbey Road. Producer: George Martin.

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• For the first time someone from the outside was brought in to play on a Beatles song. Johnny Scott came in and played the tenor and alto flutes.
• The song was never released as a single. John said ‘it wasn’t commercial.”
• Rolling Stone Magazine had “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” ranked at #31 on their “The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs” list. Spignesi and Lewis had it ranked at #50 on their “100 Best Beatles Songs” list.
• Length of song-2:11.
• The Beach Boys would cover “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” on their “The Beach Boys Party! album. The song was sung by Dennis Wilson.

You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away {Lennon-McCartney}