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Latest revision as of 03:00, 12 December 2025
1964 song by The Beatles
“I’ll Follow the Sun” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It is a ballad written and sung by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney.[2] It was released in 1964 on the Beatles for Sale album in the United Kingdom and on Beatles ’65 in the United States. The band played the song on the BBC radio programme Top Gear, and the track was released on On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 in 2013.
The song was released as a mono extended play 45 in 1964 on Parlophone/EMI (and in 1995 as a B-side to “Baby It’s You“). In Sweden, it reached number one on the Tio i Topp chart in July and also peaked at number four on Sweden’s Kvällstoppen Chart.[3][4]
When asked about the lyrics, McCartney commented: “I wrote that in my front parlour in Forthlin Road. I was about 16. ‘I’ll Follow the Sun’ was one of those very early ones. I seem to remember writing it just after I’d had the flu and I had that cigarette. I remember standing in the parlour, with my guitar, looking out through the lace curtains of the window, and writing that one.”[5]
McCartney explained, “The next [single] had to always be different. We didn’t want to fall into the Supremes trap where they all sounded similar, so we were always keen on having varied instrumentation. Ringo couldn’t keep changing his drum kit, but he could change his snare, tap a cardboard box or slap his knees.”[6]
According to Walter Everett:[nb 1]
- ^ Everett mentions three guitars on the recording: McCartney’s acoustic, Harrison’s electric Gretsch Country Gentleman and a Gretsch Tennessean, though he does not specify who played the latter. Authors Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin state the song includes Harrison’s electric rhythm guitar and one acoustic guitar played by either McCartney or Lennon. Author John C. Winn only mentions an electric rhythm guitar, Harrison’s guitar solo and McCartney’s acoustic guitar.
- ^ Everett and Guesdon & Margotin state Starr’s percussion consisted of him tapping his hands on his knees. In the recollection of Geoff Emerick (the session’s tape op), a microphone was placed between Starr’s legs as he tapped on them, with the EQ boosted in the control room to give the sound a greater depth.
- Emerick, Geoff; Massey, Howard (2006). Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles. New York City: Gotham Books. ISBNÂ 978-1-59240-179-6.
- Everett, Walter (2001). The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBNÂ 978-0-19-514105-4.
- Guesdon, Jean-Michel; Margotin, Philippe (2013). All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. ISBNÂ 978-1-57912-952-1.
- Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books. ISBNÂ 978-0-600-63561-1.
- Winn, John C. (2008). Way Beyond Compare: The Beatles’ Recorded Legacy, Volume One, 1957–1965. New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-307-45157-6.
