I'll Cry Instead

"I'll Cry Instead"
US picture sleeve
Single by the Beatles
from the album A Hard Day's Night
B-side	"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
Released	10 July 1964 (1964-07-10) (UK A Hard Day's Night album) 20 July 1964 (1964-07-20) (US single)
Recorded	1 June 1964
Studio	EMI, London
Genre	Country rockabilly folk rock
Length	2:09 (US mono) 1:43 (UK mono) 1:44 (stereo)
Label	United Artists, Capitol (US) Parlophone (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)	George Martin
The Beatles US singles chronology
"And I Love Her" (1964) "I'll Cry Instead" (1964) "Matchbox" (1964)

"I'll Cry Instead" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and recorded by the English rock band the Beatles for their third studio album, A Hard Day's Night (1964), a part-studio and part-soundtrack album to their film of the same name (1964). In the United States, the song originally appeared in the US version of A Hard Day's Night before it was released as a single backed with "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" along with the US album Something New.