| "Misery" | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Misery_-_The_Beatles.jpg) The German single release of the song, backed with "Ask Me Why" | |
| Single by the Beatles | |
| from the album Please Please Me | |
| B-side | "Ask Me Why" |
| Released | 22 March 1963 |
| Recorded | 11 and 20 February 1963 |
| Studio | EMI, London |
| Genre | Merseybeat[1] |
| Length | 1:47 |
| Label | Parlophone |
| Songwriter(s) | McCartney-Lennon |
| Producer(s) | George Martin |
"Misery" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1963 debut album Please Please Me. It was co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. According to Lennon, "It was kind of a John song more than a Paul song, but it was written together."[2] McCartney was to say: "I don't think either one of us dominated on that one, it was just a hacking job."[3]
A 1963 single by Kenny Lynch made "Misery" the first Beatles' song to be covered by another artist.[4]
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Misery". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
This is Merseybeat at its most ingratiating
- ^ Sheff 2000, p. 169.
- ^ Miles 1997, p. 94.
- ^ Unterberger 2009.