| "I Should Have Known Better" | ||||
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 US picture sleeve (reverse) | ||||
| Single by the Beatles | ||||
| from the album A Hard Day's Night | ||||
| A-side | "A Hard Day's Night" | |||
| Released | 13 July 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 25–26 February 1964 | |||
| Studio | EMI, London | |||
| Genre | Pop rock[1] | |||
| Length | 2:44 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney | |||
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
| The Beatles US singles chronology | ||||
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"I Should Have Known Better" is a song by English rock band the Beatles composed by John Lennon[2][3] (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and originally issued on A Hard Day's Night, their soundtrack for the film of the same name released on 10 July 1964. "I Should Have Known Better" was also issued as the B-side of the US single "A Hard Day's Night" released on 13 July.
An orchestrated version of the song conducted by George Martin appears on the North American version of the album, A Hard Day's Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
- ^ John O’Grady, Terrence (1979). The Music of the Beatles from 1962 to Sergeant Peper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. University of Wisconsin. p. 210, 216, 226.
- ^ Sheff 2000, p. 194.
- ^ Miles 1997, p. 164.