If I Fell

"If I Fell"
US picture sleeve (reverse)
Single by the Beatles
from the album A Hard Day's Night
A-side"And I Love Her"
Released20 July 1964 (1964-07-20)
Recorded27 February 1964
StudioEMI, London
GenrePop[1]
Length2:22
LabelCapitol (US)
Songwriter(s)Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)George Martin
The Beatles US singles chronology
"A Hard Day's Night"
(1964)
"And I Love Her" / "If I Fell"
(1964)
"I'll Cry Instead"
(1964)

"If I Fell" is a song by English rock band the Beatles which first appeared in 1964 on the album A Hard Day's Night in the United Kingdom and United States, and on the North American album Something New. It was written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.[2][3] "That's my first attempt at a ballad proper. ... It shows that I wrote sentimental love ballads way back when", Lennon stated in his 1980 Playboy interview. Paul McCartney stated that he contributed to the song: "We wrote 'If I Fell' together."[4]

  1. ^ Ingham 2003, p. 32.
  2. ^ Miles 1997, p. 162–163.
  3. ^ MacDonald 2007, p. 112.
  4. ^ Compton 2017, p. 81.