| "When I Get Home" | |
|---|---|
 Cover of the song's sheet music | |
| Song by the Beatles | |
| from the album A Hard Day's Night | |
| Released | 10 July 1964 |
| Recorded | 2 June 1964 |
| Studio | EMI, London |
| Genre | Rock and roll |
| Length | 2:18 |
| Label | Parlophone |
| Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney |
| Producer(s) | George Martin |
"When I Get Home" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and recorded by the English rock band the Beatles on 2 June 1964, during the last session for their third studio album A Hard Day's Night (1964).[1] Its first US release was on the Something New LP.[2]
Influenced somewhat by the Shirelles,[3] "When I Get Home" is essentially a rock and roll number, but with unusual chord progressions. Lennon liked this particular ploy, and used it on many of his songs at the time.
Typical also of this period of the Beatles is the vocal leap into falsetto.
- ^ MacDonald 2005, pp. 121–122.
- ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 201.
- ^ Harry 2000, p. 1144.