I'll Cry Instead

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"I'll Cry Instead" is a 1964 Beatles song written primarily by John Lennon, notable for its country-tinged rock style and introspective, bitter lyrics about heartbreak.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Beatles ⓘ
associatedAct George Harrison ⓘ
John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
Ringo Starr ⓘ
backingVocals George Harrison ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
catalogNumberUKAlbum Parlophone PMC 1230 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creditedTo Lennon–McCartney ⓘ
era British Invasion ⓘ
filmAssociation A Hard Day's Night (1964 film) ⓘ
linked to: A Hard Day's Night
genre country rock ⓘ
country-influenced rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasSection bridge ⓘ
verse ⓘ
includedOn A Hard Day's Night (UK album) ⓘ
linked to: A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day's Night (film soundtrack, US configuration) ⓘ
linked to: A Hard Day's Night

Something New (US album) ⓘ
instrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
lead guitar ⓘ
rhythm guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
intendedFor A Hard Day's Night film sequence ⓘ
label Capitol Records ⓘ
Parlophone ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 2:06 ⓘ
lyricTheme bitterness ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
mood bitter ⓘ
introspective ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
performer The Beatles ⓘ
primaryComposer John Lennon ⓘ
producer George Martin ⓘ
recordedAt EMI Studios, London ⓘ
recordingDate 1964-06-01 ⓘ
1964-06-04 ⓘ
releaseYear 1964 ⓘ
replacedInFilmBy Can't Buy Me Love ⓘ
linked to: Can’t Buy Me Love
side A Hard Day's Night UK album, side 2 ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
timePeriod Beatles early period ⓘ
vocalStyle lead vocal by John Lennon ⓘ
writer John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ

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A Hard Day's Night (album) → containsSong → I'll Cry Instead ⓘ
subject linked to: A Hard Day's Night