It Won’t Be Long

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"It Won’t Be Long" is an upbeat early Beatles song, written primarily by John Lennon, that opens their 1963 album *With The Beatles* and showcases their signature harmonies and call-and-response style.

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It Won't Be Long 3
It Won’t Be Long canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
album With The Beatles ⓘ
artist The Beatles ⓘ
backingVocalist George Harrison ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
catalogNumberAlbum PCS 3045 (With The Beatles stereo UK) ⓘ
PMC 1206 (With The Beatles mono UK) ⓘ
linked to: Beatles '65
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
era British Invasion ⓘ
features call-and-response vocals ⓘ
repeated “yeah yeah” motif ⓘ
signature Beatles harmonies ⓘ
genre pop rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasInstrumentation backing vocals ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitars ⓘ
lead vocals ⓘ
hasNotableCharacteristic opens the album With The Beatles ⓘ
showcases early Lennon–McCartney songwriting style ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist John Lennon ⓘ
lyricalTheme reunion with a lover ⓘ
partOf The Beatles’ early discography ⓘ
performer The Beatles ⓘ
positionInAlbum opening track ⓘ
primaryComposer John Lennon ⓘ
producer George Martin ⓘ
recordedBy George Martin ⓘ
recordingLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
recordingStudio EMI Studios, Abbey Road ⓘ
linked to: EMI Studios, London
recordLabel Parlophone ⓘ
releaseDate 1963-11-22 ⓘ
releaseYear 1963 ⓘ
side Side 1 of With The Beatles ⓘ
tempo upbeat ⓘ
timePeriod early Beatles era ⓘ
vocalStyle call-and-response ⓘ
close harmony vocals ⓘ
writer John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

With The Beatles → containsTrack → It Won’t Be Long ⓘ
Parlophone PCS 3045 (stereo) → containsWork → It Won't Be Long ⓘ
linked to: It Won’t Be Long
Meet the Beatles! (US) → sideOneTrack → It Won't Be Long ⓘ
subject linked to: album Meet the Beatles! (US)
linked to: It Won’t Be Long
Meet the Beatles! (US) → includesSong → It Won't Be Long ⓘ
subject linked to: album Meet the Beatles! (US)
linked to: It Won’t Be Long