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From '' Massiel ''
Label: Philips – SBL.7857
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1968
Tracklist
A1 Turn Of A Wheel
Written-By – Glen Mason, Keith Miller
A2 You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
A3 Ruidos
Written-By – José Luis De Pablo, Massiel
A4 We Can Work It Out
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
A5 Las Rocas Y El Mar
Written-By – José Luis De Pablo, Massiel
A6 Only Forever Will Do
Written-By – Carlo Donida, Don Black, Mogol
B1 Things We Said Today
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
B2 And I Love Him
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
B3 Y Sabes Que Vi?
Written-By – Maryni Callejo, Massiel
B4 Yesterday
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
B5 El Era Mi Amigo
Written-By – José Luis De Pablo, Massiel
B6 La La La
Written-By – Manuel De La Calva, Ramón Arcusa
Arranged By, Conductor – Zack Laurence
Photography By – Herb Schmitz
Producer – Stephen James
Notes
Her first recording in UK with some Beatles covers
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"We Can Work It Out" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
It was first issued as a double A-side single with "Day Tripper" in December 1965.
The song was recorded during the sessions for the band's Rubber Soul album.
The single reached number one in Britain (where it won the Ivor Novello Award for the top-selling A-side of 1965), the United States, Australia, Canada, and Ireland.
In the UK, it was the seventh highest selling single of the 1960s.
"We Can Work It Out" is a comparatively rare example of a Lennon–McCartney collaboration from this period in the Beatles' career, in that the two songwriters worked together as they had when writing the group's early hit singles of 1963. "A Day in the Life", "Baby, You're a Rich Man", and "I've Got a Feeling", are among the other notable exceptions to this trend from the group's later career.
Composition
McCartney wrote the words and music to the verses and the chorus, with lyrics that "might have been personal", probably relating to his relationship with actress Jane Asher.
McCartney then presented the song to Lennon, who contributed the bridge.
With its intimations of mortality, Lennon's contribution to the twelve-bar bridge contrasts typically with what he saw as McCartney's cajoling optimism, a contrast also seen in other collaborations by the pair, such as "Getting Better" and "I've Got a Feeling".
Promotional films
For the first time for one of their singles, the Beatles filmed promotional clips for "We Can Work It Out" and "Day Tripper". Subsequently, known as the "Intertel Promos", these clips were intended as a way to save the band having to appear in person on popular British television shows such as Ready Steady Go! and Top of the Pops, and also ensured that the Beatles reached their large international audience.
Filming took place at Twickenham Studios in Twickenham, London on 23 November 1965, with Joe McGrath as director.
The Beatles made a total of ten black-and-white videos that day, filming clips for the new songs as well as for their previous hit singles "I Feel Fine", "Ticket to Ride" and "Help!"
Three of the films were mimed performances of "We Can Work It Out", in all of which Lennon was seated at a harmonium.
The most frequently broadcast of the three was a straightforward performance piece with the group wearing black suits.
Another clip shows the group wearing the stage suits from their Shea Stadium performance on 15 August.
The third clip opens with a still photograph of Lennon with a sunflower in front of his eye.
Cover versions
Deep Purple covered "We Can Work It Out" on their 1968 album The Book of Taliesyn.
In 1970, Stevie Wonder covered the song on his album Signed, Sealed & Delivered, and released it as a single in 1971.
The single reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Wonder's version earned him his fifth Grammy Award nomination in 1972, for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. Cash Box described this version as a "spectacular dance track" which "returns Wonder to his earlier straight-ahead teen self complete with harmonica solo."
Wonder performed the song for McCartney when the latter was presented with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990.
In 2010, when McCartney was awarded the Gershwin Prize by the Library of Congress, Wonder again performed his arrangement of "We Can Work It Out" at a White House ceremony held in McCartney's honour.
Wonder performed it a third time in January 2014, at the 50th anniversary tribute of the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Other artists who have covered the song include:
Petula Clark
Humble Pie
Dionne Warwick
Valerie Simpson
Melanie
Chaka Khan
Maxine Brown
Brass Construction
King Missile
Johnny Mathis
Judy Collins
Big Youth
Tesla
Plain White T's
Tom Jones
Heather Nova
Steel Pulse
and Rick Wakeman.
In 1976, the song was the Four Seasons' contribution to the soundtrack of All This and World War II, a musical documentary.
#massiel
#wecanworkitout
#thebeatlescover
From '' Massiel ''
Label: Philips – SBL.7857
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1968
Tracklist
A1 Turn Of A Wheel
Written-By – Glen Mason, Keith Miller
A2 You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
A3 Ruidos
Written-By – José Luis De Pablo, Massiel
A4 We Can Work It Out
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
A5 Las Rocas Y El Mar
Written-By – José Luis De Pablo, Massiel
A6 Only Forever Will Do
Written-By – Carlo Donida, Don Black, Mogol
B1 Things We Said Today
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
B2 And I Love Him
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
B3 Y Sabes Que Vi?
Written-By – Maryni Callejo, Massiel
B4 Yesterday
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
B5 El Era Mi Amigo
Written-By – José Luis De Pablo, Massiel
B6 La La La
Written-By – Manuel De La Calva, Ramón Arcusa
Arranged By, Conductor – Zack Laurence
Photography By – Herb Schmitz
Producer – Stephen James
Notes
Her first recording in UK with some Beatles covers
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"We Can Work It Out" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
It was first issued as a double A-side single with "Day Tripper" in December 1965.
The song was recorded during the sessions for the band's Rubber Soul album.
The single reached number one in Britain (where it won the Ivor Novello Award for the top-selling A-side of 1965), the United States, Australia, Canada, and Ireland.
In the UK, it was the seventh highest selling single of the 1960s.
"We Can Work It Out" is a comparatively rare example of a Lennon–McCartney collaboration from this period in the Beatles' career, in that the two songwriters worked together as they had when writing the group's early hit singles of 1963. "A Day in the Life", "Baby, You're a Rich Man", and "I've Got a Feeling", are among the other notable exceptions to this trend from the group's later career.
Composition
McCartney wrote the words and music to the verses and the chorus, with lyrics that "might have been personal", probably relating to his relationship with actress Jane Asher.
McCartney then presented the song to Lennon, who contributed the bridge.
With its intimations of mortality, Lennon's contribution to the twelve-bar bridge contrasts typically with what he saw as McCartney's cajoling optimism, a contrast also seen in other collaborations by the pair, such as "Getting Better" and "I've Got a Feeling".
Promotional films
For the first time for one of their singles, the Beatles filmed promotional clips for "We Can Work It Out" and "Day Tripper". Subsequently, known as the "Intertel Promos", these clips were intended as a way to save the band having to appear in person on popular British television shows such as Ready Steady Go! and Top of the Pops, and also ensured that the Beatles reached their large international audience.
Filming took place at Twickenham Studios in Twickenham, London on 23 November 1965, with Joe McGrath as director.
The Beatles made a total of ten black-and-white videos that day, filming clips for the new songs as well as for their previous hit singles "I Feel Fine", "Ticket to Ride" and "Help!"
Three of the films were mimed performances of "We Can Work It Out", in all of which Lennon was seated at a harmonium.
The most frequently broadcast of the three was a straightforward performance piece with the group wearing black suits.
Another clip shows the group wearing the stage suits from their Shea Stadium performance on 15 August.
The third clip opens with a still photograph of Lennon with a sunflower in front of his eye.
Cover versions
Deep Purple covered "We Can Work It Out" on their 1968 album The Book of Taliesyn.
In 1970, Stevie Wonder covered the song on his album Signed, Sealed & Delivered, and released it as a single in 1971.
The single reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Wonder's version earned him his fifth Grammy Award nomination in 1972, for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. Cash Box described this version as a "spectacular dance track" which "returns Wonder to his earlier straight-ahead teen self complete with harmonica solo."
Wonder performed the song for McCartney when the latter was presented with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990.
In 2010, when McCartney was awarded the Gershwin Prize by the Library of Congress, Wonder again performed his arrangement of "We Can Work It Out" at a White House ceremony held in McCartney's honour.
Wonder performed it a third time in January 2014, at the 50th anniversary tribute of the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Other artists who have covered the song include:
Petula Clark
Humble Pie
Dionne Warwick
Valerie Simpson
Melanie
Chaka Khan
Maxine Brown
Brass Construction
King Missile
Johnny Mathis
Judy Collins
Big Youth
Tesla
Plain White T's
Tom Jones
Heather Nova
Steel Pulse
and Rick Wakeman.
In 1976, the song was the Four Seasons' contribution to the soundtrack of All This and World War II, a musical documentary.
#massiel
#wecanworkitout
#thebeatlescover
