Lennon/McCartney
Rating:
**** (very good)
This song
written by Paul has a nice melody and really good backing vocals. It reminds me
to ‘I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better’ (a song recorded by the Byrds during the same
year) because of the anti-love theme. Anne Murray released a cover version of
‘You Won’t See Me’ in 1974, which was a Top 10 hit in US.
John (1980): “Paul.”
Paul (1994): “Normally I write on guitar and have full chords, or on
piano and have full chords, but this was written around two little notes, a
very slim phrase-- a two-note progression that I had very high on the first two
strings of the guitar... Then I wrote the tune for ‘You Won’t See Me’ against
it. It was 100 percent me, but I am always happy to give John a credit because
there’s always a chance that on the session he might have said, ‘That’d be
better.’”
Recording
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Recorded: November 11, 1965 at Abbey Road, London,
England Instrumentation: Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar,
piano Mal Evans - Hammond organ |
Releasing
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Release Date |
Title |
Format |
Label |
UK
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1965, December 3 |
RUBBER SOUL (UK) |
LP |
Parlophone |
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1966, July 8 |
NOWHERE MAN |
EP |
Parlophone |
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US |
1965, December 6 |
RUBBER SOUL (US) |
LP |
Capitol |
Lyrics
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YOU
WON’T SEE ME When
I call you up, your line’s engaged I
have had enough, so act your age We
have lost the time, that was so hard to find and
I will loose my mind, if you won’t see me You
won’t see me I don’t
know why you should want to hide But
I can’t get through, my hands are tied I
won’t want to stay, I don’t have much to say But
I can turn away, and you won’t see me You
won’t see me Time
after time you refuse to even listen I
wouldn’t mind if I knew what I was missing Though
the days are few, they’re filled with tears And
since I lost you, it feels like years Yes
it seems so long, girl since you’ve been gone I
just can’t go on, if you won’t see me You
won’t see me Time
after time you refuse to even listen I
wouldn’t mind if I knew what I was missing Though
the days are few, they’re filled with tears And
since I lost you, it feels like years Yes
it seems so long, girl since you’ve been gone I
just can’t go on, if you won’t see me You
won’t see me |
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