The Beatles- If I Fell
The Beatles- If I Fell
Definitely one of my favourite songs on A Hard Day's Night, with amazing harmonies from John and Paul, If I Fell.
The song is notable for its unusual structure, which includes an unrepeated introductory section (introduced as an afterthought as of take 11) followed by sequential verse sections, each having a slightly expanded form, but with no obvious chorus or bridge section. [The Demo version (John and acoustic guitar) from early 1964 does include the introduction, as well as an alternate ending.] The song also features a two-part harmony, sung by Lennon and McCartney together into a single microphone at their suggestion, and intricate chord changes. The key changes from D flat major to D major between the introduction (a series of descending barre chords) and the main song, which uses mainly open chords, including an unusual D ninth.
There is an alternate take of the song in which McCartney's voice strains and cracks at the end of a line, which first appear
