Rather than a formal change to 3Ĥ time, the waltz effect is created through suspensions and triplets within the regular 4 In author Ian MacDonald's view, some critics have overemphasised the extent of McCartney's optimism in the song and neglect the toughness in passages written by McCartney, such as "Do I have to keep on talking until I can't go on?" Lennon's middle shifts focus from McCartney's concrete reality to a philosophical perspective in B minor, illustrating this with the waltz-like passage suggested by Harrison that leads back to the verse, possibly meant to suggest tiresome struggle.
But you've got Paul writing, 'We can work it out / We can work it out' – real optimistic, y'know, and me, impatient: 'Life is very short, and there's no time / For fussing and fighting, my friend.' In We Can Work It Out, Paul did the first half, I did the middle eight. With its intimations of mortality, Lennon's contribution to the twelve-bar bridge contrasts typically with what Lennon 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". Īs with several of his songs over 1965–66, McCartney drew inspiration for "We Can Work It Out" from his relationship with actress Jane Asher (pictured performing during the Bristol Old Vic's 1967 US repertory tour). This song, " A Day in the Life", " Baby, You're a Rich Man" and " I've Got a Feeling", are among the notable exceptions. "We Can Work It Out" is a comparatively rare example of a Lennon–McCartney collaboration from this period in the Beatles' career, in that it recalls the level of collaboration the two songwriters had shared when writing the group's hit singles of 1963. In the UK, it was the seventh highest selling single of the 1960s.
The single was number 1 in Britain (where it won the Ivor Novello Award for the top-selling A-side of 1965), the United States, Australia, Canada and Ireland. The song was recorded during the sessions for the band's Rubber Soul album. The release marked the first time in Britain that both tracks on an artist's single were promoted as joint A-sides.
It also appeared on the 1966 US release Yesterday and Today. It was first issued as a double A-side single with " Day Tripper" in December 1965. " We Can Work It Out" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
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