[Music] An unforgettable double A-side song that everyone loves - "We Can Work It Out" - 1965

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Today I'm sharing a song that is a classic example of their intellectual collaboration. Let's remember that the Lennon-McCartney duo is primarily a legal musical copyright agreement, where any song written by either of them individually or together is credited to that partnership, which I find marvelous and wonderful. However, there's a small detail to consider when determining who actually composed a specific song, and this becomes clear from 1965 onwards: the singer is the author of at least 70 or 80 percent of that particular song. Obviously, everyone collaborates on the musical instruments; it's in the intellectual and songwriting aspects where this distinction arises.

In this case, I'll talk about the song "We Can Work It Out," a song mostly written by McCartney but with certain nuances and tangible participation from Lennon in the bridge. I suppose they never imagined the obstacles and problems that this musical duo would bring them over the years, and that's exactly what happened.

I should mention that this song was part of a single, the B-side of which was "Day Tripper," which I reviewed previously. However, this single appears on record labels as a double A-side single, precisely to avoid the problem between them of who was the more successful songwriter, Paul or John. But both were incredibly talented, and both, as a duo or individually, were excellent songwriters (I say "were" in Lennon's case for obvious reasons), and McCartney, at 84, is still writing songs.

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"We Can Work It Out" was recorded during the sessions for the 1965 album "Rubber Soul," but it wasn't included on that album. It was recorded and completed in late October 1965 at EMI Studios in London. Like 85% of the songs in the Beatles' catalog, it's credited to Lennon and McCartney, and produced by George Martin. It features Paul on lead vocals and bass, John on the bridge and playing the harmonium (a type of piano), acoustic guitar, and backing vocals, George on backing vocals and playing lead guitar and tambourine, and Ringo on drums. The song reached number 1 on the Billboard charts in November 1965. A black and white promotional video was made, which I'm sharing with you with great pleasure.

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McCartney wrote the song because of situations he was experiencing with his partner at the time, Jane Asher, who was an actress and had to leave London to travel to another city to continue her career. This upset Paul, and he decided to write this song for that reason. I personally saw many problems in Paul's relationship, as there were always arguments, disagreements, resentments, and controversies between them. However, they stayed together for quite some time. This song was only performed live a few times at the end of 1965, and in 1966 they gave their last live concert at Candlestick Park football stadium in San Francisco (specifically at the end of August 1966).

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Well, my dear audience, that's all for today's review. I hope you enjoyed it. We'll see each other, read each other, and comment again later...until next time...Blessings!