I should have known better with a girl like you,
That I would love everything that you do,
And I do, hey hey, and I do.
Whoa, whoa, I never realized what a kiss could be,
This could only happen to me
Can't you see, can't you see?
You're gonna say you love me too hoo hoo
Hoo hoo, oh
So, oh, I should have realized a lot of things before,
If this is love you;ve got to give me more,
Give me more, hey hey, give me more.
Whoa, whoa, I've realized what a kiss could be,
This could only happen to me
Can't you see, can't you see?
That when I tell you that I love you, oh
You're gonna say you love me too, oh
And when I ask you to be mine,
You're gonna say you love me too.
you love me too,
You love me too.
Translation
I should have known better with a girl like you
That I would like everything that you do
And I, hey, hey, and I do.
Hey hey I never understood what a kiss could be
You're gonna say you love me too hu hu
Hu hu oh
So, oh, I had to understand a lot of things before,
If it's love you; you should give me more
Give me more, hey, hey, give me more.
Hey hey, I've mever figured out what a kiss could be
This can only happen to me
Can't you see, can't you see?
It's when I tell you that I love you, oh
You're gonna say you love me too, ooh
And when I ask you to be mine
You're going to say that you love me.
You love me too
You love me too.
I should have known better with a girl like you,
that I would love everything that you do;
and I do,
hey, hey, hey
and I do.
Whoa, oh, I never realized what a kiss could be,
this could only happen to me;
can't you see,
can't you see,
That when I tell you that I love you, oh, you're gonna say
You love me too, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, oh
And when I ask you to be mine,
you're gonna say you love me too.
You love me too, you love me too.
The Beatles
I should know you better now
And everything that you love, only you believe me,
Trust me, hey-hey-hey, trust me.
This could only happen to me.
What about you, what about you?
Are you mine, I ask you, oh-oh, oh
What do you love too, you say.
Oh-oh... I know there's a lot to understand
For you to love me more
Getting stronger, hey-hey-hey, getting stronger.
Oh-oh... I'm different now after the kiss,
It could only be so with me
What about you, what about you?
I'll tell you that I love you, oh!
That you love too, you say, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Are you mine, I ask you, oh, oh!
What do you love too, you say
What do you love, what do you love...
I should have Known Better sounds in the film A Hard Day's Night at the moment where the Beatles perform in front of a crowd of girls. Among them, George Harrison met his future wife, Patty Boyd, with whom he lived in marriage until 1974.
The song "I Should Have Known Better" is featured in the episode where the Beatles play cards in the train car. This episode was actually filmed in a van propelled by crew members to create the effect of a moving train.
Source: Dowling, William (1989). Beatlesongs.
The sound of the harmonica in the opening part of the composition is very reminiscent of the playing style of the American songwriter Bob Dylan. "I Should Have Known Better" is one of the fruits of the Beatles' "passion" (as music critic Ian MacDonald described it) for the work of this musician.
The musicians first heard of Bob Dylan in January 1964 during a three-week tour at the Olympia Theater in Paris. And after they bought his record "The Freewheelin", the Beatles often began to play songs from this album. American journalist Al Aronowitz introduced the Beatles to Bob Dylan during their visit to New York in February 1964.
Bob Dylan had a great influence on the work of the Beatles, and, in particular, on John Lennon, who even began to wear a cap, like Huckleberry Finn ( literary hero, mentioned in the work of Dylan).
Paul McCartney noted that Dylan's songs had "great lyrics", and John Lennon has repeatedly said that Bob's music inspired him to write songs with deeper meaning.
Source: Anthology The Beatles". - London: Cassel & Co., 2000. Bill Harry "The Beatles Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated". - London: Virgin Publishing, 2000. Ian MacDonald "Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Recordings and the Sixties". - New York: Henry Holt and
The composition opens with John Lennon playing the harmonica. "I Should Have Known Better" is one of the last Beatles songs to feature this instrument.
The use of the harmonica is peculiar distinguishing feature early music of the Beatles. The harmonica is featured on songs such as "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me" and "From Me To You".
The sixteen-section mid-song features the all-new sound of George Harrison's Rickenbacker 360/12 guitar.
Source: Ian MacDonald, Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Recordings and the Sixties. - New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1994. Craig Cross "The Beatles: Day by Day, Song by Song, Record by Record"
The song was first recorded on February 25, 1964 at Abbey Road Studios. Three versions of the song were recorded, but only the last one was complete. During the second recording of the song, the session was interrupted when Lennon laughed while playing the harmonica. The next day, some changes were made to the arrangement of the composition, and the song was re-recorded.
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
I SHOULD KNOW BETTER
I should have known better with a girl like you,
I should have known better with a girl like you
That I would love ev'rything that you do;
That I love everything you do
And I do, hey, hey, hey, and I do.
And I love and I love.
I never imagined what a kiss could be
This could only happen to me;
This could only happen to me.
Can't you see? Can't you see?
Don't you understand this?
When I say that I love you
And when I ask you to be mine,
And when I ask you to be mine
You will answer that you love me too.
So oh I should have realized a lot of things before.
I had a lot to understand before.
If this is love, you've gotta give me more
If this is love then you should give me more
Give me more, hey, hey, hey, give me more.
Give me more, give me more.
Woah woah I never realized what a kiss could be,
This could only happen to me;
Can't you see? Can't you see?
That when I tell you that I love you, oh!
You're gonna say you love me too, hoo hoo hoo, oh.
And when I ask you to be mine,
You're gonna say you love me, too.
You love me, too. You love me, too.
Authors: John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
John: vocals (double-tracking), acoustic rhythm guitar, harmonica Gender: bass; George: lead guitar Ringo: drums.
Recorded: February 25, 26, 1964, Studio No. 2, Abbey Road.
Producer: George Martin Sound engineer: Norman Smith.
Release date (UK): July 10, 1964 (album A HARD DAY'S NIGHT).
Release date (USA): June 26, 1964 (album A HARD DAY'S NIGHT).
In January 1964, while touring in Paris, George bought Bob Dylan's THE FREEWHEELIN' album, released in the US in May 1963 (according to John, Paul begged this record from a French DJ). This album, recorded in folk style, under acoustic guitar and harmonica, made a huge impression on the Beatles, and they listened to it constantly for three weeks in a hotel room. It was at this time that John wrote 'I Should Have Known Better' alone, without the help of Paul. About a month later, during their first US tour, the Beatles met Dylan, after which John began to periodically appear in a cap a la Dylan and even starred in it for the cover of his book 'In His Own Write'.
Returning to London, the Beatles immediately began recording songs for the upcoming film, one of which was 'I Should Have Known Better'. On February 25, only 3 takes were made, and only one of them can be considered finished. At this point, the harmonica part looked even more like Dylan's than it did in the final version. The next day, 19 more takes were recorded, with the main problems occurring in the middle section. At first, John sang and played the harmonica, but then he decided to change the harmonica to an acoustic guitar. At the end of the recording, John added a double-tracking of his vocals and a harmonica part.
While working on the monomix, it suddenly turned out that in the introduction on the fourth measure, John did not have enough breath and he paused in the harmonica part. To eliminate the pause, measure 4 was replaced with measure 3, but this was not taken into account when mixing the stereo mix, resulting in these mixes being different.
In the film A Hard Day's Evening, during the performance of this song, Pattie Boyd (Pattie Boyd), George's future wife, whom he met on the set of the film, sits next to Paul.
In a special issue of Rolling Stone's The Beatles: The 100 Greatest Songs, "I Should Have Known Better" was ranked 36th.