When I Get Home



"When I Get Home" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and recorded by the English rock band the Beatles on 2 June 1964, during the last session for their third studio album A Hard Day's Night (1964). Its first US release was on the Something New LP.

Influenced somewhat by the Shirelles, "When I Get Home" is essentially a rock and roll number, but with unusual chord progressions. Lennon liked this particular ploy, and used it on many of his songs at the time.

Typical also of this period of the Beatles is the vocal leap into falsetto.

Recording
After completing "When I Get Home" in 11 takes, the Beatles finished recording another Lennon song, "Any Time At All", which they had started work on earlier that day. They also recorded Paul McCartney's "Things We Said Today" during the same session.

A mono mix was made on 4 June 1964, although this was replaced when new mono and stereo mixes were made on 22 June.

Cover versions
The band Yellow Matter Custard covered the song for their CD/DVD release One Night In New York City.

There have also been commercially released covers by Les Kelton (in French as Oui Je Reviens), The Beatalls (sic), The Bob Hammer Band, Heiko Effertz, Johnny Simon Band, Octavio Cavalli & Max Gonzalez, Ross Rice, The Rustix, The S'Moores, Tony Visconti & Alejandro Escovedo and The Two Of Us.

Personnel

 * John Lennon – lead vocal, rhythm guitar
 * Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, bass, piano
 * George Harrison – harmony vocal, lead guitar
 * Ringo Starr – drums
 * Personnel per Ian MacDonald