![]() ![]() It was recorded 15 February 1965 and released two months later. The BeatlesHelp 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universa. 'Ticket to Ride' is a song by the Beatles from their 1965 album, Help.Released in August 1965, the album hit Number One on the Billboard 200 chart less than a month later and stayed there for nine weeks. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupTicket To Ride (Remastered 2009) The Help! album, which featured seven Beatles songs from the movie along with six orchestral pieces from the soundtrack, had advance orders of more than a million copies - a first for the record industry. It topped the chart for five weeks in the U.K.īeatles collectors are always on the lookout for the original pressing of the "Ticket To Ride" single, which bore the legend "from the United Artists screenplay Eight Arms To Hold You." The movie was, of course, re-titled Help! One thing that is certain about Ticket To Ride is that it is a celebration of freedom and independence. "Ticket To Ride" spent nine weeks in the Billboard Top 40, hitting Number One for one week. ![]() But he did note that " Paul ( McCartney)'s contribution was the way Ringo ( Starr) played the drums." McCartney says Lennon wrote about 60 percent of it. Though billed as a Lennon-McCartney song, Lennon said it was actually written entirely by Lennon. Shes got a ticket to ride Shes got a ticket to ride But she dont care I dont know why shes riding so high She ought to think-twice She ought to do right by me Before she gets to saying goodbye She ought to think-twice She ought to do right by me I think Im gonna be sad I think its today, yeah The girl thats driving me mad Is going away. John Lennon called the song "one of the earliest heavy metal records made." ‘Ticket To Ride’ is a pioneering song and it is truly astonishing to think it was released in 1965, as it sounds so ahead of its time. The group performed the song on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 12th, 1965, and throughout their 1965 concert tours of Europe and North America. This isolated drum track for The Beatles classic ‘Ticket To Ride’ is a masterful performance of the absolute finest calibre by Starr, one which proves any potential doubters wrong about his excellence. "Ticket To Ride" is used in the skiing sequence in the film Help! The scene was one of the most spontaneous and ad-libbed in the film, since the Beatles were amateur skiers and fell down quite a bit. Recorded: February 15th, 1965 at Abbey Road studios in London
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