I'm Down
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"I'm Down" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released on a non-album single as the B-side to "Help!" in July 1965. The song originated in McCartney's attempt to write a song in the style of Little Richard, whose song "Long Tall Sally" the band regularly covered.
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A 1965 Vox Continental electric organ, similar to the one John Lennon plays on "I'm Down".
I've Just Seen a Face
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"I've Just Seen a Face" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released in August 1965 on their album Help!, except in North America, where it appeared as the opening track on the December 1965 release Rubber Soul. Written and sung by Paul McCartney, the song is credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The song is a cheerful love ballad, its lyrics discussing a love at first sight while conveying an adrenaline rush the singer experiences that makes him both enthusiastic and inarticulate.
Paul McCartney wrote the song in the basement music room of 57 Wimpole Street, central London (pictured in 2018), the family home of his girlfriend, Jane Asher.
McCartney performing during the Wings Over the World tour, 1976. He included "I've Just Seen a Face" during an acoustic section of the tour's setlist.
New Grass Revival mandolinist Sam Bush in 2012, who described "I've Just Seen a Face" as the first song by the Beatles to which he could relate.