"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.
Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 3 December 1965 in the United Kingdom on EMI's Parlophone label, accompanied by the non-album double A-side single "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out". The original North American release, issued by Capitol Records, contains ten of the fourteen songs and two tracks withheld from the band's Help! album. Rubber Soul was described as an important artistic achievement by the band, meeting a highly favourable critical response and topping sales charts in Britain and the United States for several weeks.
The Beatles at a press conference during their August 1965 North American tour, two months before the start of the Rubber Soul sessions
The Beatles interrupted the intensive recording for the album to receive their MBEs at Buckingham Palace.
The Beatles performed at the Liverpool Empire during their December 1965 UK tour. The shows there marked the group's final concerts in their hometown.