Recording: You're Going To Lose That Girl

3.30pm, Friday 19 February 1965 (48 years ago)

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

The fifth recording session for the Help! album saw the completion of John Lennon's song You're Going To Lose That Girl.

The session took place from 3.30-6.20pm. The song was recorded in two takes, although due to an error in the control room announcement it they were numbered takes two and three.

The first attempt was a false start, though the second was a complete run-through. The Beatles then added a series of overdubs to the backing track.

The four-track tape had bass guitar, drums, and Lennon's guitar on track one; Lennon's lead vocals on two; backing vocals by Paul McCartney and George Harrison on three, along with a double-tracked lead vocal part; and Ringo Starr's bongos, McCartney's Steinway grand piano, and Harrison's guitar solo on a Fender Stratocaster on four.

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