I'll Cry Instead

E435458

"I'll Cry Instead" is a 1964 Beatles song written primarily by John Lennon, notable for its country-tinged rock style and introspective, bitter lyrics about heartbreak.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
I'll Cry Instead canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
song
artist The Beatles
associatedAct George Harrison
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
backingVocals George Harrison
Paul McCartney
catalogNumberUKAlbum Parlophone PMC 1230
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creditedTo Lennon–McCartney
era British Invasion
filmAssociation A Hard Day's Night (1964 film)
linked to: A Hard Day's Night
genre country rock
country-influenced rock
rock
hasSection bridge
verse
includedOn A Hard Day's Night (UK album)
linked to: A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day's Night (film soundtrack, US configuration)
linked to: A Hard Day's Night

Something New (US album)
instrumentation bass guitar
drums
lead guitar
rhythm guitar
vocals
intendedFor A Hard Day's Night film sequence
label Capitol Records
Parlophone
language English
length 2:06
lyricTheme bitterness
heartbreak
jealousy
mood bitter
introspective
narrativePerspective first-person
performer The Beatles
primaryComposer John Lennon
producer George Martin
recordedAt EMI Studios, London
recordingDate 1964-06-01
1964-06-04
releaseYear 1964
replacedInFilmBy Can't Buy Me Love
linked to: Can’t Buy Me Love
side A Hard Day's Night UK album, side 2
tempo up-tempo
timePeriod Beatles early period
vocalStyle lead vocal by John Lennon
writer John Lennon
Paul McCartney

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Hard Day's Night (album) containsSong I'll Cry Instead
subject linked to: A Hard Day's Night