![]() ![]() We almost invented the idea of a new bit of a song on the fade-out with this song it was something specially written for the fade-out, which was very effective but it was quite cheeky and we did a fast ending. We picked up one of the lines, ‘My baby don’t care’, but completely altered the melody. “I think the interesting thing was a crazy ending: instead of ending like the previous verse, we changed the tempo. It’s a heavy record and the drums are heavy too. If you give me the A track and I remix it, I’ll show you what it is really, but you can hear it there. ![]() You hear it now and it doesn’t sound too bad but it’d make me cringe. It was pretty fucking heavy for then, if you go and look in the charts for what other music people were making. “Ticket To Ride was slightly a new sound at the time. It was pretty much a work job that turned out quite well…John just didn’t take the time to explain that we sat down together and worked on that song for a full three-hour songwriting session, and at the end of it all we had all the words, we had the harmonies, and we had all the little bits.” – Paul McCartney In 1969, Ticket to Ride was covered by the. It was originally recorded by their group the Beatles in 1965, whose version reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number one in Canada on the RPM singles chart. Because John sang it, you might have to give him 60 per cent of it. Ticket to Ride is a song written by LennonMcCartney. We’d often work those out as we wrote them. “We wrote the melody together you can hear on the record, John’s taking the melody and I’m singing harmony with it. Paul’s contribution was the way Ringo played the drums.” – John Lennon In an interview, John Lennon revealed that the inspiration for the song came from a conversation he had with Paul McCartney about. The title of the song refers to the woman’s ticket that will take her away from her current situation. In 2004, this song was ranked number 394 on Rolling Stones list of 'The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time'. It was recorded 15 February 1965 and released two months later. “That was one of the earliest heavy-metal records made. The lyrics of Ticket to Ride tell the story of a woman who is leaving her partner to go on a journey. 'Ticket to Ride' is a song by the Beatles from their 1965 album, Help. ![]() It was later revealed by journalist Don Short, a friend of the band, that John had coined the phrase “ticket to ride” during the band’s 1962 Hamburg trip in reference to one who was billed medically fit to ride the trains. Noted by John as “one of the earliest heavy metal records ever made”, Ticket To Ride indeed featured a driving riff and heavy beat and was influenced by the Kinks’ You Really Got Me. ![]()
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