Day Tripper

"Day Tripper" is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It was released as a double A-side single with "We Can Work it Out" on 3 December 1965. This was at the same time as the band's album Rubber Soul. It was written mainly by John Lennon, but was listed as Lennon–McCartney.^[2] It was part of the first double A-side in the United Kingdom.^[3] "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work it Out" was the 7th highest selling single of the 1960s in the United Kingdom.^[4] The main part of the song is a guitar riff that Lennon wrote.^[5][6] He got the idea for this riff from Bobby Parker's song "Watch Your Step".^[7]

1. ↑ Terence J. O'Grady (1 May 1983). The Beatles: A Musical Evolution. Twayne Publishers. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-8057-9453-3.
2. ↑ Everett 2001, p. 316.
3. ↑ Hutchins, Chris (4 December 1965). "Music Capitals of the World". Billboard. p. 26.
4. ↑ "Ken Dodd 'third best-selling artist of 1960s'". BBC News. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
5. ↑ Riley 2002, pp. 172–73.
6. ↑ Pollack, Alan W. (6 March 2000) [21 June 1989]. "Notes on 'Day Tripper'". Soundscapes. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
7. ↑ Ingham 2006, p. 186.