The Beatles: John Lennon had a 'long lost' semi-autobiographical love song

To coincide with The Beatles' first-ever feature film in 1964, A Hard Day's Night, the band released songs from their album of the same name. Included in this album was a song written by John Lennon which he considered to be his first-ever ballad If I Fell. Unfortunately for the Fab Four, they missed out on a UK audience with the single.

If I Fell was written by Lennon in February 1964, just a few months before A Hard Day's Night was released in July 1964.

Speaking to journalist David Sheff in 1980, Lennon later recalled writing the song and how it inspired later songs that followed.

He said: "[If I Fell] is my first attempt to write a ballad proper.

"That was the precursor to [1965 song] In My Life. It has the same chord sequence as In My Life: D and B minor and E minor, those kinds of things."

Source: Callum Crumlish/express.co.uk

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