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The Beatles: “We Can Work It Out”
The Hook: Paul McCartney wrote the verses, but the middle eight was Lennon’s, making it a true Lennon-McCartney collaboration.
Album: Yesterday and Today
Years: single: 1965, album: 1966
Writers: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Stats: The last in a string of six number-one Beatles hits in a row on the Billboard Hot 100.
Background: The Beatles recorded “We Can Work It Out” in two sessions 50 years ago this month. The late John Lennon — who would have turned 75 years old today — once described how the song was written.
John Lennon on writing “We Can Work It Out” with Paul McCartney. OC:…constantly together. :11
“We wrote ‘We Can Work It Out’ together. Paul’s first half, my middle eight. In the early days, once we left Liverpool, we were living in each other’s pocket, so we wrote constantly together.”
