Eight Days a Week Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1: John Lennon & Paul McCartney]
Ooh, I need your love, babe
Guess you know it's true
Hope you need my love, babe
Just like I need you

[Chorus: John Lennon & Paul McCartney with George Harrison]
Hold me, love me
Hold me, love me
I ain't got nothing but love, babe

Eight days a week

[Verse 2: John Lennon & Paul McCartney]
Love you everyday, girl
Always on my mind
One thing I can say, girl
Love you all the time

[Chorus: John Lennon & Paul McCartney with George Harrison]
Hold me, love me
Hold me, love me
I ain't got nothing but love, girl

Eight days a week
[Bridge: John Lennon & Paul McCartney]
Eight days a week
I love you
Eight days a week
Is not enough to show I care


[Verse 3: John Lennon & Paul McCartney]
Ooh, I need your love, babe
Guess you know it's true
Hope you need my love, babe
Just like I need you

[Chorus: John Lennon & Paul McCartney with George Harrison]
Hold me, love me
Hold me, love me
I ain't got nothing but love, babe

Eight days a week

[Bridge: John Lennon & Paul McCartney]
Eight days a week
I love you
Eight days a week
Is not enough to show I care


[Verse 4: John Lennon & Paul McCartney]
Love you everyday, girl
Always on my mind
One thing I can say, girl
Love you all the time
[Chorus: John Lennon & Paul McCartney with George Harrison]
Hold me, love me
Hold me, love me
I ain't got nothing but love, babe

Eight days a week

[Outro: John Lennon, Paul McCartney & George Harrison]
Eight days a week
Eight days a week

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Genius Annotation

“Eight Days a Week” was originally issued in 1964 as a single from Beatles for Sale. However, it wasn’t released in the US until 1965. It came out in advance of the 1965 album, Beatles VI, alongside “I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party”. It became The Beatles' seventh Billboard #1 hit.

According to a story Paul told to Howard Stern, the title was inspired by a conversation he had with a chauffeur. Paul asked him if he had been busy lately. The chauffeur answered, “Oh man, I’ve been working eight days a week!”

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

What did The Beatles say about "Eight Days a Week"?
Genius Answer

In the Beatles Anthology book, Paul provides insight into the song’s title:

John and I were always looking for a title. Once you’ve got a good title, if someone says “what’s your new title” you’re half way there. Of course the song had to be good. If we had called it “I am on the Way to a Party with You Babe” they might say, “Ok” but if you’ve called it “Eight Days a Week,” they say “Oh that’s good.”

In 2015, Paul told Billboard he doesn’t think much of it:

When people review my shows, they say, ‘He opened with a Beatles classic, “Eight Days a Week.”‘ I wouldn’t put it as a ‘classic.’ Is it the cleverest song we’ve ever written? No. Has it got a certain joie de vivre that The Beatles embodied? Yes. The best thing about it was the title, really.

When did The Beatles record "Eight Days a Week"?
Genius Answer

According to the Beatles Bible website, October 18, 1964 was a busy day for The Fab Four. They recorded three new originals and five cover songs at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios. Of the former, these included:

The cover tracks that they laid were:

Where did The Beatles come up with the title to this song?
Genius Answer

In 1964, Paul got his driver’s license suspended due to speeding, Paul was then forced to take a taxi everywhere. On one of these journeys, Paul told Billboard in 2015,

Just as we reached John’s, I said [to the taxi driver], ‘You been busy?’ Just small talk. And he said, ‘Busy? I’ve been working eight days a week.’ I ran into the house and said, ‘Got a title!’ And we wrote it in the next hour.

What did John Lennon say about this song?
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