The Beatles - When I'm Sixty Four (Official Video)
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- Опубліковано 31 гру 2022
- "When I'm Sixty-Four" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon-McCartney) and released on their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. McCartney wrote the song when he was about 14, probably in April or May 1956, and it was one of the first songs he ever wrote. The song was recorded in a key different from the final recording; it was sped up at the request of McCartney to make his voice sound younger. It prominently features a trio of clarinets (two regular clarinets and one bass clarinet) throughout.
Recording:
The Beatles recorded two takes of the song on 6 December 1966, during one of the first sessions for the as-yet-unnamed album that became Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Martin produced, supported by engineers Geoff Emerick and Phil McDonald. McCartney overdubbed his lead vocal onto take two without the other Beatles present on 8 December. On 20 December, McCartney, Lennon and George Harrison overdubbed backing vocals and Ringo Starr added the sound of bells.
Martin made two reduction mixes (takes three and four) with the latter best. On 21 December, session musicians Robert Burns, Henry MacKenzie and Frank Reidy overdubbed two clarinets and a bass clarinet onto take four. Emerick later explained, "The clarinets on that track became a very personal sound for me; I recorded them so far forward that they became one of the main focal points." Martin recalled, "I remember recording it in the cavernous Number One studio at Abbey Road and thinking how the three clarinet players looked as lost as a referee and two linesmen alone in the middle of Wembley Stadium." On the same day, Martin remixed the song for mono three times, although this was only a demo version. He made four new mono mixes on 29 December.
On 30 December, unsatisfied with all of these attempts, McCartney suggested speeding up the track to raise it by around a semitone from its original key of C major to D♭ major. Martin remembers that McCartney suggested this change to make his voice sound younger. McCartney says, "I wanted to appear younger, but that was just to make it more rooty-tooty; just lift the key because it was starting to sound turgid." Martin, Emerick and Richard Lush made the sped-up remix from take four on 17 April 1967. Musicologist Michael Hannan comments on the completed track: "The rich timbres of the clarinets give the mix a fuller, fatter sound than many of the other tracks on the album."
Release:
The song was nearly released on a single as the B-side of either "Strawberry Fields Forever" or "Penny Lane". It was instead held over to be included as an album track for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Everett comments that the protagonist of "When I'm Sixty-Four" is sometimes associated with the Lonely Hearts Club Band concept, but in his opinion the song is thematically unconnected to others on the album.
According to author George Case, all of the songs on Sgt. Pepper were perceived by contemporary listeners as being drug-inspired, with 1967 marking the pinnacle of LSD's influence on pop music. Some fans viewed the lyric "digging the weeds" from "When I'm Sixty-Four" as a possible drug allusion. In August 1967, The Beatles Book published an article discussing whether the album was "too advanced for the average pop fan". One reader complained that all the songs except "Sgt. Pepper" and "When I'm Sixty-Four" were "over our heads", adding, "The Beatles ought to stop being so clever and give us tunes we can enjoy."
"When I'm Sixty-Four" was included in the Beatles' 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine. It was also used over the opening credits of the 1982 film The World According to Garp.
Giles Martin remixed the song for inclusion on the album's 50th anniversary release in 2017. Martin mixed the song from the original tapes rather than their subsequent mixdowns. Take 2 of the song was included as a bonus track on the deluxe edition.
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Today would have been my dad's 64th birthday had he not lost his battle with cancer 8 years ago. Happy birthday, dad. Miss you every day.
Our wishes to him. I am sure you have his hood wishes with you
Today is ny 64th birthday. I have been thinking for all I am grateful for and also my friends that I lost along the way.
Happy Birthday, Sir!
Happy Birthday in Heaven...
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
It's official. I'm 64 today and this was the first song that came to mind. When I first heard it as kid, I could never have imagined actually being this old. Now, it doesn't seem so old ...
Same thoughts way back on first hearing.
Ditto I’m too 64 today and remember listening to this song as a kid , loved the Beatles !
Ditto. Two days ago was my 64th as well. Happy Birthday!
Two more years for me and I'm finally there 😖
Idem ditto
Crap.. just realized….I’M 64!!! God bless my wife! She still feeds me. We very much love and need each other.
Keep going dude! Keep living till the sun blows up 💥💥💥
So sweet!
In 67 I was Dave, one of the grandchildren on the knee. Now I'm "yours sincerely, wasting away"
God bless you and your family👍🏻
The fact he was 14 when he wrote this just drives home what a genius he was/is.
He wrote the tune but not lyrics
Genius ?
Seriously?
@@marvymarier8988 Says an effing nobody.
@@marvymarier8988 how many number ones have you had?
@@marvymarier8988 Paul McCartney. Genius. Seriously. No jive.
The fact George couldn't get this old and John even more...
😢
I know. I miss them both.
@@Margoqw2 me too..
so sad
Grievous losses
“Will you still need me? Will you still feed me? When I’m sixty-four”
These words hits hard
I will
Indeed they does.
❤🦅
Out of date even in the early 60s when Paul first sang it in Liverpool .👎
@@vincentl.9469 what
This song still brings tears to my eyes , loved it for many years , and now I'm 65 !!!
livin a good life cheers to you! man im 24 i hope to hit 65!
Are you losing your hair?
@@alexandrebenois7962
NO !!!
Going to hit 64 this fall!
I just turned 24 in August. 40 years to go...
27 right now. Let's come back to this when I'm 64. If this is still here.
27 here too! I’ll come back to comment when I’m 64
64 today and I’m loving it ❤
HA! Me too, yesterday.😄
Me too, today!
Me too today!
@@karenjones8088 happy birthday Karen!
Happy Birthday 🎂🥳
i am 16 years old, i will forever be thankful to my grandfather for introducing the beatles to me when i was much younger
Ahh I see a young beatle fan. Might I recommend u do a little research on the rutles as well. They are a parody band and as funny as they are their music is pretty sweet and catchy
Enjoy it, like it’s the last piece of cake on Earth. Time goes by faster than a flash of light. You woke up today at sixteen, tomorrow you wake up at sixty… in a snap.
Paul was 16 when he wrote the song.
Especially when you are 64! I have 4 years until then! ack!
@@Duglor1 I'm 64 and listened to that song on my birthday.
Was my 64th birthday yesterday.. I remember listening to this song when my dad first brought the album home and thinking " oh my God that's SOOO old"!!
I'm glad the Beatles wrote a happy sounding song about it🎉 and wish my dad was here to listen with me❤❤
Он с тобой, это так. Живи долго!
fun memory
Amazing song written in 1956 when Paul was only 14 yrs old 😊
@@zahar8976proof?
should have stayed there..
@@vincentl.9469why are you listening to it then
@@vincentl.9469Brauchst du das, anderen Menschen die Freude zu nehmen?
@@michaell6882 ? ?
4-30-60 I'm 64 today!! My dad used to play this on his 8 track and a yellow firebird. He was 38 and I thought he'll never get there. Now here I am......I am Blessed
I’m 64 today, and still feeling pretty young!🌟🌟🌟
Happy 64th🎉
Happy belated birthday.
Love the Beatles
Man ist immer so alt wie man sich fühlt. Mal bin ich 12 - mal 180! 😂
Me too!
As of today, I’m now 64!
I don’t feel any different! ❤
Happy Birthday!
@@malcolmwaterson3867 Thanks!
Happy Birthday! I'm 70. Stick around, it gets more interesting!
@@madeleinebaier5347
Oh, does it?
I hope in a good way!
Happy belated birthday! I have a few months to go.
The Beatles were so far ahead musically, than most other bands. Their musical progression was achieved by their various talents.
This is the kind of song you might want to play in a bar or pub, but not put on an album in 1967. Music from the 1930s ..which Paul would have been exposed to in his younger days . I see people praising it but on the Pepper album it has always sounded wrong and out of place. He often got his way but Lennon said at the time he would never have dreamt of doing a song like this. ...
Not exactly iron maiden though are they ? You must be high to claim the beatles were good. A mediocre pop band at best.
@@mgtowchampion7961ok how many number ones have you got
@@mgtowchampion7961dude just wants us to know he rides Iron Maiden’s meat
Ja, genau! Sie haben sich gegenseitig fruchtbar ergänzt.
this movie was a historical masterpiece, a perfect way to preserve our culture of that era
Not too long ago, I changed the phrase at the opening of the song to, "...in a year from now." That was over a year ago, so now I am living it. I remember when Sgt. Pepper's came out in 1967. Still love this song!
It was more than 20 years ago today , Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play !!
But it's still great music !!!!!!
Oh gosh...I'm 64 next year 😂😂that was fast
Don't let it bother you son. You've got lots of company myself included! I mean, what choice do we have? Nobody gets any younger, so accept the fact and live the moment --- in the end _the moment_ is all we ever have. P.S. --- spend lots of those moments with _The Beatles_ and you won't go wrong!
To those who have turned 64 : You're super young and adorable! And although I don't know you personally, I love you so much!
*Note* : I'm able and willing to spread love this way because of The Beatles. Grateful to them.
I'm 66 now but thanks same to you!
AMEN!
I'm 67, but, still fighting the good fight, thanks, loads!
I remember this song n listened to it for years, i turned 64 earlier this year. I use to think 64 s a long way off for me . There already , blimey
Thanks so much!!
I’m 64 this year and played this for my wife of 43 years
I made it born, August 26, 1959 . It's that day today- Saturday, "August 26,, 2023" I remember hearing this song and thinking, 64 yrs of age is a long ways off. Then I "BLINKED " here I am ...LOL- Happy birthday to me and all whom have been blessed to live 64 yrs . My we all have many more hopefully/ healthy. Peace ✌
This is a good song the four members made about being 64. It’s a shame that John and George didn’t make it to that age.
Well, here I am at 64 and still listening to the Beatles. Still put the album on every now and then.
Jan. 14th, 2023, I will turn 64 years old. Thank you for this video.
Happy birthday
Happy birthday!
Me too, in a few days... 😊😉
I just turned 64 nine minutes ago, and this is the first thing I watched at 12:01 am. I've been waiting my whole life for this moment!!!
@@vincentmartin7015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 💛
Amazing how many people listen to this on their 64th birthday. Well that's me today. When I was growing up, that sound so old. Now not so much anymore. 3/14/59
You feel old? I'm 69 further over the hill than you lol
You feel old? I just turned 97
@@sagemybrain6740 Wow that is awesome, good for you my friend.
@@davidmcnally6296 It's funny however old you are, there is someone else older than you who one up's you. LOL
10/24/1959
Мне 75. Анкология. Рак. Не унываю. Слушаю Битлов, слушаю свою молодость! Шестидесятые годы, что творилось! Какой был бум, революция в музыке! Этим счастлив! Мне многие группы нравятся, но Они были первыми, незабываемые. Всем почитателям The Beatles привет из Санкт-Петербурга!
ого
выздоравливай братишка!
That song never gets old..
But we do.
@@ANDROLOMA
Party Pooper!
@@linas-oh3kq 😎
@@ANDROLOMA 😉
And it never gets any good.
The Beatles,The Greatest Rock n' Roll Band Of All Time
Paul McCartney is 81 now .. and we still need him and still feed him!
Feb. 6 2023 will be my turn to add relevance to this song. Strange, remembering hearing this song as a child. Now, here we are.
2067 will be mine, i love how timeless music is
Мне было 18, когда я услышала впервые эту композицию, 64 - это было так далеко. А сейчас мне 67, и я по - прежнему восхищаюсь этой милой мелодией, и не было этих пятидесяти лет в промежутке.
только хотел оставить такой же комментарий, и увидел ваш :)
😊😊😊 Мы тоже..
It took a while but this song is finally fitting for me today. Lol ! I'm finally 64 today.😊
When I get older losing my hair
Many years from now
Will you still be sending me a Valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine
If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
You'll be older too
And if you say the word
I could stay with you
I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds
Who could ask for more
Every summer we can rent a cottage
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck and Dave
Send me a postcard, drop me a line
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
I was born in 2000, a Gen Z for sure! But I still felt in love with The Beatles' music! Timeless music! I'm sure that I have never listened to any song like this! The Beatles is new to me! Gosh please do the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band!
Try Abbey Road and Revolver next
Dont forget about the White Album
And if you want, you should check out their solo stuff if you're done with the Beatles material. Their solo careers have several gems such as All Things Must Pass, Ram, Imagine, Mind Games, Band on the Run, Living in the Material World, Walls and Bridges, Venus and Mars, amongst others
I agree wholeheartedly! I'm only 14, but The beatles is one of the only bands I listen to. Modern music (And not to offend anyone who thinks differently) Is just plain bad. Music like this actually has soul & character, unlike Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Or whatever it is the kids listen to nowadays.
Enjoy them ❤God bless you all 😊
When I’m 64… I’m going to play this song everyday.
I sang this for my mother on her 64th birthday. She was dying from cancer at the time. She loved it.
My last night of being 63... cannot believe that I'm still here for this song to be mine 😂🎉
😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉Happy birthday for you tomorrow
Congratulations!
Today March 8th my Mom is now 64. And always loved this song.
I have to answer this: Paul, we needed you and your music when you turned 64 27 years ago! And we still need and love it now, that you're about to hit 82.
I am 64 today, and I am very grateful for the life I have been given. My son shared this with me as a birthday greeting. 6/8/59
Well I turn 64 today and I've been waiting a very long time to be able to claim this song as my own! I've loved it since first hearing it as a kid in the 60's. Based on the comments an awful lot of us were born in January 1960!
I hope the rest of your life treats you well!
@@JackMaglcvery good comment! Bravo!
I just love The Beatles. I remember seeing them in person back in 1964 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. It was such a great thrill for me because I was in love with Paul. My girlfriend and I had front row seats. I begged my Dad to get me a ticket 🎫 and he did. I will never forget it what a great concert.
Candlestick concert was1966 CowPalace 1964
When I hear this song I think of all the people in my life who were well short of 64 when this song came out. Most made to 64 and well beyond including me.
genius way for them to write a love song, and ask their fans if they'll stick around. Paul is 80 years old now, and I imagine this song is a little surreal to him if he interprets it as the band asking their fans if they still be around when he is 64. as, of course many original beatles fans from the 1960's are still fans today. plus not only the band, but each respective member have acquired 3 entirely new generations of fans as the decades passed.
Listening to this as a grumpy 64 year old. Hell yeah!!
Today is my last day of being 64. Cheers from Saskatoon! I've loved this song forever!!!!!!
You can’t help but to love this song. 🥰
This year I'll be 74 🥰
God bless! I am 67 all of a sudden, it seems! Life is still good and I am grateful for every day. We are all born with an expiry date printed somewhere in our genes or karma. Make the best of it while it lasts.
My favorite version of this song to send to my family and friends on their 64th birthday. Thanks for this beautiful, entertaining and uplifting Beatles song!
This showed up on UA-cam. I turned 64 last month. I still LOVE the Beatles. Thanks guys❤
I'm sixty four today - 7 Nov 59 at Fort Richardson, Alaska. i've been waiting most of my life for this moment - to listen to this song when i arrived - well son of a gun i made it - Lee in Juneau, Alaska
This song was the presentation theme for the English Language Class on the Government Educational TV channels 8 and 10 at my School in 1972, 1973 in El Salvador. I was 13 years old. I couldn't wait everyday for my English Class just to listen to this song and by the way I'll be 64 this year 1959-2023.
Born in 1964, the movie “Yellow Submarine” has been a favorite since I was in kindergarten. Between this, Wizards, Heavy Metal, The Point, and others I got a lifetime admiration for animation. ❤
It finally happened Today, June 7, 2023, I turned 64! I’ve been singing this song back in the day my boyfriend and I who then with my husband and I was my ex we will sing this song to each other all. The. Time! And now I’m here. It was kind of hard to imagine being here when I was 17. 18. 20. Etc. Etc. Etc. But, here it is! It’s now here! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I’m thankful to have made it! 🎉🎉🎉
64 today; not ready to slow down.
I'm 64 and remember when I was in my teens and thought about this. Still married and in Love after 38 years.
It actually makes me really happy that the majority of the comments are about people celebrating turning 64 and just being happy they're still here, that they made it, and that they're still loved. My dad just died today at 64 and, ironically, the hospital he was at was playing this song for a bit. My mom, my brother, and I all found it quite fitting and I absolutely adored The Yellow Submarine as a kid, so watching this again after all these years...I honestly think I learned what "bittersweet" really feels like. Congratulations to everyone who made it to 64, I hope you're all still doing well and are happy to be here! Hopefully it wasn't too much of a struggle to get here. It was for my dad and I'm actually glad that he was able to pass as quickly as he did, so to anyone who couldn't be here whose loved ones found their way here, thank you for being in our lives! My dad wasn't a great dad and I honestly wasn't sure how I would feel when his time came, but I'm glad to know I miss him! It means he meant something to me! Dad, I hope you're doing well and you're happy wherever you ended up, and I hope you're having a far easier time than you did in this life!
U say 64 isn't that old I'll trade u 86❤
I just turned 64 Dec,18.1959. Kieth Richards birthday too. I've been listening to the Beatles since the beginning.☮️😎
Now that I AM 64, this song takes on a whole new meaning. Genius writer. He must of taken experiences with his grandparents when writing this. Too close to reality of this age.
Today (Dec. 7th), I played and sang along this famous Beatles' hit from the Sergeant Pepper album of 1967, a song that is very much part of my childhood. I'm 64.
As a son who’s father is now 64 as of now. He can relate to this song.
My pops died at 64...song means a lot...RIP dad...u meant the world to me.
Paul
Condolences
@@dawnbrady152 thanks been 10 years now never forget I guess...
Time has come, thanks for this song. I´ve been waiting for this moment for so long, a blend of melancholy, sadness and hope. This is not another common day, it´s my sixty four birthday and I´m so happy that I can listen and enjoy this sounds and words full of colours and joy.
Happy birthday for the other day 😊
Happy 64 th Birthday,
@@chubbychubbaboy4199 🙏🙏😊😊👌👌
Sing it to myself as I care for my 94 year old mother. We need each other.
I'll be 64 in less than 4 years and hope to be in good 🙏 shape, and health 😌 🙌 ✨️ and life will shine 💖 for me with the Beatles as always 💙 and today. 💕
Today’s my birthday & I AM 64! As a child I thought 64 was too old to even care about life anymore. “I will have lived a long, good life by 45. Who would want to get that old?!” But grandchildren on the knee, and a lifelong sweetheart make it truly wonderful.
I turned 64 six years ago and I still feel as young as I did the day I first heard this song. I don't necessarily look the same, though.
Je voulais réécouter ce morceau le jour de mes 64 ans, morceau qui a bercé ma jeunesse... Ça y est j'ai 64 ans 😮 et ça roule toujours 🎉
Merci les Beatles 😊
Happy 64th birthday 🎉 I had mine 2 years ago ! God-bless❤
Je suis d'accord avec toi. Merci
Mir geht es genauso. Ich werde 64 am 8.8.2023
@@lilavor2349 bon anniversaire 🎈🥳🎈🥳 😀
Vous avez encore les cheveux?
i swear that video clip looks like „guys, how much did we take yesterday” and it’s a compliment.
This film is timeless, never dates.
64 really isn’t that old
It’s the age where you become a baby again….like they say “one an adult twice a child ”
At 60 I feel old today. Back in the 1960s it was older than it is today. People live longer and healthier these days than back then.
says the 64 year old man XD
Thanks
Paul was 25 when he wrote this though, 64 seems ancient at that age 😆! kids lol
Cool video to watch on my 64th birthday today. Paul apparently wrote this song when he was a teenager, four years before I was born. Now he's 81 and I'm 64 and people still like the tune. Time!
🎵 Long, long time ago, I can still remember...🎶 and I take a look to my Venyl- record " Sgt. Peppers lonely heart.../ Yellow Submarine" in the shelves.
December 6, 2023 and today is my 64th birthday 😊 Thank You God for all the blessings in the past 64 years 🙏🙏🙏; Thank you The Beatles for this wonderful song 🙏🙏🙏
Happy birthday!
Playing this to my father when he turns 64. Peace fellas.
I came to this video. Because I heard somewhere on Twitter. That Adventure Time is the modern generation's version of Yellow Submarine. And now that I am listening to this song. ... Yeah, This does sound like something you'd hear in an Adventure Time episode.
Groovy.
Also. I am 34 years old as I type this comment. So I got 30 more years to go before I can properly listen to this song.
I'll be 64 in a few days. I first heard this song in 1972. I often tried to picture myself at 64 when I listened to it.
I heard the song when I was 16. Now I am 66 already and still alive to my surprise.
Christophe, you kept your promise and "dropped me a line". Thank you for your beautiful poem after all those years.
Ringo Amazing in the Drums for época.
Got the album when it came out. This track I thought "damn that's a long time from now". Today listening to this I think "damn that was 7 years ago"!
Ah to be a kid again at 64.😂❤
Past that historic marker😂 and still kickin at 69. Love the capturing of our heyday 😊🎉❤
I'm almost as old as you. We need to ask Paul to write a sequel - When I'm A Big 7-0, lol
Been listening to this song most of my life…then one day I wake up and BOOM! It’s here. How did that happen?
I love how upbeat this music is. Thank you Fab Four!!!
Just turned 64 today, and came across this, never thought I would get here.... but I'm glad to be alive to see it. :)
I was just 8 years old when this movie came out. My parents took me to see the movie, and I loved it. 64 seemed like a million years away at that time. It’s hard to believe, but I’m going to be 64 in exactly two weeks. Where did the time go? 😢
This rang a bell for me me and my wife, 24 years ago... now that I am 78 it does again!
What would the world be without the Beatles and Stones ?
5/26/24. Today I turn 64 and I just want everyone to hear this, and think of me. Think of me and all my friends and loved ones who didn't make it this far.
Turning 64 tomorrow. This song is reborn every time someone has that birthday!
Well I made it to 64! I never thought I'd see the day! Peace and love!
One of the best animated movies of all time...
Can't believe I'll be 64 in 2 hours .Life passes by so fast so from now on going to live and be happy and keep loving my beautiful wife .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I never noticed how you can hear Paul smiling in the last verse until I watched the movie.
_Be healthy!_
_Thank you for the provided music!_
Hey I just realized that I'm now 61 so I'll be 64 in about three years from now!!!!!!!!!! OMG that's such a big thing for me since I was a kid when this song and the movie Yellow Submarine first came out!!!!!!!! My dad took me to the local drive-in theatre to watch this wonderful movie!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, now that's ME today!! and the song is now in my head forever more...
Happy 64th🎉
I've never intentionally clicked on this song to listen to.... until now. Although this song isn't in my top 100 Beatles songs, it's still an excellent song, and an A+ song by objective music standards.
What kills me is everyone was like "Oh Paul and his grannie tunes" and I remember when I was kid just getting anxiety from this song. It's basically a song about a guy who doesn't want to die alone. Freaks me out to this day.
I felt similar about that jaunty ode to a serial killer “Maxwell’s
Silver Hammer”