Flashback: The Beatles record "Eight Days A Week"

It was 32 years ago (on October 6th, 1964) that the Beatles began recording "Eight Days A Week." John Lennon, who co-wrote the song with Paul McCartney, was never a fan of the song, and prior to his death in 1980 told Playboy, "We struggled to record it and struggled to make it into a song. It was (Paul's) initial effort, but I think we both worked on it. I'm not sure. But it was lousy anyway."

The song was recorded by the group in London's legendary Abbey Road Studios between 3 and 10 p.m. with Lennon on acoustic guitar, McCartney on bass, George Harrison on 12-string electric guitar, and Ringo Starr on drums. Thirteen different takes were recorded of the song, with take six being the "master" on which the group added overdubs.

"Eight Days A Week," which was featured on the group's British album Beatles For Sale and the American Beatles VI (six), is mainly remembered for the ground breaking fade-in the group, an effect usually used for the ending of records.

Although it wasn't released as a single in Britain at the time, it was in the U.S. On March 13th, 1965, "Eight Days A Week" knocked the Temptations' "My Girl" out from Number One, going on to top the charts for two weeks before the Supremes overtook the Beatles with "Stop! In The Name Of Love."