Day Tripper
Song by John Lennon and Lennon-McCartneyWikipedia
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Oct 20, 2026
Chris LastelleHOST
As a bizarre footnote to our story, John Lennon was doing a radio interview in New York City in September 1974.
Chris LastelleHOST
Talking about his influences, the DJ played Watch Your Step and John Lennon revealed to the world that the Bobby Parker tune was the main inspiration for a famous Beatles song, Day Tripper.
Chris LastelleHOST
But that's a whole other story.
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Day Tripper, take one.
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MUSIC PLAYS
Chris LastelleHOST
And we are done.
Martin QuibellHOST
Absolutely.
Ed ChenHOST
Track eight is the instrumental backing track of Day Tripper.
Ed ChenHOST
Day Tripper, take one.
Martin QuibellHOST
Okay, let's
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go.
Ed ChenHOST
And then again, we don't know which one said it, but maybe John said, hey, why don't we do something? like that bobby parker thing on it and then george would have had to come up with it and the riff suddenly exists by the time they're here recording the backing on take one
Martin QuibellHOST
yeah another song where technically it should probably be credited to lennon mccartney harrison
Ed ChenHOST
quite probably so then track nine is takes two and three of day tripper where they get most of the way through the instrumental backing track two
DaveHOST
Okay.
DaveHOST
My next one, and these did go chronologically on the, the, out the set was the day tripper songwriting work tape.
ChrisHOST
Oh.
DaveHOST
Uh, which I, I thought was interesting because you have John and Paul kind of working the song out without the riff.
15 MINS LATER
DaveHOST
With
ChrisHOST
the box set,
DaveHOST
you get the We Can Work It Out and Day Tripper single.
DaveHOST
It's
TJ ShanoffHOST
I don't have art cards in mine.
TJ ShanoffHOST
All I have is the seven-inch Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out.
TJ ShanoffHOST
You, my friend-
Tony MendozaHOST
Oh
TJ ShanoffHOST
Let me get an upgrade.
Tony MendozaHOST
This... [laughs] Well, it came with a couple of posters, uh, that are pretty groovy.
Tony MendozaHOST
The new single, We Can Work It Out, coupled with Day Tripper.
TJ ShanoffHOST
S-
Avery WeissmanGUEST
Um, and I don't remember all the intricacies.
Avery WeissmanGUEST
I remember spending time in the basement practicing, but the one that always sticks out to me is I remember, 'cause, of course, I learned to read music, I remember learning Day Tripper-
Jeff MiersHOST
Mm-hmm
Avery WeissmanGUEST
... by The Beatles, and he wrote it out for me.
Avery WeissmanGUEST
I learned to swing before I could play straight, and I remember sitting in the basement-
Jeff MiersHOST
[laughs] You're super lucky
Avery WeissmanGUEST
... trying to play Day Tripper, and I couldn't stop swinging it.
Jeff MiersHOST
Yeah.
Justin AcriHOST
The project brings together 24 early session recordings, including 20 previously unreleased takes, plus three previously unheard home demos.
Justin AcriHOST
It contains early versions of iconic tracks like Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out as a, as well as a previously unheard John Lennon demo titled Little Girl.
Justin AcriHOST
Rubber Soul spent a total of eight consecutive weeks at number one in '65 and was their sixth chart-topping record in all at the time.
Phil ElsonHOST
Nowhere Man, Michelle, In My Life.
MatthewHOST
Then straight into a track that I don't think appeared on an album.
MatthewHOST
I think it was one of these AA side single releases, so AA side with Day Tripper.
MatthewHOST
Yeah.
MatthewHOST
I've gone We Can Work It Out.
13 MINS LATER
AshHOST
It's beautiful.
AshHOST
Next, it is actually funny because I really struggled, and we'll get to this, with the singles, the non-album singles.
AshHOST
I wanted to have Day Tripper, We Can Work It Out, and Paperback Rider.
AshHOST
I wanted all of them.
Steven CockcroftHOST
George Martin might say, 'Was that dit, dit?' Or, 'Tit, tit?' And we were all going, 'Oh, no, it's fine.' But then we'd get in the car and break down laughing." So it, it, it's, it is a kind of little subversive, uh, thing.
Steven CockcroftHOST
And th- this is, I'm trying to think of an earlier time they did this, but, um, uh, uh, you know, Day Tripper has, has that kind of slightly-
Jason CartyHOST
Oh, yeah
Steven CockcroftHOST
... double entendre in it as well, but-
32 MINS LATER
Steven CockcroftHOST
Yeah.
Jason CartyHOST
They can't be all places for all people.
Jason CartyHOST
And so on November the 23rd, they record promos for We Can Work It Out, Day Tripper, Help!, Ticket to Ride, and I Feel Fine.
Jason CartyHOST
So, uh, some of their old stuff and some of their new stuff, which they do out in Twickenham Film Studios.
Brian WiseHOST
There's the sessions, demos, and s- uh, the singles mix of...
Brian WiseHOST
Uh, of course, the album marked a sort of a move away from singles to albums because The Beatles released Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out separate to the album, of course.
Michael MackenzieHOST
As they always did.
Brian WiseHOST
As they...
Brian WiseHOST
So you've got, like, three different versions of the one album, plus sessions, demos, and singles.
Brian WiseHOST
And the vinyl box set I think has a seven-inch single included with it, so-
Michael MackenzieHOST
Of Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out?
Brian WiseHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Brian WiseHOST
There's a sessions, demos and the singles mix.
Brian WiseHOST
Of course, the album marked a sort of a move away from singles to albums because the Beatles released Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out separate to the album, of course.
Brian WiseHOST
As they always did.
Brian WiseHOST
Yeah.
8 MINS LATER
Michael MackenzieHOST
It is not that at all.
Michael MackenzieHOST
And it apparently it refers to these two major projects dedicated to playing the classic 1965 Beatles album.
Michael MackenzieHOST
And it's a collaborative recording process with a whole bunch different artists from July 2020 all reimagining one song from the album where there may be a little bit of ukulele if at all so in fact there's parts of the album that have hardly any ukulele and it's a total reimagining of the song some of them are utter naff I couldn't get past it quick enough but others are are just superb and i will highlight for me the single actually that wasn't ever on the album the the two versions of day tripper and we can work it out are just fantastic
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