Harrison states his confusion at his girlfriend's decision to leave him, expresses his sadness without her, and begs her to reconsider. According to musicologist Alan Pollack, they show Harrison 'at his absolutely most vulnerable' and convey a 'bitter-sweetly mixed tone of plaintive, terminal desperation'. The lyrics serve as a rare example of Harrison embracing the standard boy–girl themes of love songs. The verse-chorus also employs what Pedler terms a 'delaying tactic' in alternating between vi and iii chords (over the lines 'Please come on back to me / I'm lonely as can be') before again returning to A. According to author Ian Inglis, 'its rhythmic and tonal structures clearly identify this as a Harrison song, but it is also, indisputably, a Beatles song.' Musicologist Dominic Pedler recognises an interesting feature in the use of an imperfect cadence (resolving on A major) in the climax of the bridge (on 'I just can't go on anymore') which uses II (B7) and V (E7) chords. The song has characteristics typical of Harrison's writing style in its syncopated melody line and melodic idiosyncrasy. This, after a repeat, segues easily into a second bridge melody, which is based on a simple IV-V-I chord progression that passes through the dominant key to resolve back on the verse. These form the introduction and most of the verse of the song and give a quasi-modal effect relieved in the verse by a line in the relative minor, the whole making a fourteen-bar ternary verse-structure. Its distinctive lead guitar cadences were achieved by using a volume pedal and through common guitar suspended chords in the key of A. Composition Īs recorded by the Beatles, the song is in the key of A major. The pair worked together into the early hours of the day of Ringo Starr's wedding to Maureen Cox, which took place on 11 February 1965. Shortly before recording the songs, Harrison routined 'I Need You' and 'You Like Me Too Much' with John Lennon at the latter's house in Weybridge. The song's lyrics address a time when she left Harrison. Their relationship provided Harrison with a sense of calm amid the frenzy of Beatlemania for Boyd, however, the jealousy of the band's fans was confronting. Harrison wrote 'I Need You' about his girlfriend Pattie Boyd, whom he met in March 1964 while the Beatles were filming A Hard Day's Night. According to biographer Gary Tillery, Harrison's creativity was most likely inspired by his habitual marijuana use, a legacy of the Beatles' first meeting with Bob Dylan in August 1964. He subsequently resolved to ensure that his occasional vocal spots on the group's albums were his own compositions rather than Lennon–McCartney songs or cover versions. George Martin, the band's producer, attributed his lack of productivity to the fact that 'none of us had liked something he had written', and Harrison had felt disheartened. In a September 1964 press conference, Harrison said he had written three 'bits' of songs, but nothing 'whole'. Before this, he had struggled to complete a song since the band recorded his first composition, ' Don't Bother Me', for their 1963 album With the Beatles.

Used by permission.George Harrison presented 'I Need You', along with ' You Like Me Too Much', for consideration for the Beatles' second feature film, Help!, in early 1965.

The song was performed in their second film, Help! and is the second video produced showing George Harrison singing lead vocal on a song (after 'I'm Happy Just To Dance With You' from A Hard Day's Night). It is the second George Harrison song the band released after two albums without any songwriting contribution from Harrison. 'I Need You' is a song by the Beatles and appears on the album Help!. Some come on back and see just what you mean to me,

That's when it hurt me and feeling like this, I just can't go on anymore. That's when it hurt me and feeling like thisīut when you told me you don't want my lovin' anymore, I didn't realise as I looked in your eyes Please come on back to me, I'm lonely as can be, I need you. Love you all the time and never leave you,

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