I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
Song by the Beatles from the album Beatles for Sale
Released	4 December 1964
Recorded	29 September 1964 EMI Studios, London
Genre	Country rock^[1] pop rock^[2]
Length	2:33
Label	Parlophone PMC 1240 (mono) PCS 3062 (stereo)
Writer(s)	Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)	George Martin

"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"

single cover

Single by The Beatles

A-side

"Eight Days a Week"

Released

15 February 1965 (US only)

Label

Capitol 5371 (US)

The Beatles singles chronology

"I Feel Fine"
(1964)

"Eight Days a Week" /
"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
(US-1965)

"Ticket to Ride"
(1965)

"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" is a song by the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.^[3] It was released on the album Beatles for Sale in the United Kingdom in 1964. "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" was also released on the Beatles for Sale (No. 2) EP.^[4] In the United States, Capitol released the song as the B-side of the single "Eight Days a Week", and later on the Beatles VI album, both in 1965. The single peaked at number one in the US^[5] (it was not released in the UK);^[6] "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" charted as a B-side, reaching number thirty-nine on Billboard.^[5]

Lyrics

The lyrics revisit Lennon's familiar themes of alienation and inner pain. In this song, he is at a party, waiting for his girl to show up. When it becomes clear that she has stood him up, he decides to leave, rather than spoil the party for everyone else. Both the lyrics and melody share a melancholy sound and theme with previous songs on Beatles for Sale, such as "No Reply" and "I'm a Loser".^[4]

Recording

The Beatles recorded the song on 29 September 1964 in 19 takes, the last of which was released.^[7] McCartney sings the lower harmony on the verses, then the higher harmony on the choruses as usual.

Personnel

John Lennon – vocal, backing vocal, acoustic rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney – bass, harmony vocals, backing vocal
George Harrison – lead guitar, backing vocal
Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine

Personnel per Ian MacDonald^[8]

Chart positions

Chart (1964)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[9]	39

Rosanne Cash version

"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"

Single by Rosanne Cash

from the album Hits 1979-1989

Released

1989

Format

7" single

Genre

Country

Length

2:36

Lennon–McCartney

Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash

Rosanne Cash singles chronology

"Runaway Train"
(1988)

"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
(1989)

"Black and White"
(1989)

Rosanne Cash covered the song for her Hits 1979-1989 compilation. Her version went to number one on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in 1989. It was also Cash's last number one hit to date, and is the only Lennon-McCartney song to top the country chart.

Chart positions

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[10]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[11]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[12]	23
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[13]	16

Preceded by "Love Out Loud" by Earl Thomas Conley	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single 24 June 1989	Succeeded by "Come from the Heart" by Kathy Mattea
Preceded by "A Better Man" by Clint Black	RPM Country Tracks number-one single 26 June 1989	Succeeded by "Hole in My Pocket" by Ricky Van Shelton

Notes

↑ The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press, USA. 4 January 2012. pp. 106–. ISBN 978-0-19-992083-9.
↑ Terence J. O'Grady (1 May 1983). The Beatles, a musical evolution. Twayne. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-8057-9453-3.
↑ Miles 1997, p. 175.
1 2 Ruhlmann 2009.
1 2 Wallgren 1982, p. 40.
↑ Lewisohn 1988, p. 200.
↑ Lewisohn 1988, p. 49.
↑ MacDonald 2005, pp. 129–130.
↑ "The Beatles – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6373." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 26 June 1989. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
↑ "Rosanne Cash – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Rosanne Cash.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. 23 December 1989. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
↑ "Best of 1989: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

References

"Hits 1979–1989 > Charts and Awards". Allmusic. 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books. ISBN 0-517-57066-1.
MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). ISBN 1-84413-828-3.
Miles, Barry (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-5249-6.
Ruhlmann, William (2009). "Review of "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"". Allmusic. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
Wallgren, Mark (1982). The Beatles on Record. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-45682-2.

External links

Alan W. Pollack's Notes on "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"

Beatles for Sale

Songs

Side one	"No Reply" "I'm a Loser" "Baby's in Black" "Rock and Roll Music" "I'll Follow the Sun" "Mr. Moonlight" "Kansas City"/"Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey"

Side two	"Eight Days a Week" "Words of Love" "Honey Don't" "Every Little Thing" "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" "What You're Doing" "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"

The Beatles singles discography

UK and US
(all labels)

1963	"Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why" "From Me to You" / "Thank You Girl" "She Loves You" / "I'll Get You"

1964	"Can't Buy Me Love" / "You Can't Do That" "I Feel Fine" / "She's a Woman"

1965	"Ticket to Ride" / "Yes It Is" "Help!" / "I'm Down" "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper"

1966	"Paperback Writer" / "Rain" "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby"

1967	"Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever" "All You Need Is Love" / "Baby, You're a Rich Man" "Hello, Goodbye" / "I Am the Walrus"

1968	"Lady Madonna" / "The Inner Light" "Hey Jude" / "Revolution"

1969	"Get Back" / "Don't Let Me Down" "The Ballad of John and Yoko" / "Old Brown Shoe" "Something" / "Come Together"

1970	"Let It Be" / "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"

1978	"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends" / "A Day in the Life"

1982	"The Beatles Movie Medley" / "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"

1995	"Free as a Bird" / "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)"

1996	"Real Love" / "Baby's in Black"

UK only
(Parlophone,
Apple)

1962	"My Bonnie" / "The Saints" "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You"

1963	"I Want to Hold Your Hand" / "This Boy"

1964	"Ain't She Sweet" / "If You Love Me, Baby" "A Hard Day's Night" / "Things We Said Today"

1976	"Yesterday" / "I Should Have Known Better" "Back in the U.S.S.R." / "Twist and Shout"

US only
(Vee-Jay, Swan,
Tollie, Capitol,
Apple)

1963	"I Want to Hold Your Hand" / "I Saw Her Standing There"

1964	"Twist and Shout" / "There's a Place" "Do You Want to Know a Secret" / "Thank You Girl" "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" "Sie liebt dich" / "I'll Get You" "I'll Cry Instead" / "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" "And I Love Her" / "If I Fell" "A Hard Day's Night" / "I Should Have Known Better" "Matchbox" / "Slow Down"

1965	"Eight Days a Week" / "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" "Yesterday" / "Act Naturally"

1966	"Nowhere Man" / "What Goes On"

1970	"The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue"

1976	"Got to Get You into My Life" / "Helter Skelter" "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" / "Julia"

Other countries
(Odeon, Apple)

1964	"Komm, gib mir deine Hand" / "Sie liebt dich" (Germany)

1968	"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" / "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Europe, Japan, Australia) "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" / "I Will" (Philippines) "Back in the U.S.S.R." / "Don't Pass Me By" (Sweden)

1969	"You're Going to Lose That Girl" / "Tell Me What You See" (Japan)

1970	"Oh! Darling" / "Here Comes the Sun" (Japan)

1972	"All Together Now" / "Hey Bulldog" (Europe)

Rosanne Cash

Studio albums	Rosanne Cash Right or Wrong Seven Year Ache Somewhere in the Stars Rhythm & Romance King's Record Shop Interiors The Wheel 10 Song Demo Rules of Travel Black Cadillac The List The River & the Thread

Compilation albums	Hits 1979–1989 Retrospective The Country Side Super Hits The Very Best of Rosanne Cash The Essential Rosanne Cash

Notable singles	"No Memories Hangin' Round" "Couldn't Do Nothin' Right" "Seven Year Ache" "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" "Blue Moon with Heartache" "Ain't No Money" "I Wonder" "It Hasn't Happened Yet" "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" "Never Be You" "Hold On" "Second to No One" "The Way We Make a Broken Heart" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "If You Change Your Mind" "Runaway Train" "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" "What We Really Want"

Guest singles	"If It Weren't for Him" (with Vince Gill) "It's Such a Small World" (with Rodney Crowell)

Related articles	Discography Columbia Records Johnny Cash Tommy Cash John Carter Cash "Never Alone" Ghost Brothers of Darkland County

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