.' Ticket to Ride' is a song by the English rock group, written by and credited to. Issued as a single in April 1965, it became the Beatles' seventh consecutive number 1 hit in the United Kingdom and their third consecutive number 1 hit (and sixth in total) in the United States, and similarly topped national charts in Canada, Australia and Ireland. The song was included on their 1965 album Recorded at in London in February that year, the track marked a progression in the Beatles' work through the incorporation of and harder-sounding instrumentation relative to their previous releases.

Among music critics, describes the song as 'psychologically deeper than anything the Beatles had recorded before' and 'extraordinary for its time'.' Ticket to Ride' appears in a sequence in the Beatles' second feature film, directed. Live performances by the band were included in the concert film, on the live album documenting their, and on the 1996 box set. In 1969, 'Ticket to Ride' was covered by, whose version peaked at number 54 on the. Contents.Composition 'Ticket to Ride' was written by, and credited to. Speaking in 1980, Lennon said that McCartney's contribution was limited to 'the way played the drums' on the recording. In his 1997, however, contradicts this, saying: 'we sat down and wrote it together give him 60 percent of it we sat down together and worked on that for a full three-hour songwriting session.'

The superficial answer is that she has a ticket for a train ride. She's leaving her boyfriend and getting on the train, never to return, and the song is the ex-boyfriend's.

The song is written in the of A major. The structure of the composition is in an expanded variation of the, with eight bars of verse and eight bars of chorus forming the A section, and a nine-bar primary bridge forming the B section. The sustained A chord over the verses creates an implied common in and supports a melody that author terms '-like'.The song's features a change of tempo. In the view of musicologist, the latter section marks a progression on previous Beatles songs that similarly revisit aspects of a composition when ending with a coda. In the case of 'Ticket to Ride', the section consists of a repeated refrain similar to the last line of the chorus ('My baby don't care'), played over a constant A major chord and set to the double-time rhythm used in the bridge. Lennon said this closing section was one of his 'favourite bits' in the song. He also claimed that 'Ticket to Ride' was the first record ever made.

According to MacDonald, the track's heavy sound may have been influenced by Lennon and 's first encounter with, the precise date for which varies among Beatles biographers. Author Simon Philo calls the song ' masquerading as pop'.While the lyrics describe a girl 'riding out of the life of the narrator', the inspiration of the title phrase is unclear, as is the meaning of the song. McCartney said the title referred to 'a ticket to the town of on the Isle of Wight', and Lennon said it described cards indicating a clean bill of health carried by prostitutes in the 1960s. Played in Hamburg early in their musical career, and a 'ride' was British slang for having sex.

Gaby Whitehill and Andrew Trendall of have interpreted the song to be about a woman leaving her boyfriend to become a prostitute. Recording. It was a slightly new sound at the time, because it was pretty fuckin' heavy for then. If you go and look in the charts for what other music people were making, and you hear it now, it doesn't sound too bad. It's all happening, it's a heavy record.– John Lennon, 1970The Beatles recorded 'Ticket to Ride' on 15 February 1965 at in London.

It was the band's first recording session since completing the album on 26 October 1964, after which they had toured the UK and played a season of Christmas shows in London until mid-January. The session inaugurated what author describes as 'a more serious application in the recording studio' by the group, which included taping rehearsals of each song they worked on and concentrating on backing or rhythm tracks, after which they would more detailed instrumental parts. Everett views the recording as a radical departure for the Beatles, due to the vocals and lead guitar parts being overdubbed for the first time.The song's main guitar riff was played by Harrison on his and was among the parts taped with the rhythm track.

Author highlights the idea for this riff and for Starr's 'jagged, whack-and-jump' drum pattern as examples of McCartney's increasing importance as the Beatles' musical director. According to Harrison, however, the Rickenbacker riff was his own idea, based on the way Lennon strummed the chord when introducing the song to the band. Harrison also said that the 'staggered' motion of the riff then inspired the pattern that Starr decided to play. In addition to Lennon's lead vocal and McCartney's harmony, the overdubs included further electric guitar parts by Lennon and Harrison (on and, respectively), over the verses, and by McCartney (on ), who supplied the fills that close the bridges and the solo over the coda. Release In March 1965, the Beatles and their manager, selected 'Ticket to Ride' and ' to be the, respectively, of the group's first release of the year. The record was issued by EMI's label on 9 April 1965 in the United Kingdom, and by on 19 April in the United States.

A contemporary news report stated that the Beatles were due to promote the single on television shows such as and, and that the band were forming an independent production company with their producer, which would earn them a more favourable financial return on their recordings. A portion of the group's Top of the Pops performance of 'Ticket to Ride' was later used in the episode 'The Executioners', which aired on on 22 May. The episode was part of the show's story and sees using a time–space machine in the future to observe historical figures such as, and the Beatles. In addition to their television promotion, the group performed the song during their last session for, on 26 May, which was broadcast as The Beatles (Invite You to Take a Ticket to Ride).' Ticket to Ride' topped Britain's for three weeks. It went straight in at number 1 on the national listings compiled by, where it also stayed for three weeks, and similarly topped Ireland's singles chart in its first week of release there.

In America, the song was number 1 on the chart for one week. According to Billboard 's Hits of the World listings for 15 May 1965, 'Ticket to Ride' was also the top-selling single in Australia.

The US single's face label stated that the A-side was from the forthcoming release Eight Arms to Hold You, which was the original title of the Beatles' second film, directed. The title was changed to after the single's release. In the film, the song plays over a sequence during which the Beatles attempt to ski and frequently fall over. The track appeared on the band's 1965 album, which was issued on 6 August in the UK and on 13 August in the US.'

Ticket to Ride' was the seventh consecutive chart-topping single for the Beatles in the UK and the first Beatles track released with a running time exceeding three minutes. On the American charts, it was the third of six number 1 singles in a row, a record at the time, along with ', ', ', ' and ' – all achieved in the space of twelve months from January 1965. Everett writes that although the song achieved 'classic' status, it was a surprise among Beatles singles in that it failed to achieve from the.

When the song hit number 1 there, the Beatles became the fourth consecutive English group to hold down the top spot, after, and,. Thus, the Beatles broke a combined six-week run at the top for groups. As part of EMI's policy of celebrating the 20th anniversary of each Beatles single, 'Ticket to Ride' was reissued in the UK in April 1985 and peaked at number 70 on the UK Singles Chart.

Appearance in Help! And promotional film 'Ticket to Ride' features in a scene in the film Help! The Beatles are seen attempting to ski and avoiding a team of assassins from a cult whose quest is to murder Starr. The scene was filmed at in the in March 1965.On 23 November 1965, the Beatles filmed promotional clips for 'Ticket to Ride' and four other songs, including both sides of their upcoming single at the time, ' / 'We Can Work It Out', at in south-west London. The films were directed by, who had worked on Help! As an assistant to Lester. In the case of 'Ticket to Ride', the clip was made for inclusion in ' round-up of the biggest hits of 1965.Against a backdrop of oversized tickets, the Beatles are shown miming to the song, with Starr standing at his drum kit and the other band members sitting in.

Part of the clip appeared in the 1995 documentary. In 2015, it was included in full on the Beatles' video compilation.

Critical reception. 'Ticket to Ride' is a watershed single, the moment when the Beatles moved from cuddly mop-tops to strange and interesting sonic explorers. So it's fitting that it carries an enigma at its core regarding the song's meaning – the first in a catalogue of many.– Music critic Johnny Black, 2006In his contemporary review of the single, Derek Johnson of the admired the 'depth of sound' and 'tremendous drive' of the recording. Music critics of and Ian MacDonald both feel that 'Ticket to Ride' is an important milestone in the evolution of the musical style of the Beatles. Final fantasy explorers ign. Unterberger said, 'the rhythm parts on 'Ticket to Ride' were harder and heavier than they had been on any previous Beatles outing, particularly in Ringo Starr's stormy stutters and rolls.' MacDonald describes it as 'psychologically deeper than anything the Beatles had recorded before.

Extraordinary for its time – massive with chiming electric guitars, weighty rhythm, and rumbling floor tom-toms', and he views the production as a signal of the band's next major change of musical direction, with ' in April 1966. MacDonald also comments that, while ' ' has been identified as the inspiration for the Beatles' use of Indian instrumentation later in 1965, the subtle drone in 'Ticket to Ride' could equally have influenced the Kinks when they recorded 'See My Friends'.Writing for in 2002, musician and journalist said the track was 'where moptop ends and the Beatles' weightless, ageless legend begins'. In his song review for, Johnny Black similarly described it as a 'watershed' recording and attributed its relatively poor US sales to the song's 'weird soup of hypnotically chiming, droning guitars, stuttering drums and contrasting vocal textures that, in the context of the 1965 charts, was far ahead of its time'. Of sees a darker edge to Lennon's lyric writing during the Help! Period and he cites 'the drone of riffing, proto-heavy-rock song Ticket to Ride' as an example of the band's more sophisticated sound, and of how the album 'contains some of their greatest early songs'. Writing for, Chris Ingham similarly views the track as 'magnificently brooding' and 'the most intense music The Beatles had yet recorded'.

In his review of Help! For, includes 'Ticket to Ride' among the album's 'flashes of brilliance' and describes it as 'the song that saw The Beatles take on The Kinks, the Stones and at their own, more rocky game'.' Ticket to Ride' has been included in many critics' best-song lists, including top 500 'all-time' lists compiled by in 2010 (at number 394) and the NME in 2014 (number 311). Ranked it 29th on his 1989 list 'The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made'. The track appeared at number 17 on Rolling Stone 's list of the '100 Greatest Beatles Songs' and at number 23 on a similar list compiled by Mojo. In his commentary for Mojo, said that 'Ticket to Ride' was 'the sound of a four-piece group hurtling way beyond the beat-pop being churned out by their peers' but also showed the band developing the same sound that adopted on their 'pivotal' debut single, '.

In 2009, the staff of ranked 'Ticket to Ride' at number 10 in their list of the 25 'Classic' Beatles tracks, which they defined as 'not necessarily the 'best songs' by the band, but those 'through which (perhaps) we might gain the deepest appreciation for their popular genius'. David Gassman said the track was most notable as an early example of the Beatles incorporating Indian sounds, anticipating ' and '. He also described the song as 'Exhibit A that Ringo Starr is one of the greatest rock 'n' roll drummers of all time' and said it was among the band's best singles.

In 2014, named it the best Beatles song, saying: 'No single better reflects the ambition, tension and pure pop genius that made the Beatles unique Ticket to Ride is perfection all the way through.' The music staff of ranked it at number 11 on their 2018 list of the best Beatles songs. Live performances The Beatles played 'Ticket to Ride' throughout their June–July 1965.

Blue dragonborn art. A live performance from the 1 August 1965 broadcast of Blackpool Night Out was included on the compilation and shown during documentary. On 14 August, the group recorded a live performance of the song for, broadcast the following month.'

Ticket to Ride' was also included in the for the Beatles' and their at the end of the year. The 15 August performance at appears in the 1966 documentary, although the audio for the song was re-recorded in London prior to release.

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