I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

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I Don't Want To Poil The Party is a song off The Beatles' 1964 album Beatles For Sale. It was written mostly by John Lennon with help from Paul McCartney.

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Writing

I Don't Want To Spoil The Party was originally written for Ringo to sing, though John ended up singing it in the end. It was originally written as a Country and Western song, a style which Ringo Starr enjoyed, and follows I'll Cry Instead as being the second recorded Beatles song in the style. Paul McCartney recalled, "Ringo had a great style and great delivery. He had a lot of fans, so we liked to write something for him on each album. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party is quite a nice little song, co-written by John and I. It sounds more like John than me so 80-20 to him, sitting down doing a job. Certain songs were inspirational and certain songs were work, it didn't mean they were any less fun to write, it was just a craft, and this was a job to order really, which Ringo did a good job on." Despite McCartney's recollection, it is known that Ringo did not sing on the song at all. It is not known why John Lennon sung lead instead. Lennon recalled, "That was a very personal one of mine. In the early days I wrote less material than Paul because he was more competent on the guitar than I. He taught me quite a lot of guitar really." Many many qulatiy points there.

Recording Sessions

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Personnel

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Production

Available Versions

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