The
Beatles -
You've Got To
Hide Your
Love Away - "
You've Got to
Hide Your
Love Away" is a song by The
Beatles. It was written by
John Lennon and credited to
Lennon/
McCartney, and first appeared on the album Help! in August 1965.
Performance in the film
In the film Help!, at the opening of the song, the head of the cult, Clang (Leo McKern), appears from underneath a manhole cover in the middle of Ailsa Avenue, London, where parts of the film were shot. He stays there for the whole song, which the Beatles play in Lennon's fourth of the Beatles' shared flat. The flute part of the song is performed by
George's in-house gardener (who also trims his grass carpet with chattery teeth). They are watched by Ahme (Eleanor Bron), and at the end of the song,
George Harrison passes out after Ahme produces a giant needle for
Ringo Starr, who is wearing the ring the cult is seeking
Influence of Bob Dylan
At the time of the release of Help!, Lennon was infatuated with the American singer Bob Dylan. Dylan's 1964 song "I Don't Believe You [She Acts Like We Have Never Met]" opens in strikingly similar fashion: "I can't understand, she let go of my hand, and left me here facing the wall". Lennon seems to mimic Dylan's gruff vocal style, and uses a Dylanesque, all-acoustic accompaniment with very little percussion. The song "is just basically
John doing Dylan",
McCartney later said.
Credits
John Lennon — lead vocal, Twelve string guitar
Paul McCartney — Bass guitar
George
Harrison — acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr — tambourine, maracas
John Scott — flutes
