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A simple song with a simple story.
Boy loves girl, girl loves other boy, other boy doesn't love
girl. Girl feels blue and dresses in black.
By 1964, Lennon and McCartney
seldom used to sit down together and write a song from start
to finish like they had done. Even though some songs were
still collaborations, this usually meant that an unfinished
song was given a middle eight by the other partner or
awkward lines were improved. The nose-to-nose writing which
had happened in Liverpool and during the early days in
London was coming to an end. "It would be daft to sit around
waiting for a partner to finish your song off with you,"
explained Paul at the time. "If you happen to be on your
own, you might as well get it finished yourself. If I get
stuck on the middle eight of anew number, I give up, knowing
that when I see John he will finish it off for me. He'll
bring a new approach to it and that particular song will
finish up half and half, Lennon and McCartney."
'Baby's In Black' was a genuine
joint effort, the first since 'I Want To Hold Your Hand'
almost a year before, with John and Paul writing the song
together in the same room. It became the first song to be
recorded for Beatles For Sale.
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