We Can Work It Out

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single song

"We Can Work It Out" is a classic Beatles song, co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, known for its distinctive blend of optimistic verses and more philosophical, cautionary middle section.

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We Can Work It Out canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Beatles ⓘ
awarded Ivor Novello Award ⓘ
surface form: Ivor Novello Award for A-Side of the Year (1965–1966)
bSide Day Tripper ⓘ
chartedOn U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
surface form: Billboard Hot 100

UK Singles Chart ⓘ
chartPositionUK 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUS 1 ⓘ
coLeadVocals John Lennon ⓘ
composer John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre folk rock ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
hasNotableFeature alternation between major and minor tonalities ⓘ
use of harmonium in middle section ⓘ
hasSection optimistic verses ⓘ
philosophical middle eight ⓘ
includedIn The Red Album ⓘ
surface form: 1962–1966 (The Red Album)

Past Masters compilation album ⓘ
surface form: Past Masters
instrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
harmonium ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
isClassicOf 1960s pop music ⓘ
The Beatles’ mid-period repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocals Paul McCartney ⓘ
length about 2 minutes 15 seconds ⓘ
lyricalTheme conflict resolution in a relationship ⓘ
optimism versus pessimism ⓘ
originallyReleasedAs double A-side single with Day Tripper ⓘ
partOf Beatles for Sale (US compilation)? ⓘ
performer The Beatles ⓘ
producer George Martin ⓘ
recorded 1965-10-20 ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
Parlophone ⓘ
releaseDate 1965-12-03 ⓘ
songwriterCredit Lennon–McCartney ⓘ
studio Abbey Road Studios ⓘ
surface form: EMI Studios, London
timeSignatureChange verses in 4/4, middle section in 3/4 ⓘ
vocalStyle harmonized lead vocals ⓘ
writer John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ

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Signed, Sealed & Delivered → hasTrack → We Can Work It Out ⓘ
Signed, Sealed & Delivered → includesCover → We Can Work It Out ⓘ
Lennon–McCartney → notableWork → We Can Work It Out ⓘ
The Beatles 1962–1966 → includesSingle → We Can Work It Out ⓘ
The Beatles 1 compilation album → hasPart → We Can Work It Out ⓘ
subject surface form: The Beatles 1
Past Masters compilation album → includesTrack → We Can Work It Out ⓘ
subject surface form: Past Masters
If You Really Love Me → followedBy → We Can Work It Out ⓘ
Heaven Help Us All → precedesInSingleChronology → We Can Work It Out ⓘ