Editing A Hard Day's Night (album) (section)

==Recording==
{{See also|A Hard Day's Night (film)}}
Shortly after the release of ''[[With the Beatles]]'' (1963), [[the Beatles]] were at EMI Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris on 29 January 1964 for their first recording session outside of London. Here, they recorded German-language versions of their two most recent singles, "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" and "[[She Loves You]]", titled [[Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich|"Komm, gib mir deine Hand" and "Sie liebt dich"]], respectively. According to their producer, [[George Martin]], this was done as "they couldn't sell large quantities of records [in Germany] unless they were sung in German".{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=38–39}} Also recorded—in English—was [[Paul McCartney]]'s "[[Can't Buy Me Love]]", which was completed in only four takes.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=38–39}} Shortly afterward, the band gave their first live performance in the United States on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' on 9 February. They gave more US performances before returning to the United Kingdom on 22 February.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1992|pp=137, 146–147}}

The Beatles were set to begin filming their first major feature film on 2 March 1964. According to historian [[Mark Lewisohn]], the band were set to record songs for both the film and a tie-in LP, of which the songs from the film were completed first.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=39–40}} On 25 February—lead guitarist [[George Harrison]]'s 21st birthday—the band were back at London's [[EMI Studios]], recording [[John Lennon]]'s "[[You Can't Do That]]" for release as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of "Can't Buy Me Love". The band also attempted "[[And I Love Her]]" and "[[I Should Have Known Better]]" on this day and again the following day, with the former finalised on 27 February.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=39–40}} Two more songs from the film, "[[Tell Me Why (Beatles song)|Tell Me Why]]" and "[[If I Fell]]", were recorded on this day.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=39–40}}

On 1 March 1964, the Beatles recorded three songs in three hours: "[[I'm Happy Just to Dance with You]]" for the film, featuring Harrison on lead vocal; a cover of [[Little Richard]]'s "[[Long Tall Sally]]"; and Lennon's "[[I Call Your Name]]", which was originally given to [[Billy J. Kramer]] and [[The Dakotas (band)|the Dakotas]] the previous year.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=40–41}} Mono and stereo mixing was carried out over the following two weeks. The "Can't Buy Me Love" / "You Can't Do That" single was released on 16 March and topped charts worldwide.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=40–41}} Taking a break for filming,{{sfn|Gould|2007|pp=230–232}} drummer [[Ringo Starr]] coined the phrase "a hard day's night", providing the film with its title. Lennon and McCartney wrote [[A Hard Day's Night (song)|a song based on the title]], which was recorded at EMI on 16 April and mixed four days later.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=40–43}}

On 1 June, with the film completed and the band returning from holidays, the Beatles returned to EMI, recording the remaining songs for the tie-in LP, with outtakes appearing on the ''[[Long Tall Sally (EP)|Long Tall Sally]]'' [[Extended play|EP]].{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=44–45}} Covers of [[Carl Perkins]]' "[[Matchbox (song)|Matchbox]]", with Starr on lead vocals, and [[Larry Williams]]' "[[Slow Down (Larry Williams song)|Slow Down]]", appeared on the EP, while Lennon's "[[I'll Cry Instead]]" and "[[I'll Be Back (song)|I'll Be Back]]" appeared on the LP. The following day on 2 June, the band completed Lennon's "[[Any Time at All]]" and "[[When I Get Home]]", and McCartney's "[[Things We Said Today]]".{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=44–45}} The band spent the remainder of June and July touring internationally.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1992|pp=161–165}}