The Beatles in the recording studio (Oct. 18th 1964) I Feel Fine the chronological Beatles series. 

What's most amazing to me is the extreme swing feel on the guitar riff, it's a very hard shuffle, late dotted 8ths feel which really make it bounce against the less shuffle of the drum. Of course this could be the coolest guitar tone ever recorded. John's vocal is killer, plus of course the harmonies. This is a true masterpiece.

I grew up with the Beatles. And now I wake up and I'm 67!! I hate that... It went so fast.. And boy, when I'm gone I'm really going to miss all this... Best part of my life, you guys..

I am serious when I say, The Beatles are UNDERRATED! Their music and influence on the world is immeasurable.

I Feel Fine was one song from the mid 60's that sounded a decade ahead of it time. Brilliant 🇬🇧

The perfect pop song. Flawless. And I’m still nodding and rocking my head 50 years later.

Like most everybody here, I've been listening to The Beatles forever. And if there were just one song that expressed how it felt to be in "those idyllic times" in the 60s, and what it meant to be a Beatle/Beatle fan in the early days, this song is it for me. There were a few others that came close, but the more I hear this one song, the most it crystallizes those emotions. Just amazing. I am probably putting my own emotions on something that John and Paul tossed off on a whim but they sure nailed it, didn't they?

I've read over and over again that John Lennon was not that great of a guitarist -- but I'd be very proud to be able to play guitar like he does in this song. That riff is his. George plays the solo but John's guitar (and Ringo's terrific drumming) carries the song throughout. Still one of my all-time favourite Beatle tracks.

For all the incredible music they produced both before and certainly after this song, “I Feel Fine” remains my favorite, going back to its release when I was in 8th grade. I was of course immediately attracted by the reverb, and then sucked in by the guitar intro. But as a drummer, I was thoroughly transfixed by the rhythm-which, as we now know, Ringo came up with on the 7th take (genius!)-and then the vocals (both lead and harmony) completed what I still think is the most perfect recording they ever did. I think in 1965 we finally realized that The Beatles weren’t just the most popular music group in the world, they were simply at a different level from everyone else-it wasn’t a competition any more. Thanks for this peek into their creative process!

Man, their music never seems to grow old!

I'm an old guy now and I've been listening to this song since it was released. It's a rock masterpiece but the one little bit that I love the most is hearing Johns voice when he sings the line "She's so glad, she's tellin' all the world". That slight little touch of vibrato in his voice when, in a descending scale he sings the words "...all the world" is a little touch of absolute vocal perfection. That tiny little snippet of singing has, to me, always been the perfect diamond upon which the vocals of the whole song rest on. It has always caught my ear!

One of my favourite Beatle songs. Absolutely brilliant. There is no discernable precedent for this song. I can't think of anything that came before that it's based on. It's totally original in every way. They did a lot of songs like that. That is one of the unspoken reasons why they were so incredible and inimmitable.

Ringo's drumming is mesmerizing. My ear always goes to his drumming.

John - ahead of his time constantly. The feedback, the guitar part, the incredible vocal.

The beatles are the only band I can listen to outtakes all day long.

57 years later and it still sounds as fresh as the first time I heard it. I do like the parquet floors and rugs in the studio- NOT what you would find in most recording studios today!

Blown away🤩 Just in incredible; songwriting, guitar, drums, harmonies. The Beatles were just absolute geniuses, as a creative unit; unequaled in music history. Most bands struggle to write a couple of decent songs; The Beatles wrote one brilliant song, after another, & another...😳

One of the most memorable riffs. Great song all around.

Keep in mind I think every Beatles song is a classic, however for some reason this one is perfection to me. Peak form and strength, outstanding melodies, rhythm, harmonies. Every time this song comes on I stop and listen; this is pure Beatles.

Walk into a quiet and subdued pub and play “I feel fine” on the juke box … livens the place up in an instant.

Astonishing to hear these recordings of the early Beatles! The bare bones of their songs without vocals are amazingly simple. Huge amount of praise to be paid to Martin and his engineers to capture and mix their sound. The nascent rise of young artists!

And John Lennon was a master at double tracking his voice. (His lead vocal on I Feel Fine is double tracked, but he's so dead on with his phrasing that you wouldn't know it.) It was released about a year after JFK's death. I was in third grade. After Kennedy died, we were all very sad, but when the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan in February 1964, we went wild. Thanks for a great post!

Ringo's drumming in the final take was the game changer.

Everything is perfect about their music but I still can’t believe how perfect their harmonies are.

Ringo is one of the most innovative drummers of the 20th century. Even in tunes with a straight 1/8th note feel he made it swing.

Take 7 was the keeper. Lennon's vocals and Paul and George's harmonies are seamless and perfect. So hard to understand how Lennon could hate his voice. It is so rich and clear but can be gritty when he wanted it to be.

that intro feedback totally rocked my world back then & it still does

That first distorted tone sets this up for an exciting, lively song.

i remember dancing around my living room with a broom, air guitaring that amazingly cool riff. all these years later with all the technology and great musicians, it's still one of the greatest riffs of all time. notice that the humble little guitar stand hadn't been invented yet. guitars just laying here and there on the floor.

I tried making a playlist of my favorite Beatles songs. Of course it is constantly changing but: I Feel Fine always stays in the top ten.

You just have to embrace any kind of life's brilliance. The Beatles were certainly that !

Greatest band ever

64/65/66 are the best of The Beatles years. From beat to innovation to experimental.

Thanks Joseph - This is Really Amazing ! Discover More Beatles Outakes

One of my alltime favorite Beatles' songs, and a wonderful gift, recorded for me on my 3rd birthday! Thanks fellas!!

Thank you So Much for this. Still the Greatest Songwriting Team of all time. They were all young and in Love which is the Magic Bullet of Creativity and LIFE!

I love the Beatles til I die. I learned this song as my first song on guitar and I love the country style slide solo

I never lose interest in the Beatles themselves or their music. Watched "A Hard Day's Night" on TCM a while back with friends who happened by and enjoyed it as much as the first time I saw it as a 6th grader in the 70's.

Still remember when this came out all those years ago and it sounds as fresh now as it did then. Their music was pure magic in how it grabbed so many millions of us and always will!

An interviewer asked Mick Jagger : "What was it like competing with the Beatles for the number 1 spot?" To which Mick replied : "Are you kidding, they were so far ahead of everybody, we were competing with the Who & the Kinks for the number 2 spot."

take 7 sounds pretty close to the single release. great vocal and guitar tone, and that I'm so glad she's my little girl part is such magic.

Awesome! They released this song a few days before I was born.

So glad I lived in the time to see these guys in their prime and to grow and evolve as they did.

It's interesting to hear Ringo change his drumbeat from take 6 to take 7. On take 7 he moves to the more samba beat with tom tom and sidestick, which is what we hear on the final mastered version. Pretty cool to hear the evolution of the parts. All 4 of these guys are truly amazing songwriters, and it's so great that new generations can appreciate them because this phenomenon will most likely never happen again.

I feel this was one of the almost perfect Beatles songs. I wanna hold your hand was another one.

This is just too cool for school and I wasn't even expecting the finished product I was digging the first part just putting the instruments together. What a treat to listen to and a good tool for young musicians, this is how it's done ✅.

Excellent. My all time favourite Beatles track.

The stars aligned in the right order for these guys to get together ... once in a generation talent

I like the sound of the dog barking at the end on the second recording, it's on the recorded version as well. ☺

John’s classic guitar lick on I Feel Fine was always to me the quintessential Beatle sound.

I was fortunate to have seen the Beatles live in 1966 at Shea Stadium. What a memorable day that was. The greatest band in not only rock and roll but in music history.

Ringo's drum beat is so cool! It breathes life into this gem of a song!

Deceptively brilliant, and pioneering.

I love the concept and I already love the song. This is something totally different. And what they were wearing that day. very cool idea.

Ringo's snare was always so high & 'ping-ey' in those days. They got such a BIG SOUND out of limited instruments & less over dubs too. Never to be equaled ever again.

The greatest group ever , unbelievable talent.

I just love this song!!

Huge John song, masterpiece.

Put the simple lyrics aside for the moment - but this has to be one of the most joyous, well written, best performed songs of all time!!!!

George’s guitar tone is so good!

Its still brilliant.

Pure 100% swinguer Love this fab 4 out take !!!!!

The photos are simply amazing.

i was 9 years old and i remember being in the backseat of my parents car listening to this song and it’s great three part harmony.

Absolute greatness!Beatles I’m still in love ❤️

One of my favorite early Beatle songs. I played the 45 so many times when it was released. Still my all time and The ALL TIME best rock & roll band!!!

I'm always amazed how Lennon's acoustic guitar sounds like a Fender Rhodes electric piano on this song. The chorus has such a great Vocal Harmony like no one else then.

I love Ringo's drumming in this!

Four guys who shook the world! Thank You JPGR!!!!!

love this without the vocals... i can enjoy 100% the instruments.. also a great song all together...

George always has a little something extra up ⬆️ his sleeve so to speak 🗣 I love 💕 it!

Vocals are incredible

I was 16 in 1964. I think this was my favorite Beatles song from my favorite recording artists. But the "She's in love with me and I feel fine" girl never materialized, except in my imagination.

In 2017, I had the opportunity to tour Abbey Road Studios and it was like a religious experience entering hallowed halls. Seeing these pictures brings back incredible memories as the rooms have not changed much with the exception of the control room.

Total masterpiece.

How cool is this? wow

I'm 67 yr old man. If I ever met Paul or Ringo I'd be speechless. I admire them so deeply. I'd be in a puddle!

Even the dog barking at the end sounds great 😎👍

Wow !! They were so cool 😎 even back in '64 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

I really love the groove of I Feel Fine, perfect example of Ringo playing with the song.

So cool to hear the component pieces of this song. The main riff seems easy enough, but to play it like Lennon is surprisingly difficult.

After a year of wall to wall Beatlemania fueled largely by older recordings from before they broke and covers, this was a fresh new sound that reaffirmed they were state of the art and getting better and more confident. Some samba just in time for Christmas season, courtesy of Ringo.

I could listen to that feedback intro all day!

Thanks for the feedback.

Great to hear this music in the studio! Beatles for ever!

4 with soooooo much talent !!! Thank you so much !!!

Still a great song to this day.

Incredible material for study and appreciation

When I was just a pup I figured out how to make the guitar feedback the same way John did, by accident. I was playing around with the Gibson ES-335 one day and got too close to the Kustom amp we had back then. All of a sudden it started humming. I said shit, that sounds just like the beginning of "I Feel Fine." Eventually I figured out it was the A note in the song and could pull it off pretty good. Ah, the good old days. 😁

Thank you,it's Great!!!

"I Feel Fine" was the first foray into hard rock, believe it or not, owing to that 2nd note. Reportedly, it came from unintentional feedback, then the group decided to make it permanent. The song unbridles the magic giddy feeling of young love. I adore this song.

I was just in Abbey Road last week touring the studios. What a magical place, esp. Studio Two, where these photos were taken (and _I Feel Fine_ was recorded).

I feel fine, is a fantastic song for a group to play and practice together building rhythm and timing.

I love how the bass comes in at 3:12 like a diesel engine starting :D

Awesome to hear the progression and it sounds totally fresh today. Loved this song when it first came out in 1965

Hell, I was born in 65’ but my older sibs turned me onto a great record collection growing up. I’m a huge early Beatles and stones fan. Thanks for this!🎶

At the very beginning, George is playing the solo to She's A Woman, which was the B side of I Feel Fine.

Brilliant. 👍

Thirty people gave this a thumbs down?! There's just no accounting for taste.

Love the guitars just laying around on the studio floor.....lol

Beautiful.