I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney

"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" is a 1965 song by The Beatles and is the B-side from their single Eight Days a Week. It went to number 39 in the United States.

"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
Single by the Beatles
A-side"Eight Days a Week"
Released
  • 4 December 1964 (1964-12-04) (UK Beatles for Sale album)
  • 15 February 1965 (US single)
Recorded29 September 1964
StudioEMI, London
GenreCountry rock,[1] pop rock[2]
Length2:33
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)George Martin
The Beatles US singles chronology
"I Feel Fine"
(1964)
"Eight Days a Week" / "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
(1965)
"Ticket to Ride"
(1965)

Rosanne Cash version

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"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
Single by Rosanne Cash
from the album Hits 1979-1989
Released1989
GenreCountry
Length2:36
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash singles chronology
"Runaway Train"
(1988)
"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
(1989)
"Black and White"
(1989)

In 1989, Rosanne Cash recorded a cover of I Don't Want to Spoil the Party for her compilation Hits 1979-1989. It went to number 1 in the country charts in the United States and Canada.

References

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  1. Kingsbury, McCall & Rumble 2012, p. 106.
  2. Terence J. O'Grady (1 May 1983). The Beatles, a musical evolution. Twayne. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-8057-9453-3.