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“You've Got to Hide Your Love Away” by The Beatles
Released 1965
“You've Got to Hide Your Love Away” by The Beatles appears on 8 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2001 and 2020. It was first released in 1965. Its best result is #3 on the 102.9 The Whale Rocktober: Lennon 24. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,984 alternative song of all time.
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John Lennon wrote "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" at home when he wanted one more song for the film Help!, and it landed on the Help! album in August 1965, credited as usual to Lennon–McCartney but his alone. By his own account it was him in his Dylan period, and Paul McCartney agreed it was Lennon doing his Dylan.
It's folk in form, strummed on acoustic and 12-string guitars by Lennon and George Harrison, with Ringo Starr on brushed snare and tambourine and McCartney on bass and maracas. There are no backing voices, and where Dylan would have blown harmonica, John Scott plays flute. George Martin produced and Norman Smith engineered. It also shows Lennon turning the pen on himself, a habit he'd started with "I'm a Loser" the year before.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 338 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2001 | 231 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2002 | 163 | 100.7 WZLX | WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2004 | 376 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2007 | 299 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2015 | 3 | 102.9 The Whale | 102.9 The Whale Rocktober: Lennon 24 | 24 |
| 2018 | 888 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2020 | 1482 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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