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Fact #52430

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Short story:

The double-A-sided Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out by The Beatles reaches No1 in the UK singles chart, where it will remain for five weeks.

Full article:

John Lennon (The Beatles) : It (Day Tripper) is just a rock'n'roll song. Day trippers are people who go on a day trip, right? Usually on a ferryboat or something. But the song was kind of … you're just a weekend hippie. Get it?

Paul did the first half (of We Can Work It Out). I did the middle eight. But you've got Paul writing 'We can work it out' - real optimistic, y'know, and me, impatient: 'Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend.'
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