I Should Have Known Better (track)
by The Beatles
Year: 1964
From the album A Hard Day's Night (track #2)
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I Should Have Known Better appears on the following album(s) by The Beatles:
- A Hard Day's Night (track #2) (this album) (1964)
- The Beatles Box Set (track #32) (compilation) (1988)
- Hey Jude (track #2) (compilation) (1970)
- E.P. Collection (Box Set) (track #21) (compilation) (1981)
- Reel Music (track #2) (compilation) (1982)
- A Hard Day's Night (Original Motion Picture Sound Track) (track #7) (1964)
- Mono Collection (track #30) (compilation) (1982)
- The U.S. Singles Collection (Volume 1) (track #18) (compilation) (2001)
- The Beatles (track #30) (compilation) (2009)
- The Collection (track #30) (compilation) (1982)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 42 hours ago | Spartakist | 2,166 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2026 09:42 |  MetalMan67 | 1,669 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/08/2026 16:51 | beausteg | 138 | 60/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2026 18:22 | Leginlists | 615 | 84/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 04:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,543 | 71/100 |
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Harmonica - driven pop with Lennon's regretful tone - breezy yet introspective. Sounds good with Harrison's new 12 string. More of that to come. (Edited)
The transition from a hard days night to this song is perfect. Might be my favorite on the album. Tied with A Hard Days Night and You Can’t Do That.
Decent bit of filler with a nice middle eight. Catchy as always with the Beatles. Good song. (Edited)
Grzywa 12/28/2015 16:07 | #155268
One of my favourite early tracks by The Beatles. Deserves much more praise than it gets. They were never as uplifting as there again. (Edited)
Jasonconfused 01/26/2013 10:39 | #62852
I like the rising vocals. Definitely some heartfelt stuff here.
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