Ticket to Ride / Yes It Is

by The Beatles

Ticket to Ride / Yes It Is cover art

Described retrospectively by John Lennon as one of the earliest heavy metal songs due to its droning bassline and unusually heavy, stuttering drum pattern crafted by Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. The track heavily features George Harrison playing a 12-string Rickenbacker guitar, a sound that deeply influenced the impending American folk-rock explosion led by The Byrds. It was featured prominently in their second film, 'Help!'.

Genres

  • Merseybeat
  • Pop Rock
  • Folk Rock

Tracklist

  1. Ticket To Ride
  2. Yes, It Is