"What You're Doing"
- is a song written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney), one of eight originals of fourteen songs on the 1964 album Beatles for Sale (see 1964 in music) by the group; it also appeared on the 1965 American release Beatles VI (see 1965 in music).
The overall effect is tense—a tightly arranged song performed very loosely—suiting the lyrical matter of confronting a lover over a crumbling relationship.
- The lyrics are generally believed to concern McCartney's relationship with Jane Asher.
- [Mccartney vs. Lennon] Paul had typically been the more optimistic of the two when it came to songwriting.
- with this song he's expressing feelings of loneliness and doubt in his relationship a theme he would be forced to develop more over time as his relationship soured, with songs like I'm Looking Through You and You Won't See Me from Rubber Soul, and For No One from Revolver.
Throughout the song, McCartney adds an interesting touch to the rhyme scheme by combining a single, two-syllable word with two one-syllable words
(i.e. "Look what you're doing, I'm feeling blue and runnin', and there's no fun in it...")
- "What You're Doing" was recorded on 29 September, 30 September, and 26 October 1964.
John Lennon – acoustic guitar, harmony vocal
Paul McCartney – bass, double-tracked lead vocal (!)
George Harrison – 12-string lead guitar, harmony vocal
Ringo Starr – drums
George Martin – piano
- if you want it, here it is, come and get it - with love, from me to you - What You're Doing . MP3 -
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