When Does "A Hard Day's Night" (1964) Take Place?
"A Hard Day's Night" (released in some countries as "Yeah Yeah Yeah") is a comedy film written by Alun Owen and released July 7th, 1964.
It takes place in the year:
We know this because, though the entire plot of the film is technically fiction and actors replace the Beatles' real band manager and road manager, it is designed to present the behind-the-scenes lives of the four young famous musicians as it was in 1964 AD. Paul McCartney has been quoted as saying, the film's writer "Alun hung around with us and was careful to try and put words in our mouths that he might've heard us speak, so I thought he did a very good script."
1964 AD
We know this because, though the entire plot of the film is technically fiction and actors replace the Beatles' real band manager and road manager, it is designed to present the behind-the-scenes lives of the four young famous musicians as it was in 1964 AD. Paul McCartney has been quoted as saying, the film's writer "Alun hung around with us and was careful to try and put words in our mouths that he might've heard us speak, so I thought he did a very good script."
The new songs promoted and actually performed on-screen by the Beatles are:
- "I Should Have Known Better" (first recorded on February 25th, 1964 AD)
- "If I Fell" (first recorded on February 27th, 1964 AD)
- "And I Love Her" (first recorded on February 25th, 1964 AD)
- "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" (first recorded on March 1st, 1964 AD)
- "Tell Me Why" (first recorded on February 27th, 1964 AD, though this song was never performed in front of a live audience in the real-world)
- "She Loves You" (first recorded on July 1st, 1963 AD)
None of these songs were made after March of 1964 AD and a musical band usually performs their newest material when doing a television performance, as shown in the film.
