I'll Be Back

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:54:37 +0000

Wikipedia: According to musicologist Ian MacDonald, Lennon created the song based on the chords of Del Shannon's "Runaway," a UK hit in April 1961. Author Bill Harry echoed this, noting that Lennon: "just reworked the chords of the Shannon number and came up with a completely different song"