"I'm Down" has received praise from several music critics and musicologists, with several mentioning McCartney's strong vocal and the band's raucous performance. It has subsequently appeared on compilation albums such as Rock 'n' Roll Music the UK edition of Rarities Past Masters, Volume One and Mono Masters. In the decade following its release, the song became a comparative rarity among the band's recordings. The first song by the band to incorporate a Vox Continental electric organ, John Lennon plays the instrument in the style of Jerry Lee Lewis, doing glissandos with his elbow. The Beatles recorded "I'm Down" during sessions for their album Help! in June 1965. Melodically uncomplicated, the composition uses only three basic chords. Some commentators interpret the song's tone as partially parodic. Inspired by 1950s R&B and rock and roll numbers, the song's lyrics sing of an unrequited love, but rather than a lament are instead performed in a hysterical, "celebratory frenzy" of self assuredness. The song originated in McCartney's attempt to write a song in the style of Little Richard, whose song " Long Tall Sally" the band regularly covered. It was released on a non-album single as the B-side to " Help!" in July 1965. " I'm Down" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
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