10 MARCH 1966
The Beatles’ ‘Nowhere Man’ was on its way to a peak of #3 on the US Billboard charts. Taken from the ‘Rubber Soul’ album (and arguably the best song on that album), this was not even released as a single in the UK. This was another common practice in the 1960s, when record companies would release different singles and different versions of albums in different countries. For the first few years of their recording career, the albums released by the Beatles in the US generally bore little resemblance to those issued in the UK. How many British record-buyers have heard of, for example, the US-released 'Beatles '65' album? It is unrecognisable next to the UK albums 'Help' and 'Rubber Soul' of that year.
This song would, of course, go on to be a highlight of the 1968 movie Yellow Submarine.
B-side: 'What Goes On'
Recorded: 21–22 October 1965, EMI Studios, London
Released: 21 February 1966 (US)
Released: 21 February 1966 (US)
Highest chart position: #3 (US)
Length: 2:44
Label: Capitol
Writer: Lennon–McCartney
Producer: George Martin
