# Cry for a Shadow > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cry_for_a_Shadow > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cry_for_a_Shadow.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_for_a_Shadow > Source revision: 1331014214 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article is about the Beatles instrumental. For the Beat Happening song, see [Dreamy (Beat Happening album)](/source/Dreamy_(Beat_Happening_album)). 1964 single by the Beatles "Cry for a Shadow" US picture sleeve Single by the Beatles A-side "Why (US)" B-side "Why (Europe)" Released 27 March 1964 (single) 20 November 1995 (Anthology 1) Recorded 22 June 1961 Studio Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Genre Instrumental rock Length 2:20 Label Polydor (UK) MGM 13227 (US) Songwriter Harrison/Lennon Producer Bert Kaempfert "**Cry for a Shadow**" is an [instrumental rock](/source/Instrumental_rock) piece recorded by [the Beatles](/source/The_Beatles) on 22 June 1961. They recorded the song at Friedrich-Ebert-Halle within [the gymnasium](/source/Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium), [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg), [West Germany](/source/West_Germany) while they were performing as [Tony Sheridan](/source/Tony_Sheridan)'s [backing band](/source/Backing_band) for a few tracks, under the moniker the Beat Brothers. It was written by [George Harrison](/source/George_Harrison) with [John Lennon](/source/John_Lennon), as a pastiche of [the Shadows](/source/The_Shadows)' style[1] (the Shadows, who backed [Cliff Richard](/source/Cliff_Richard), were the biggest British instrumental rock & roll group at the time of the recording). It is the only Beatles track to be credited to Lennon and Harrison alone, and a rare (for the Beatles) non-vocal instrumental track. "Cry for a Shadow"'s original title was "Beatle Bop".[2] It was intended to be released as the [B-side](/source/A-side_and_B-side) of "[Why](/source/Why_(Tony_Sheridan_song))", another Sheridan song with the Beatles, but the record company Polydor chose to release another song instead. This instrumental is the Beatles' first recording of an original song commercially released when, in January 1962, it was included on Tony Sheridan's French [EP](/source/Extended_play) entitled "[Mister Twist](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Twist)".[3] In mid-1963, as the Beatles were gaining popularity, Polydor decided to rerelease this EP in Germany as "Tony Sheridan With The Beatles",[4] and in early 1964, "Cry for a Shadow" was released in Britain, Germany and Australia (where it reached number 32)[5] as a single with "Why" changed to the B-side,[6] while in North America, Sheridan's song was designated as the A-side.[7] This song is one of only two officially released Beatles singles to feature [Pete Best](/source/Pete_Best) on drums. The other is "[Ain't She Sweet](/source/Ain't_She_Sweet)". It is also featured on *[The Beatles' First](/source/The_Beatles'_First)*[8] and as part of the *[Anthology 1](/source/Anthology_1)* compilation in [1995](/source/1995_in_music).[1] ## Cover versions "Cry for a Shadow" is one of the songs included on [the Smithereens](/source/The_Smithereens)' collection of Beatles [covers](/source/Cover_version), *[B-Sides The Beatles](/source/B-Sides_The_Beatles)* (2008).[9] San Francisco [new wave](/source/New_wave_music) group [Translator](/source/Translator_(band)) released a cover version of this song as a B-side to their song "Break Down Barriers" in 1983. The little-known recording was included as a bonus track on the 2008 CD re-release of their album *[No Time Like Now](/source/No_Time_Like_Now)* on [Wounded Bird Records](/source/Wounded_Bird_Records).[10] ## Personnel - [George Harrison](/source/George_Harrison) – lead guitar - [John Lennon](/source/John_Lennon) – rhythm guitar - [Paul McCartney](/source/Paul_McCartney) – bass, yell - [Pete Best](/source/Pete_Best) – drums[1] ## Notes 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MacDonald_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MacDonald_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-MacDonald_1-2) MacDonald, Ian. *[Revolution in the Head](/source/Revolution_in_the_Head)*. 2007, Chicago Review Press, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-55652-733-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55652-733-0), p. 48 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Lewisohn, Mark](/source/Mark_Lewisohn): *All These Years* Volume 1:*The Beatles Tune In*, Little Brown, London 2013,[ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-316-72960-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-316-72960-4), page 465 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Virtua Beatles Music: Polydor 21914: Mister Twist - Tony Sheridan"](https://virtuabeatlesmusic.blogspot.ca/2010/10/polydor-21914-mister-twist-tony-sheridan.html). 27 October 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Tony Sheridan with the Beatles – My Bonnie (1963, Vinyl)"](https://www.discogs.com/Tony-Sheridan-With-The-Beatles-My-Bonnie/release/2341733). *[Discogs](/source/Discogs)*. 12 July 1963. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Kent, David](/source/David_Kent_(historian)) (2009). *Australian Chart Book:Australian Chart Chronicles (1940–2008)*. Turramurra: Australian Chart Book. p. 203. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780646512037](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780646512037). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Cry For A Shadow"](https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/cry-for-a-shadow/). The Beatles Bible. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-25. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The Beatles with Tony Sheridan – Why (1964, Vinyl)"](https://www.discogs.com/The-Beatles-With-Tony-Sheridan-Why/release/5298392). *[Discogs](/source/Discogs)*. 1964. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Bruce Eder. ["Beatles' First \[German Deluxe Edition\] - The Beatles - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/beatles-first-german-deluxe-edition-mw0000744650). *AllMusic*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-AM_9-0)** Deming, Mark. [B-Sides the Beatles](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000795509) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)). Retrieved January 15, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Sclafani, Tony (April 13, 2007). ["Lost in Translation: Despite ties to Beatles, '80s rockers Translator just missed the big time"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181118194907/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1272246031.html). *[Goldmine](/source/Goldmine_(magazine))*. Archived from [the original](https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1272246031.html) on November 18, 2018. 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