"I'm a Loser" is a song by The Beatles originally released on Beatles for Sale (on Beatles '65 in the US).
The song's refrain sings, "I'm a loser, and I've lost someone who's near to me. I'm a loser, and I'm not what I appear to be." The lyrics appear to be about a man who lost a woman; however Lennon later suggested that he constantly felt like a loser in life. Lennon would later compose self-oriented songs without using love as a metaphor.
Singer Jackie DeShannon was on the Beatles summer 1964 North American tour. She recalled that Lennon was writing this song on the plane during the tour. Musically, "I'm a Loser"'s also notable for being perhaps the first Beatles song to directly reflect the influence of Bob Dylan, thus nudging folk and rock a little closer together toward the folk-rock explosion of the following year.
Lennon hits a low G in the verses, a note usually reserved for.
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