<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (1965) </Td> <Td> "Blood Red River" (1965) </Td> </Tr> <P> "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" is a song by English rock band the Beatles . It was written and sung by John Lennon (credited to Lennon--McCartney) and released on the album Help! in August 1965 . </P> <P> Lennon said of the song, "That's me in my Dylan period again . I am like a chameleon, influenced by whatever is going on . If Elvis can do it, I can do it . If the Everly Brothers can do it, me and Paul can . Same with Dylan ." The song is an early example of John self - reflecting in his writing, which had begun with songs such as "I'm a Loser" in the summer of 1964 . Lennon wrote the song at home during what he called his "Dylan period," wanting another song for the film Help! . The song "is just basically John doing Dylan," Paul McCartney confirmed . The song is similar to a folkish strophic form and uses a Dylanesque acoustic guitar figure in compound time, chiefly acoustic accompaniment, no backing voices and light percussion from brushed snare, tambourine and maraca . A flute, however, replaces the harmonica that Dylan typically used . </P> <P> The song lyrics are ambiguous . They may tell of an unrequited love and hidden feelings . John could also have been referring to the fact that as a Beatle he was expected to keep the fact he was married a secret . He could also have been writing about his inability to express his true' loving' self in public and his feelings of isolation and paranoia related to fame . Some, such as singer Tom Robinson, have suggested that it was written for their manager Brian Epstein, who had to hide his homosexuality from the public . Lennon himself however never discussed the inspiration for the lyrics . When the song was first written, Lennon used "two - foot tall" to rhyme with the "wall" in the first verse, but mistakenly said "two - foot small" when he sang the line to McCartney, and decided to keep it this way . Pete Shotton, Lennon's former bandmate from The Quarrymen, was present when the song was being composed, and he suggested adding "Hey" to the start of the line in refrain . </P>

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