The Meaning Behind "And I Love Her" by The Beatles
A Hard Day’s Night began a new era for The Beatles. They were evolving into a whole new band. In the early days, they covered Chuck Berry and Little Richard songs. The gigantic success of “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “She Loves You” shook up the world. The soundtrack of their first feature-length movie called for new material from John Lennon and Paul McCartney. This was when the band was evolving past “yeah, yeah, yeah,” but not yet moving into the experimental directions they would travel. This acoustic phase produced “If I Fell,” “No Reply,” and “I’ll Follow The Sun.” They still covered early rock ‘n’ roll, rhythm ‘n’ blues, and rockabilly songs but were finding their footing. Let’s look at the meaning behind the crushingly beautiful “And I Love Her” by The Beatles.
I give her all my love
That’s all I do
And if you saw my love
You’d love her too
I love her
A Love Song
The Title Says it All
The verses are all just a set-up to deliver the big payoff. And I Love Her is almost an aside, an “oh, by the way” kind of thing. But that line does all of the heavy lifting in the song. McCartney was inspired by girlfriend Jane Asher, whose house he lived in. In 1997’s Many Years From Now, he remembered, “I can actually see Margaret Asher’s upstairs drawing room. I remember playing it there, not writing it necessarily.”
Source: Jay McDowell/americansongwriter.com
