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I Want to Hold Your Hand
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I Want to Hold Your Hand Technique
Great lyrics move us like the world's best poems. Take a close-up look at the art.
Songwriting
The lyrics of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" are, to be fair, little more than cute. There is practically no substance to them at all. Fully one-third of all the lines in the song are "I want to hold y...
Music
Beatles biographer Bob Spitz called "I Want To Hold Your Hand" the "apotheosis of the Merseybeat sound." Now, it's more than likely that both "apotheosis" and "Merseybeat" will be unfamiliar terms...
