Breaking Down You're Gonna Lose That Girl

This is a complete song breakdown of The Beatles' gem of a song "You're Gonna Lose That Girl". Placed on an album with classics like Help, Ticket To Ride and Yesterday, this song is often overshadowed by its more popular peers. But the innovative chord and melody writing, coupled with some great three-part harmony at the dawn of The Beatles unparalleled middle period, make this an important song in their catalogue. Hope you enjoy the breakdown!

0:00 Intro
0:54 Song background
1:27 Key of E major
1:58 Diatonic Triads in E Major
2:57 Flat-7 Subtonic Chord
3:40 Listen-Through Chorus/Verse 1/Chorus
4:42 Chorus Playthrough/Breakdown
5:45 Chorus Melody
6:17 Verse Playthrough/Breakdown
7:00 Verse Melody - chord substitution III for V
8:20 Chorus/Verse 2/Chorus playthrough
9:02 Listen-through beginning up through Chorus Tag
10:09 F#m9 a very jazzy chord
10:57 "You're gonna loooose" - John's interesting melodic twist
11:38 Chorus Tag chords into a WILD and sudden key change
12:17 Another example of a sudden key change (IWHYH)
13:49 Transition to Bridge in key of G major
14:33 Listen-through - Chorus Tag-Bridge-Guitar Solo
15:17 Key of G vs Key of E
15:55 Playthrough bridge in G
16:41 Getting back to E major from G major
17:25 Re-listen to bridge to guitar solo - listen to end
18:46 Song recap and tag ending overview
23:00 Outro