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This article is about the song. For other uses, see Across the Universe (disambiguation).
"Across the Universe"
Song by the Beatles
from the album No One's Gonna Change Our World
Released
12 December 1969
Recorded
4 February 1968, EMI Studios, London
Genre
Psychedelic folk
Length
3:50
Label
Regal Starline
Songwriter(s)
Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)
George Martin
No One's Gonna Change Our World track listing
"Across the Universe"
(1) Cilla Black – "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
(2)
"Across the Universe"
1996 US jukebox single of the song, backed with "Two of Us"
Song by the Beatles
from the album Let It Be
Published
Northern Songs Ltd.
Released
8 May 1970
Recorded
4 February 1968, Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Genre
Psychedelic folk
Length
3:47
Label
Apple
Songwriter(s)
Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)
Phil Spector
"Across the Universe" is a song recorded by the Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song first appeared on the various artists' charity compilation album No One's Gonna Change Our World in December 1969, and later, in different form, on Let It Be, the group's final released album.
Contents
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1 Composition
2 Musical structure
3 Recording and version history
3.1 February 1968 recordings
3.2 World Wildlife Fund version
3.3 Let It Be version
3.4 Other versions
4 Critical reception and legacy
5 Personnel
6 Covers
7 Notes
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
Composition[edit]
One night in 1967, the phrase "words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup" came to Lennon after hearing his then-wife Cynthia, according to Lennon, "going on and on about something". Later, after "she'd gone to sleep – and I kept hearing these words over and over, flowing like an endless stream", Lennon went downstairs and turned it into a song. He began to write the rest of the lyrics and when he was done, he went to bed and forgot about them.
I was lying next to my first wife in bed, you know, and I was irritated, and I was thinking. She must have been going on and on about something and she'd gone to sleep and I kept hearing these words over and over, flowing like an endless stream. I went downstairs and it turned into a sort of cosmic song rather than an irritated song, rather than a "Why are you always mouthing off at me?"[1] [The words] were purely inspirational and were given to me as boom! I don't own it you know; it came through like that.[2]
The flavour of the song was heavily influenced by Lennon's and the Beatles' interest in Transcendental Meditation in late 1967 – early 1968, when the song was composed. Based on this, he added the mantra "Jai guru deva om" (Sanskrit: जय गुरुदेव ॐ) to the piece, which became the link to the chorus. The Sanskrit phrase is a sentence fragment whose words could have many meanings. Literally it approximates as "glory to the shining remover of darkness"[3] and can be paraphrased as "Victory to God divine", "Hail to the divine guru", or the phrase commonly invoked by the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in referring to his spiritual teacher, "All glory to Guru Dev".[4]
The song's lyrical structure is straightforward: three repetitions of a unit consisting of a verse, the line "Jai guru deva om" and the line "Nothing's gonna change my world" repeated four times. The lyrics are highly image-based, with abstract concepts reified with phrases like thoughts "meandering", words "slithering", and undying love "shining". The title phrase "across the universe" appears at intervals to finish lines, although it never cadences, always appearing as a rising figure, melodically unresolved. It finishes on the leading note; to the Western musical ear, the next musical note would be the tonic and would therefore sound complete.
In his 1970 interview with Rolling Stone, Lennon referred to the song as perhaps the best, most poetic lyric he ever wrote: "It's one of the best lyrics I've written. In fact, it could be the best. It's good poetry, or whatever you call it, without chewin' it. See, the ones I like are the ones that stand as words, without melody. They don't have to have any melody, like a poem, you can read them."[5]
Musical structure[edit]
On a standard-tuned guitar (EADGBE) the song is played in the key of D; however, the recording was slowed electronically, resulting in a lower C# tuning to the ear. The verse beginning "Words are flowing out" (I (D) chord) is notable for a prolonged vi (Bm)–iii (F#m) to ii7 (Em7) minor drop to the dominant chord V7 (A7) on "across the universe" in the 4th bar.[6] On the repeat of this chord sequence a turn following the ii7 (Em7) through a iv minor (Gm) brings the verse to a close before moving on directly to the tonic on the "Jai Guru Deva Om" refrain. The vi–ii minor drop leading to V had been used earlier in "I Will" (on "how long I've loved you") and George Harrison utilised a shorter vi–iii minor alternation to delay getting back to the dominant (V) in "I Need You".[6] The verse beginning "Words are flowing out like endless rain …" is also notable for the suitably breathless phrasing and almost constant 8th-note rhythm (initially four D melody notes, then C#, B, A, B).[7]
Recording and version history[edit]
Complete recording and mixing history
Date
Activity
4 February 1968 Takes one–two and four–seven recorded. Overdub onto take seven. Reduction into take eight. Overdub onto take eight. Sound effects on takes one–three.[8]
8 February 1968 Overdub onto take eight. Mono mixing from take eight.[9]
January 1969 Overdubs onto take eight. Mono mixing from take eight. Version planned for the album No One's Gonna Change Our World.[10]
2 October 1969 Overdubs onto take eight. Stereo mixing from take eight. Version released on the album No One's Gonna Change Our World and later on Past Masters.[11]
5 January 1970 Stereo mixing from take eight. Version to have been released on 5 January Get Back album.[12]
23 March 1970 Stereo mixing from take eight.[13]
1 April 1970 Reduction into take nine. Overdub onto take nine.[14]
2 April 1970 Stereo mixing from take nine. Version released on the Let It Be album.[14]
February 1968 recordings[edit]
In February 1968, the Beatles convened at the EMI Abbey Road studios to record a single for release during their absence on their forthcoming trip to India. Paul McCartney had written "Lady Madonna", and Lennon had "Across the Universe". Both tracks were recorded along with Lennon's "Hey Bulldog" and the vocal track for Harrison's "The Inner Light" between 3 and 11 February.
The basic track was taped on 4 February. Along with acoustic guitar, percussion and tambura, it featured an overdubbed sitar introduction by Harrison. Two teenage fans, Lizzie Bravo and Gayleen Pease, were invited in off the street to provide backup vocals.
Lennon was still not satisfied with the feel of the track, and several sound effects were taped, including 15 seconds of humming and a guitar and a harp-like sound, both to be played backwards; however, none of these were used on the released version. The track was mixed to mono and put aside as the group had decided to release "Lady Madonna" and "The Inner Light" as the single. On their return from India, the group set about recording the many songs they had written there, and "Across the Universe" remained on the shelf. In the autumn of 1968, the Beatles seriously considered releasing an EP including most of the songs for the Yellow Submarine album and "Across the Universe", and went as far as having the EP mastered.
World Wildlife Fund version[edit]
During the February 1968 recording sessions, Spike Milligan dropped into the studio and, on hearing the song, suggested the track would be ideal for release on a charity album he was organising for the World Wildlife Fund. At some point in 1968, the Beatles agreed to this proposal. In January 1969, the best mono mix was remixed for the charity album.[10] In keeping with the "wildlife" theme of the album, sound effects of birds were added to the beginning and end.[15] The original (mono) mix from February 1968 is 3:37 in length. After the effects were added, the track was speeded up so that even with 20 seconds of effects, it is only 3:49. Speeding up the recording also raised the key to E-flat.[15] By October 1969, it was decided that the song needed to be remixed into stereo. This was done by Geoff Emerick immediately prior to the banding of the album. "Across the Universe" was first released in this version on the Regal Starline SRS 5013 album No One's Gonna Change Our World in December 1969. The January 1969 mono mix was also considered for an aborted "Yellow Submarine" EP and was finally released as part of "The Beatles in Mono" box set in 2009.
This version was issued on four Beatles compilation albums: the British version of Rarities, the different American version of Rarities, The Beatles Ballads, and the second disc of the two-CD Past Masters album.
Let It Be version[edit]
The Beatles took the song up again during the Get Back/Let It Be rehearsal sessions of January 1969; footage of Lennon playing the song appeared in the Let It Be movie. Bootleg recordings from the sessions include numerous full group performances of the song, usually with Lennon–McCartney harmonies on the chorus. To ensure the album tied in with the film, it was decided that the song must be included on what by January 1970 had become the Let It Be album. Also, Lennon's contributions to the sessions were sparse, and this unreleased piece was seen as a way to fill the gap.[citation needed]
Although the song was extensively rehearsed on the Twickenham Studios soundstage, the only recordings were mono transcriptions for use in the film soundtrack. No multitrack recordings were made after the group's move to Apple Studios. Thus in early January 1970 Glyn Johns remixed the February 1968 recording. The new mix omitted the teenage girls' vocals and the bird sound effects of the World Wildlife Fund version. As neither of the Glyn Johns Get Back albums were officially released, the version most are familiar with came from Phil Spector, who in late March and early April 1970 remixed the February 1968 recording yet again and added orchestral and choral overdubs. Spector also slowed the track to 3:47, close to its original duration. According to Lennon, "Spector took the tape and did a damn good job with it".[16]
Other versions[edit]
A previously unreleased February 1968 alternate take of the song (recorded before the master), without heavy production, appeared on Anthology 2 in 1996.[17] This is often referred to as the "psychedelic" recording because of the strong Indian sitar and tambura sound, and illustrates the band's original uncertainty over the best treatment for the song.
The February 1968 master was remixed again for inclusion on Let It Be... Naked in 2003, at the correct speed but stripped of most of the instrumentation and digitally processed to correct tuning issues.
Critical reception and legacy[edit]
Music critic Richie Unterberger of AllMusic said the song was "one of the group's most delicate and cosmic ballads" and "one of the highlights of the Let It Be album".[18] Music critic Ian MacDonald was critical of the song, calling it a "plaintively babyish incantation" and saying "its vague pretensions and listless melody are rather too obviously the products of acid grandiosity rendered gentle by sheer exhaustion".[19]
Lennon himself was unhappy with the song as it was recorded. In his 1980 Playboy interview Lennon says that the Beatles "didn't make a good record of it" and says of the Let It Be version that "the guitars are out of tune and I'm singing out of tune...and nobody's supporting me or helping me with it and the song was never done properly".[20] He further accused McCartney of ruining the song:
“ Paul would … sort of subconsciously try and destroy a great song … usually we'd spend hours doing little detailed cleaning-ups of Paul's songs; when it came to mine … somehow this atmosphere of looseness and casualness and experimentation would creep in. Subconscious sabotage.[21] ”
On 4 February 2008, at 00:00 UTC, NASA transmitted the Interstellar Message "Across the Universe"[22] in the direction of the star Polaris, 431 light years from Earth.[23] The transmission was made using a 70m antenna in the Deep Space Network's Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex, located outside of Madrid, Spain. It was done with an "X band" transmitter, radiating into the antenna at 18 kW. This was done to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the song's recording, the 45th anniversary of the Deep Space Network (DSN), and the 50th anniversary of NASA. The idea was hatched by Beatles historian Martin Lewis, who encouraged all Beatles fans to play the track as it was beamed to the distant star. The event marked the first time a song had ever been intentionally transmitted into deep space, and was approved by McCartney, Yoko Ono, and Apple Corps.[24] (The first musical interstellar message was "1st Theremin Concert to Aliens", section 2 of the Teen Age Message, in 2001.)
The name of Arjen Anthony Lucassen's first solo album Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy, released in 1996, comes from a quote of "Across the Universe", which is one of Lucassen's favourite songs.[25] In David Mitchell's novel number9dream (named after another Lennon song), the phrase "words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup" is used to express the incoherence of the character Eiji Mitake's words.[26]
Personnel[edit]
No One's Gonna Change Our World/Past Masters version:
John Lennon – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric Leslie-speaker guitar
Paul McCartney – piano[27], backing vocals
George Harrison – tambura, electric guitar
Ringo Starr – maracas, swarmandal, tom-tom drum[28]
Lizzie Bravo – backing vocals
Gayleen Pease – backing vocals
Let It Be version:
John Lennon – lead vocal, acoustic guitar
George Harrison – tambura, sitar
Ringo Starr – maracas, drums
Phil Spector – strings and choir
Let It Be... Naked version:
John Lennon – lead vocal, acoustic guitar, electric Leslie-speaker guitar
George Harrison – tambura
Ringo Starr – tom-tom drum, maracas[28]
Production
George Martin – Hammond organ, producer (original 1968 version)
Phil Spector – producer (1970 version)
Ken Scott, Martin Benge – engineers (original 1968 version)
Jeff Jarratt – remix engineer (1969 No One's Gonna Change Our World version)
Peter Bown, Mike Sheady – recording & remix engineers (1970 Let It Be version)
Personnel per Ian MacDonald[29]
Elements of the performance recorded on 8 February 1968 were replaced by an orchestra and choir recorded on 1 April 1970.[30]
Covers[edit]
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There have been several recordings of "Across the Universe" released by the Beatles as well as covers by other artists.[31]
Artist Release date Album title Notes
Cilla Black 000000001970-07-03-00003 July 1970 Sweet Inspiration Produced by George Martin
David Bowie 000000001975-03-07-00007 March 1975 Young Americans Backing vocals and guitar by John Lennon
Roger Waters 000000001985-06-12-000012 June 1985 - With Andy Fairweather Low; from a television tribute to John Lennon
Vadim Brodski 000000001986-01-01-00001986 Beatles Symphony
Cyndi Lauper 000000001989-01-01-00001989/000000002009-01-01-00002009 (unreleased) / Across the Universe 2009 Version w/ Jake Shimabukuro
Lana Lane 000000001988-11-21-000021 November 1988 Ballad Collection, Vol. 1
Laibach 000000001988-01-01-00001988 Let It Be Vocals by Anja Rupel
Worlds Apart 000000001994-01-01-00001994 (unreleased) Recorded for their debut album Together, but never released
10cc 000000001995-01-01-00001995 10cc Alive
Nikolay Rastorguyev 000000001996-01-01-00001996/000000002007-01-01-00002007 Четыре ночи в Москве / Birthday (With Love)
Aine Minogue 000000001997-07-15-000015 July 1997 Between the Worlds Celtic version
Fiona Apple 000000001998-10-13-000013 October 1998 Pleasantville soundtrack
Rufus Wainwright 000000002002-02-12-000012 February 2002 Poses US Edition bonus track, part of the soundtrack of the film I Am Sam: played in episode 6 of the science fiction TV series "FlashForward": used in 2017 on a television advertisement for a Samsung mobile phone.
Verdena 000000002003-06-05-00005 June 2003 B-side
Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel 000000002004-05-24-000024 May 2004 Buzz
Kingdom Come 000000002006-12-20-000020 December 2006 Ain't Crying for the Moon
Jim Sturgess & Joe Anderson 000000002007-09-18-000018 September 2007 Across the Universe soundtrack From the Julie Taymor musical based on Beatles songs. Also the title for the film
John Butler Trio 000000002004-08-24-000024 August 2004 What You Want
Seether 000000002008-08-05-00005 August 2008 iTunes Originals – Seether
Justin Mauriello 000000002010-02-06-00006 February 2010 Justin Sings the Hits
Brian Molko 000000002010-07-03-00003 July 2010 Live performance to mark Belgium's Presidency of European Union.[32]
Beady Eye 000000002011-04-04-00004 April 2011 Proceeds go to Japanese Tsunami Relief Recorded at RAK studios on 2 April 2011, performed live at the Japan Disaster Benefit concert on 3 April 2011, and released as a digital download on 4 April 2011, with proceeds going to the charity
Bill Frisell 000000002011-09-27-000027 September 2011 All We Are Saying Released on Savoy Jazz records.
Scorpions 000000002011-11-04-00004 November 2011 Comeblack
Denise Ho 000000002012-12-06-00006 December 2012 無臉人演唱會
Hikaru Utada 000000002010-12-09-00009 December 2010 Wild Life (concert) Performed during her final concert aka "Wild Life" followed by her hiatus. Although the song was not officially recorded, it was included on her Wild Life DVD and Blu-ray release on 3 February 2011.
Chris Hadfield and the Wexford Gleeks 000000002013-12-06-00006 December 2013 CBC Sounds of the Season Live performance on CBC Toronto News
Curved Air 000000002014-03-17-000017 March 2014 North Star
Andrew Huang 20 Nov 2014 Comet Made using sounds from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
In 2007, Jackson Browne and Robby Krieger of The Doors also recorded and released a version of the song.
According to the IMDb website, the American band Velvet Revolver, with Slash playing a 12-string Gibson Les Paul, along with other artists, Bono, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Tim McGraw, Steven Tyler, Brian Wilson, Alison Krauss on fiddle, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Stevie Wonder, on lead vocals and harmonica, covered the song live as a tribute to the Tsunami Victims at the 2005 Grammy Awards. According to the 5 March 2005 Billboard magazine, the all-star Grammy recording debuted at no. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as a digital download. During their 1981/1982 Time Tour, Electric Light Orchestra covered "Across the Universe" together with "Imagine" and "A Day in the Life" as part of their tribute to John Lennon. Band leader Jeff Lynne had gained most of his inspiration to make Electric Light Orchestra from the works of Lennon both with The Beatles and his solo career and would later produce new songs for The Beatles Anthology albums.[citation needed] Barbara Dickson recorded "Across the Universe" in 2006 for her album Nothing's Gonna Change My World, a modern approach to Beatles songs. A live version can be heard on her 2017 live album, In Good Company, a live recording of her 2017 concert tour.
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Sheff p. 265 by David Sheff
Jump up ^ Sheff p. 267
Jump up ^ "Learn Vedic Meditation". Introtomeditation.com. 15 February 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
Jump up ^ Woo, Elaine (6 February 2008). "Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; founded Transcendental Meditation movement". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
Jump up ^ "Across The Universe". The Beatles Bible. The Beatles Bible. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b Dominic Pedler. The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles. Music Sales Limited. Omnibus Press. NY. 2003. p. 76.
Jump up ^ Dominic Pedler. The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles. Music Sales Limited. Omnibus Press. NY. 2003. p. 538.
Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 133.
Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 134.
^ Jump up to: a b Howlett 2009.
Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 193.
Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 196.
Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 197.
^ Jump up to: a b Lewisohn 1988, p. 198-199.
^ Jump up to: a b Alan W. Pollack. "Alan W. Pollack's Notes on "Across The Universe"". rug.nl.
Jump up ^ "84 – 'Across the Universe'". 100 Greatest Beatles Songs. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1996, pp. 44–45.
Jump up ^ Unterberger 2009.
Jump up ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 276–277.
Jump up ^ Sheff, pp. 266–67
Jump up ^ Sheff, p. 266
Jump up ^ Karimi, Faith. "Will.i.am premieres song – from Mars". CNN.
Jump up ^ NASA 2008.
Jump up ^ MSNBC 2008.
Jump up ^ "Arjen Anthony Lucassen'S Star One Interview". Metalkings.Com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
Jump up ^ "number9dream". google.co.uk.
Jump up ^ Everett 1999.
^ Jump up to: a b "Let It Be... Naked". Norwegian Wood. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
Jump up ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 276.
Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, pp. 134, 198.
Jump up ^ Allmusic 2009.
Jump up ^ "Brian Molko – "Across The Universe" live [Lyrics Subbed]". YouTube. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
References[edit]
"Across the Universe". Allmusic. 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
Howlett, Kevin (2009). The Beatles in Mono (booklet). The Beatles. Apple Records.
Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books. ISBN 0-517-57066-1.
Lewisohn, Mark (1996). Anthology 2 (booklet). The Beatles. London: Apple Records.
"NASA beaming Beatles tune to the stars". MSNBC. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
Everett, Walter (1999). The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver Through the Anthology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-512941-5.
MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). ISBN 1-84413-828-3.
"NASA Beams Beatles' 'Across the Universe' into Space". NASA. 31 January 2008.
Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying. St Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-25464-4.
Unterberger, Richie (2009). "Review of "Across the Universe"". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
Willman, Chris (29 November 2006). "Labor of LOVE". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 29 November 2006.
Further reading[edit]
Lewisohn, Mark (1996). The Complete Beatles Chronicle. Chancellor Press. ISBN 0-7607-0327-2.
Sulpy, Doug; Schweighhardt, Ray (2003). Get Back: The Beatles Let It Be Disaster. Helter Skelter Publishing. ISBN 1-900924-83-8.
Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-25464-4.
External links[edit]
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I Feel Fine
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For the EP by Black Lab, see I Feel Fine (album).
"I Feel Fine"
US picture sleeve
Single by the Beatles
from the album Beatles '65
B-side
"She's a Woman"
Released
23 November 1964 (US)
27 November 1964 (UK)
Format
7"
Recorded
18 October 1964
Studio
EMI Studios, London[1]
Genre
Rock[2]
pop rock[3]
Length
2:25
Label
Capitol 5327 (US)
Parlophone R5200 (UK)
Songwriter(s)
Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)
George Martin
The Beatles UK singles chronology
"A Hard Day's Night"
(1964) A Hard Day's Night1964 "I Feel Fine"
(1964) I Feel Fine1964 "Ticket to Ride"
(1965) Ticket to Ride1965
The Beatles US singles chronology
"Matchbox"
(1964) Matchbox1964 "I Feel Fine"
(1964) I Feel Fine1964 "Eight Days a Week"
(1965) Eight Days a Week1965
"I Feel Fine" is a song written by John Lennon[4] (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released in 1964 by the Beatles as the A-side of their eighth British single. The song has one of the first uses of guitar feedback in popular music.[5]
Contents
1 Origin
2 Structure
2.1 Audio feedback
3 Music video
4 Charts
5 Other releases
6 Personnel
7 Cover versions
8 Charts and certifications
8.1 Weekly charts
8.2 Certifications
9 Notes
10 References
11 Further reading
Origin[edit]
Lennon wrote the guitar riff while in the studio recording "Eight Days a Week".[6] "I wrote 'I Feel Fine' around that riff going on in the background", he recalled.[7] "I told them I'd write a song specially for the riff. So they said, 'Yes. You go away and do that', knowing that we'd almost finished the album Beatles for Sale. Anyway, going into the studio one morning, I said to Ringo, 'I've written this song but it's lousy'. But we tried it, complete with riff, and it sounded like an A-side, so we decided to release it just like that."[7] Both John Lennon and George Harrison said that the riff was influenced by a riff in "Watch Your Step", a 1961 release written and performed by Bobby Parker[7] and covered by the Beatles in concerts during 1961 and 1962.[8] Paul McCartney said the drums on "I Feel Fine" were inspired by Ray Charles's 1959 single "What'd I Say".[4]
At the time of the song's recording, the Beatles, having mastered the studio basics, had begun to explore new sources of inspiration in noises previously eliminated as mistakes (such as electronic goofs, twisted tapes, and talkback). "I Feel Fine" marks one of the earliest examples of the use of feedback as a recording effect in popular music. Artists such as the Kinks and the Who had already used feedback live, but Lennon remained proud of the fact that the Beatles were perhaps the first group to deliberately put it on vinyl.
Structure[edit]
"I Feel Fine" is written in 4/4 time with drummer Ringo Starr's R&B-influenced beat (based on the "Latin" drumming in Ray Charles's hit "What'd I Say") featured through most of the song except for the bridge, which has a more conventional backbeat. After a brief note of heavy feedback (see below), the intro begins with a distinctive arpeggiated riff which starts in D major before quickly progressing to C major and then G major, at which point the vocals begin in G. The melody, unusually, uses a major third and a minor seventh, and has been classified as Mixolydian mode. Just before the coda, Lennon's intro riff (or ostinato) is repeated with a bright sound by George Harrison on electric guitar (a Gretsch Tennessean).[9] The song ends with a fadeout of the G major portion of the opening riff repeated several times.
Audio feedback[edit]
"I Feel Fine" starts with a single, percussive feedback note produced by McCartney plucking the A string on his bass, and Lennon's guitar (which was leaning against McCartney's bass amp) picking up feedback. This was the first use of feedback on a rock record. According to McCartney, "John had a semi-acoustic Gibson guitar. It had a pickup on it so it could be amplified ... We were just about to walk away to listen to a take when John leaned his guitar against the amp. I can still see him doing it … it went, 'Nnnnnnwahhhhh!' And we went, 'What's that? Voodoo!' 'No, it's feedback.' 'Wow, it's a great sound!' George Martin was there so we said, 'Can we have that on the record?' 'Well, I suppose we could, we could edit it on the front.' It was a found object, an accident caused by leaning the guitar against the amp."[4] Although it sounded very much like an electric guitar, Lennon actually played the riff on an acoustic-electric guitar (a Gibson model J-160E),[9] employing the guitar's onboard pickup.
Later, Lennon was very proud of this sonic experimentation. In one of his last interviews, he said: "I defy anybody to find a record – unless it's some old blues record in 1922 – that uses feedback that way." [10]
Music video[edit]
Two different music videos directed by Joe McGrath were filmed on 23 November 1965. Both feature various bits of gym equipment. In the first, George sang into a punch-ball while Ringo pedalled on an exercise bike. The second marked the only time a lunch break was filmed, where they all ate fish and chips, while trying to mime to the song. Brian was adamant that this video could not be used. From then on, the controversial "fish and chips" footage was kept in a 2" videotape box labelled "I Feel Fried". The first music video was included in the Beatles' 2015 video compilation 1, and both videos were included in the three-disc versions of the compilation, titled 1+.[11]
Charts[edit]
The single reached the top of the British charts on 12 December 1964, displacing the Rolling Stones' "Little Red Rooster", and remained there for five weeks. In Canada, the song also reached number one.[12]
"I Feel Fine" was also the first Beatles single to be released almost concurrently in the US and the UK. The song has sold 1.41 million copies in the UK.[13]
The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 charts for three weeks in late 1964/early 1965. Cash Box magazine ranked "I Feel Fine" as the 19th biggest US hit of 1965.[14] The B-side was the number-four hit "She's a Woman".
"I Feel Fine" was the sixth single by the Beatles to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in a calendar year (1964); an all-time record. In order, these singles were "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", "Can't Buy Me Love", "Love Me Do", "A Hard Day's Night" and "I Feel Fine". For songwriters Lennon and McCartney, it was the seventh number-one they wrote in the same calendar year (1964), another all-time record.
The song was the first of six Hot 100 number one chart-toppers in a row (not counting the EP 4 – by the Beatles) by one act, also a record at the time. The subsequent singles were "Eight Days a Week", "Ticket to Ride", "Help!", "Yesterday" and "We Can Work It Out".[15]
Other releases[edit]
In the United States, the song was released on the Capitol album Beatles '65. The mono version — also released as a single on Capitol – features an exclusive mix with added reverb and a shorter fade as created by Beatles producer George Martin. The stereo version of the LP presented a duophonic mix featuring a layer of reverb added by executive Dave Dexter, Jr.
In the United Kingdom, the song was released on the LP format on A Collection of Beatles Oldies. A true stereo version can be found on the Past Masters Volume 1 and 1 CDs.
There is also another stereo version (virtually identical to the standard stereo mix) wherein whispering can be heard at the beginning of the track. This "whispering version" appears on the non-US release of 1962–1966, as well as on occasional single re-releases.
An outtake in mono is included in the On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 compilation released in 2013.
Personnel[edit]
John Lennon – double tracked lead vocal, lead/rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, bass
George Harrison – harmony vocal, lead guitar
Ringo Starr – drums
Personnel per Ian MacDonald[16]
Cover versions[edit]
"I Feel Fine"
Single by Sweethearts of the Rodeo
from the album One Time, One Night
B-side
"Until I Stop Dancing"
Released
December 3, 1988
Genre
Country
Length
2:36
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)
Steve Buckingham
Sweethearts of the Rodeo singles chronology
"Blue to the Bone"
(1988) "I Feel Fine"
(1988) "If I Never See Midnight Again"
(1989)
In 1965, The Ventures included a cover of the song on their LP Knock Me Out.
In 1966, Chet Atkins released an instrumental cover on his album Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles.
In 1967, Alma Cogan released a version on her album Alma.
In 1970, Penny DeHaven released a Country version on a single only.
In 1986, Queen would often play this song's signature riff during their Magic Tour.
In 1988, country duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo released a cover of the song that reached the top-ten on the US country singles chart.[17]
In 1998, The Punkles did a Punk version on their first album, The Punkles.
In 2002, Take That included "I Feel Fine" in their "Beatles Medley".
In 2003, Curtis Stigers did a ballad version on his album You Inspire Me.
In 2005, Westlife included the song in their The Number Ones Tour set list.
In 2005, Les Fradkin released an instrumental version on his album While My Guitar Only Plays.
In 1997 John Farnham on compilation album Anthology 3: Rarities.
In 2012, Reynolds & Williams Band released a bluegrass inspired version on their debut EP Reynolds & William.
In 2009, Peter Mayer (of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band) on his Beatles tribute album Goodbye Hello.
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1964)
Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[18] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[19] 3
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[20] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[21] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22] 1
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parades)[23] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[24] 1
Swedish Kvällstoppen Chart[25] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[26] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[27] 1
US Cash Box Top 100[28] 1
West German Media Control Singles Chart[29] 3
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[30]
Gold 1,000,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ "1" Liner Notes by Mark Lewisohn
Jump up ^ Unterberger, Richie. "I Feel Fine" at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
Jump up ^ Terence J. O'Grady (1 May 1983). The Beatles: A Musical Evolution. Twayne Publishers. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-8057-9453-3. Both "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman" are heavily rhythm and blues influenced pop-rock songs.
^ Jump up to: a b c Miles 1997, p. 172.
Jump up ^ Beatles Interview Database 2009.
Jump up ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 36.
^ Jump up to: a b c The Beatles, p. 160.
Jump up ^ Shaheen J. Dibai, "Bobby Parker: The Real Fifth Beatle?", One Note Ahead, 29 March 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2013
^ Jump up to: a b Babiuk 2002, p. 146–147.
Jump up ^ Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying. New York, New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 173. ISBN 0-312-25464-4.
Jump up ^ Rowe, Matt (18 September 2015). "The Beatles 1 To Be Reissued With New Audio Remixes... And Videos". The Morton Report. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
Jump up ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5603.pdf
Jump up ^ Sedghi, Ami (4 November 2012). "UK's million-selling singles: the full list". Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
Jump up ^ Wallgren 1982, pp. 38–45.
Jump up ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 136.
Jump up ^ "Sweethearts of the Rodeo chart history". billboard.com.
Jump up ^ "Austriancharts.at – The Beatles – I Feel Fine" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – The Beatles – I Feel Fine" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
Jump up ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5603." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
Jump up ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Feel Fine". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
Jump up ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Beatles – I Feel Fine" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
Jump up ^ "Lever hit parades: 24-Dec-1964". Flavour of New Zealand.
Jump up ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Beatles – I Feel Fine". VG-lista.
Jump up ^ "Swedish Charts 1962–March 1966/Kvällstoppen – Listresultaten vecka för vecka > December 1964" (PDF) (in Swedish). hitsallertijden.nl. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
Jump up ^ "Beatles: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
Jump up ^ "The Beatles Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
Jump up ^ Hoffmann, Frank (1983). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950-1981. Metuchen, NJ & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 32–34.
Jump up ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (Enter "Beatles" in the search box) (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
Jump up ^ "American single certifications – The Beatles – I Feel Fine". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 14 May 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
References[edit]
Babiuk, Andy (2002). Beatles Gear: All the Fab Four's Instruments, from Stage to Studio (Revised ed.). San Francisco: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-731-5.
The Beatles (2000). The Beatles Anthology. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 0-8118-2684-8.
"Beatles For Sale". Beatles Interview Database. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). ISBN 1-84413-828-3.
Miles, Barry (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-5249-6.
"RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – The Beatles Gold Singles". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
Wallgren, Mark (1982). The Beatles on Record. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-45682-2.
Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 341.
Further reading[edit]
Emerick, Geoff; Massey, Howard (2006). Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 1-59240-179-1.
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, ed. (1993). The Beatles – Complete Scores. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-7935-1832-6.
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1972
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Miami Arena
The Pink Elephant
Miami Arena circa 2002
Address
701 Arena Boulevard
Location
Miami, Florida
Coordinates
25°46′51″N 80°11′44″W / 25.78083°N 80.19556°W / 25.78083; -80.19556Coordinates: 25°46′51″N 80°11′44″W / 25.78083°N 80.19556°W / 25.78083; -80.19556
Owner
City of Miami (1988–2004)
Arena Ventures, LLC. (2004–08)
Operator
Miami Sports and Entertainment Authority
Capacity
17,000
Construction
Broke ground
August 4, 1986 (1986-08-04)[1]
Opened
July 13, 1988 (1988-07-13)[4]
Closed
July 2008
Demolished
August–October 2008
Construction cost
$52.5 Million
($106 million in 2016 dollars[2])
Architect
Lloyd Jones Fillpot Associates
Structural engineer
Walter P. Moore[3]
General contractor
Linbeck Construction Company
Tenants
Miami Heat (NBA) (1988–1999)
Florida Panthers (NHL) (1993–1998)
Miami Hurricanes (NCAA) (1988–2002)
Miami Matadors (ECHL) (1998–1999)
Miami Hooters (AFL) (1993–95)
Miami Manatees (WHA2) (2003–2004)
Miami Morays (NIFL) (2005–2006)
Miami Arena was an indoor arena located in Miami, Florida.
Contents
[hide]
1 History
2 Seating capacity
2.1 Sports
2.2 Concerts
2.3 Other
3 Events
4 References
History[edit]
Miami Arena being demolished, view from the west, taken September 24, 2008. The west wall was the last to fall, October 21, 2008.
Completed in 1988 at a cost of $52.5 million, its opening took business away from the Hollywood Sportatorium and eventually led to its demolition. The arena was the home of the Miami Heat from 1988 to 1999, the Florida Panthers from 1993 to 1998, the University of Miami basketball teams from 1988 to 2003, the Miami Hooters of the Arena Football League from 1993 to 1995, the Miami Matadors of the ECHL in 1998, the Miami Manatees of the WHA2 in 2003, and the Miami Morays indoor football from 2005 to 2006. The first game played by the Heat in their first home was a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, 111-91, on November 5, 1988; the first victory came a month and a half later against the Utah Jazz, 101-80.
The arena also hosted the 1990 NBA All-Star Game, the 1991 WWF Royal Rumble, the 1994 NCAA Men's Basketball East Regional Final, the NHL's 1996 Stanley Cup Finals and the NBA's 1997 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls. The 2001 Christmas Eve episode of WWF Monday Night Raw featuring The Rock was also held here. The WWF had to use the Arena because its normal home since 2000, American Airlines Arena, was hosting the South Florida edition of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular at the time.
By 1998, the Miami Arena, like most indoor sports arenas built in the late 1980s, was beginning to show its age, despite being only 10 years old. Its seating capacity was one of the lowest of any NBA or NHL arena. In addition, sports teams in general began wanting newer, more updated facilities, specifically luxury suites and new concessions. On January 2, 2000, the Heat moved to the new American Airlines Arena located three blocks east of Miami Arena on the shore of Biscayne Bay, as would what is now the WWE. Two years earlier, the Panthers had also left Miami Arena to play at what is now the BB&T Center (originally the National Car Rental Center) located in Sunrise, Florida, near Florida's largest outlet mall, Sawgrass Mills.
Most of the concerts that were held at Miami Arena are now held at newer venues, including the BB&T Center, American Airlines Arena or the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida.
After the year 2000, the arena became mostly inactive. The arena was sold in a public auction in 2004 to Glenn Straub, an investor from Palm Beach County, Florida, for $24 million less than the $52 million the city of Miami paid for its original construction. Miami Arena was sometimes called the "Pink Elephant", because it was a white elephant with pink colored walls.
The arena was easily accessible via mass transit, with a Metrorail stop at Historic Overtown/Lyric Theater station just across the street (once known as Overtown/Arena station). Miami-Dade city buses also service the arena area downtown.
On August 3, 2008, Straub announced in a television interview that the interior of the arena had been cleared out and that the building would be demolished by the end of the month. On September 21, 2008, the roof of the Miami Arena was imploded. While the exterior walls remained standing after the implosion, demolition continued until the falling of the west wall on October 21, 2008.
Grand Central Park now occupies the site of where the arena once stood.
Seating capacity[edit]
Sports[edit]
Basketball
Years
Capacity
1988–1993
15,008
1993–2008
15,200
Hockey/Arena Football
Capacity
14,703
Concerts[edit]
Full house: 16,627
3/4 house: 9,878
1/2 house: 7,485
In the round: 16,694
Other[edit]
Banquets: 500
Luxury suites: 26
Events[edit]
List of Events [show]
Julio Iglesias – July 13, 1988 (Arena's opening concert)
Robert Plant – July 14, 1988, with Cheap Trick and October 23, 1990, with The Black Crowes
AC/DC – August 11, 1988, with White Lion, February 21, 1991, with King's X and January 21, 1996, with The Poor
Elton John – September 9–10, 1988, October 13–14, 1989, May 5, 1993 and May 4 and October 2, 1998
Bob Dylan – September 23, 1988
Frank Sinatra – September 24, 1988 and January 20–21, 1989, with Sammy Davis, Jr. and Liza Minnelli
The Miami Sound Machine – October 1, 1988 (Released on VHS as The Homecoming Concert)
The Grateful Dead – October 14, 1988 (two shows), October 25–26, 1989 and April 6–8, 1994
Poison – October 15, 1988, with Lita Ford and Britny Fox, March 15, 1989, with Ratt and Tesla and March 23, 1991, with Slaughter
The Moody Blues – November 9, 1988
Neil Diamond – December 18–20, 1988, February 21–22, 1993 and December 9, 1996
Duran Duran – January 14, 1989, with The Pursuit of Happiness
Bon Jovi – February 9, 1989, with Skid Row and September 9, 1995
Ratt – April 28, 1989, with Kix and Great White
R.E.M. – April 29, 1989, with Drivin' N' Cryin' (Tracks from this show and from April 30th at Orlando Arena were broadcast on the radio) and September 8, 1995, with Radiohead
Rod Stewart – April 30, 1989 and October 13, 1991
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – July 5, 1989, with The Replacements, October 22, 1991, with Chris Whitley and May 15 and 17, 1995, with Pete Droge
Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band – August 5, 1989, with The Neville Brothers, January 24, 1991, with Greg "Fingers" Taylor & The Ladyfingers Revue and January 24, 1992, with Evangeline
The Doobie Brothers – September 1, 1989
Stevie Nicks – September 30, 1989, with The Hooters
The Beach Boys – October 7, 1989, with Chicago
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble and Jeff Beck – November 21, 1989
Mötley Crüe – January 21, 1990, with Raging Slab
Rush – February 22, 1990, with Mr. Big, February 28, 1992, with Primus and February 27, 1994, with Candlebox (Recording of "Show Don't Tell" from 1994 show was included on Different Stages)
Janet Jackson – March 1 (her debut concert) and July 12, 1990, with Chuckii Booker and January 20, 1994
Billy Joel – March 12, 1990 and February 8, 14 and 18–19 and April 15–16, 1994
Whitesnake – March 24, 1990
Dolly Parton – April 21, 1990
Aerosmith – April 22, 1990, with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and February 2, 1994, with Brother Cane
David Bowie – April 27, 1990
Depeche Mode – May 31, 1990, with Nitzer Ebb, October 2, 1993, with The The and November 13, 1998, with Stabbing Westward
Heart – June 8, 1990
Eric Clapton – July 21–23, 1990, May 25, 1992, September 5–6, 1995, with Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and April 25, 1998, with Distant Cousins
The B-52's – July 28, 1990
KISS – August 3, 1990, with Danger Danger and Slaughter, October 31, 1992 and September 17, 1996, with The Verve Pipe
Billy Idol – September 29, 1990, with Faith No More
Fleetwood Mac – October 24, 1990, with Squeeze
Judas Priest – December 20, 1990, with Testament and Megadeth
INXS – January 22 and February 5, 1991
Sting – February 27, 1991 and February 23, 1994, with Melissa Etheridge
Gloria Estefan – March 1–2 and 6–7, 1991 and September 20–22 and 24, 1996 (Sept 20–21 gigs were filmed live on HBO Telecast, also released on VHS/DVD as The Evolution Tour: Live in Miami)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – March 9, 1991, with Sonic Youth
Cinderella – March 11, 1991
ZZ Top – April 5–7, 1991, with Dreams So Real
Scorpions – May 26, 1991, with Great White and Trixter
Whitney Houston – June 11, 1991, with After 7
David Lee Roth – June 15, 1991, with Cinderella and Extreme
Don Henley – June 29, 1991
Queensrÿche – July 3, 1991 and June 25, 1995, with Type O Negative
Yes – July 6, 1991 and August 10, 1994
Slayer – July 14, 1991, with Megadeth, Anthrax and Alice in Chains
The Allman Brothers Band – October 31, 1991, with Little Feat
Van Halen – December 13, 1991, with Alice in Chains and March 17, 1995
U2 – March 1, 1992, with The Pixies
Metallica – March 14, 1992, with Metal Church and April 19, 1997, with Corrosion of Conformity
Bryan Adams – April 12, with The Storm and December 4, 1992
The Cure – June 3–4, 1992, with The Cranes and August 30, 1996
Michael Bolton – July 30, 1992, with Celine Dion
Ozzy Osbourne – August 14, 1992, with Slaughter and Ugly Kid Joe
Tesla – October 1, 1992, with FireHouse
Bruce Springsteen – November 24, 1992
Def Leppard – February 2, 1993
Peter Gabriel – August 4, 1993
Tina Turner – August 22, 1993
Sade – September 22, 1993
Mariah Carey – November 3, 1993 (her debut concert)
Phil Collins – May 30–31, 1994 and March 3, 1997
Meat Loaf & His Neverland Express – July 29, 1994
Steely Dan – August 21, 1994
Luis Miguel – October 6–9, 1994, October 9–10, 1995, November 30, 1997, February 7–8, 1998 and February 16–17, 2002
Nine Inch Nails – November 20, 1994, with Marilyn Manson and The Jim Rose Circus and May 17, 2000, with A Perfect Circle
The Eagles – February 27, 1995
Page & Plant – March 6, 1995 and May 22, 1998
Boston – June 30, 1995
Melissa Etheridge – July 3, 1995, with Joan Osborne
Live – July 30, 1995, with Buffalo Tom
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – February 9, 1996
Garth Brooks – April 18–20, 1996
LL Cool J – June 7, 1996, with R. Kelly, Xscape and Solo
The 1996 Stanley Cup Finals – June 8, 10 & 11 (Florida Panthers vs. Colorado Avalanche) To date, this is the only appearance the Panthers made in the Stanley Cup Finals. They got swept by the Avalanche 4-0.
Pantera – July 6, 1996, with White Zombie
The Smashing Pumpkins – November 17, 1996, with Garbage
Bush – March 20, 1997, with Veruca Salt
Prince & The New Power Generation – August 15, 1997
The Fugees – September 13, 1997
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – September 21, 1997
Enrique Iglesias – December 12–13, 1997
The Backstreet Boys – July 10, 1998, with Aaron Carter
Brooks & Dunn – July 17, 1998, with Reba McEntire, Terri Clark and David Kersh
The Family Values Tour – May 11, 1999
Los Van Van – October 9, 1999
Ricky Martin – October 20–21, 1999, with Jessica Simpson
System of a Down – November 5, 1999, with Limp Bizkit and Method Man
Alejandro Fernández – November 14, 1999, with Elvis Crespo
Shakira – April 22, 2000
Blink-182 – May 19, 2000, with Bad Religion and Fenix TX
Marc Anthony – July 27–29, 2000
Juan Luis Guerra – August 27, 2000 and May 9, 2005, with Ricardo Montaner and Gian Marco Zignago
Carlos Vives – September 16, 2000
Juan Gabriel – November 18, 2000, with Ana Gabriel
Vicente Fernández – July 21, 2001, with Alejandro Fernández
Sasha & John Digweed – March 23, 2002, with Jimmy Van M
Maná – October 25, 2002
Marco Antonio Solís – May 25, 2003
The Damned – August 13, 2003
Berlin – October 4, 2003
Chayanne – April 2, 2004
Disney on Ice – December 6, 2004
Kutless – March 5, 2005
Wisin & Yandel – July 9, 2005
The SCREAM Tour – September 4, 2005
Molotov – November 6, 2005, with Rata Blanca and Jarabe de Palo
References[edit]
1. ^ "Miami Arena" Ballparks.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-21.
Jump up ^ Liff, Robert A. (August 5, 1986). "Miami Breaks Ground For 16,000-seat Arena". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
Jump up ^ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
Jump up ^ Walter P Moore - Arenas (archived)
Jump up ^ "Miami Arena's Opening Bash is a Hit With Colorful Crowd". The Miami Herald. July 14, 1988. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
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