Paul McCartney Claims He Was Behind the Title of The Beatles' 'Eight Days a Week'
Paul McCartney claims he was behind the title of The Beatles‘ “Eight Days a Week.” However, he started a rumor decades ago that drummer Ringo Starr came up with the title.
The littlest things inspire Paul, even passing phrases from those around him. One sentence was all it took to make a Beatles hit. Such was the case for “Eight Days a Week.”
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that he came up with the song’s title after having a chauffeur drive him to John Lennon’s house. He needed a driver because the police had recently taken away his driver’s license after too much reckless driving.
“The problem was we all liked to drive fast, and I myself had been caught one too many times,” he explained. “The police took my licence away, and I was banned from driving for a year. If I wanted to get somewhere, I had to take a bus or train or sometimes hire a driver. By the time I was unbanned, we’d actually earned enough money to get a driver.
Source: Hannah Wigandt/cheatsheet.com
