

Each verse preceding the B section (a.k.a. The song opens with an unrepeated introductory section sung by Lennon, followed by a standard "Tin Pan Alley" AABA form. Paul McCartney stated that he contributed to the song: "We wrote 'If I Fell' together." Structure

It shows that I wrote sentimental love ballads way back when", Lennon stated in his 1980 Playboy interview. "That's my first attempt at a ballad proper. It was written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. " If I Fell" is a song by English rock band the Beatles which first appeared in 1964 on the album A Hard Day's Night in the United Kingdom and United States, and on the North American album Something New.
