Don't Bother Me - Music

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Don't Bother Me

The-Beatles - With The Beatles

"Don't Bother Me" Is The First Song Written By George Harrison To Appear On An Album By The Beatles. It Originally Appeared On The Group's With The Beatles Album In The UK Released In 1963 And On Their Meet The Beatles! Album In The U.S. Released In 1964. Harrison Wrote The Song While Sick In Bed At A Hotel Room In Bournemouth England Where The Beatles Were Playing Some Shows During The Summer Of 1963. 1 Harrison Never Regarded It Highly Stating On One Occasion "It Was A Fairly Crappy Song. I Forgot All About It Completely Once It Was On The Album." Citation Needed He Considered It An Exercise In Whether He Could Write A Song Later Saying "at Least It Showed Me That All I Needed To Do Was Keep On Writing And Then Maybe Eventually I Would Write Something Good." 2 Harrison Received A Writing Credit For Two Earlier Songs "In Spite Of All The Danger" McCartney/Harrison And "Cry For A Shadow" Harrison/Lennon . Both Were Recorded By The Beatles But Neither Was Released Officially By The Band Until 1995's Anthology 1 Compilation. 3 Because The Former Was Largely A McCartney Composition Harrison Received A Credit Simply For Playing The Guitar Solo And The Latter Was An Instrumental Pastiche Of The Shadows "Don't Bother Me" Is Considered Harrison's First Song By Most Including The Composer Himself .