Beginning with the band 's UK tour in December 1965 , " If I Needed Someone " replaced " Everybody 's Trying to Be My Baby " , written by Carl Perkins , as Harrison 's lead vocal spot in the Beatles ' live shows . " If I Needed Someone " thereby became the only Harrison composition that the Beatles played in concert during their touring years of 1963 – 66 . In addition , with the group finding it increasingly difficult to replicate their studio recordings in concert , it was one of only two '' Rubber Soul '' tracks that they performed live , the other being " Nowhere Man " . In their 1966 concerts , McCartney introduced Indian-style melisma into his singing on " If I Needed Someone " , similar to the vocal ornamentation he had used on the recording of Harrison 's '' Revolver '' track " I Want to Tell You " . In a segment subtitled " Beatlemania goes sour " , the 1982 documentary '' The Compleat Beatles '' used a clip from the Beatles ' ragged performance of the song , at the Budokan Hall in Tokyo , as an illustration of the growing division between the band as recording artists and live performers
UK tour
The Beatles' 1965 UK tour
If I Needed Someone