<P> Its composition was an attempt by Lennon at writing a song in the style of Motown star Smokey Robinson , specifically his song `` I 've Been Good To You '' , which has similar circular doo - wop chord changes , melody and arrangement . The tune and arrangement also draws from `` You Do n't Understand Me '' , a B - side to a Bobby Freeman single . Paul McCartney cites the Teddy Bears ' 1958 hit `` To Know Him Is To Love Him '' as also being influential . Lennon , McCartney , and George Harrison join together to sing an intricate three - part close harmony in the verses and refrain ( originally the middle eight was conceived as a guitar solo , but altered during the recording process ) and a similar song writing technique is exercised in later Beatles songs , such as `` Yes It Is '' and `` Because '' . The song , in D major , revolves around a 1950s - style I - vi - ii - V doo - wop sequence in 12 / 8 time before moving to the harmonically complex middle eight ( G-F # 7 - Bm - D7 - G - E7 - A-A7 ) and back again for the final verse and fade - out . William Mann describes the song as , `` harmonically ... one of their most intriguing , with its chains of pandiatonic clusters '' </P>
<P> Its composition was an attempt by Lennon at writing a song in the style of Motown star Smokey Robinson , specifically his song `` I 've Been Good To You '' , which has similar circular doo - wop chord changes , melody and arrangement . The tune and arrangement also draws from `` You Do n't Understand Me '' , a B - side to a Bobby Freeman single . Paul McCartney cites the Teddy Bears ' 1958 hit `` To Know Him Is To Love Him '' as also being influential . Lennon , McCartney , and George Harrison join together to sing an intricate three - part close harmony in the verses and refrain ( originally the middle eight was conceived as a guitar solo , but altered during the recording process ) and a similar song writing technique is exercised in later Beatles songs , such as `` Yes It Is '' and `` Because '' . The song , in D major , revolves around a 1950s - style I - vi - ii - V doo - wop sequence in 12 / 8 time before moving to the harmonically complex middle eight ( G-F # 7 - Bm - D7 - G - E7 - A-A7 ) and back again for the final verse and fade - out . William Mann describes the song as , `` harmonically ... one of their most intriguing , with its chains of pandiatonic clusters '' </P>
what is the style of this boy by the beatles
what is the style of this boy by the beatles
doo - wop
doo - wop