Video: 'The Beatles Recording And I Love Her - EMI Recording Studios, London, England - 26 February 1964'

(Wednesday, February 26, 1964, 7:00-10:15 p.m. GMT) — The Beatles recorded a remake of Paul McCartney’s “And I Love Her” tonight at EMI Studio 2 in London, but the recordings were deemed unsatisfactory.

They recorded another 17 takes of “And I Love Her,” “take three” through “take 19,” which saw the song evolving into what became the final arrangement.

Midway through the sessions, Ringo switched to playing bongos instead of drums.

It was apparently during this session that John and Paul wrote the bridge, which added a new dynamic to the arrangement and took the song’s length to over two minutes for the first time.

Their struggles on this day solidified the shape the song would eventually take, but they still weren’t happy with it.

When engineer Norman Smith announced “Take 14,” Paul quipped “Ha, take 50!” indicating the frustration they were experiencing. Once again, they decided to leave it for the next day.

The Beatles were also filmed in the studio on this night. This footage would be used in the documentary “Follow The Beatles” that was screened on UK TV in August to promote their film A Hard Day’s Night.

Brief outtakes from the studio filming have also been used in a few other documentaries over the years.