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Take a song from a classic Walt Disney movie, mix in a marriage being kept from public knowledge, a posh Liverpool flat, and a doo-wop record, and you get a hit song by Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas. Credited to John Lennon and Paul McCartney, this was the first of many of their hits sung by a different artist. (George Harrison would sing the lead on The Beatles’ version.) Let’s look at the meaning behind “Do You Want to Know a Secret” by The Beatles.

The First Dramatic Minor ChordThe song starts with a slow introduction that doesn’t repeat later in the song. Lennon had picked up this staple from many of his favorite songs from the ’30s and ’40s.

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Source: What John Lennon Was Actually Hiding When He Wrote “Do You Want to Know a Secret” by The Beatles – American Songwriter