Pet_Sounds

We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians, that's all.

- Paul McCartney

This song is only on the list because of its riff. Well, that's obvious. But that riff is good enough to place it at #46.

"Day Tripper" was 50% of the very first double A-side single. The other 50% was "We Can Work It Out". Both tracks were recorded during the Rubber Soul sessions and had the distinction of being Great Britain's 1965 Christmas #1.

Its lyrics are all about sex and drugs. A "day tripper" referred to someone who was not quite committed to drugs. And of course, the second meaning of "trip" created a nice double entendre. "Big teaser" was originally "prick teaser".

She's a prick teaser
She took me half the way there
She's a prick teaser
She took me half the way there

I'll leave that up to you to interpret.

Here's the original version, along with some neat covers by Jimi Hendrix and Fever Tree.

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