Filming began in the afternoon, and besides director Joe McGrath, who would later direct 1969’s The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, there were four cameramen, a sound recordist and a lighting man. The promo film for the song, seen above and shot along with four others at Twickenham Film Studios in November 1965, was a long day’s work for everyone involved.
The fact that only two takes are listed does not accurately represent the time spent on perfecting the finished master. They were then subjected to numerous overdubs until everyone was satisfied with the result. Unlike many of their previous recordings, where multiple takes were individually numbered, “Ticket To Ride” and some other songs from this period were created from a basic rhythm track. Ringo’s drum patterns, in particular, are very different to those heard on a regular pop single. The song marks a sea change in The Beatles’ singles: it was their first to run for over three minutes, as well as being more complex both musically and in its lyrical inspiration than its predecessors.
The scenes were filmed just a month after they recorded the song, in a verité style that clearly inspired the music videos that became so prevalent in the 1980s, following the rise of MTV. In the film, “Ticket To Ride” is the soundtrack to shots of The Beatles on the ski slopes at Obertauern in Austria. When “Ticket To Ride” came out on Capitol in the US, the accompanying press release declared that the song was “from the United Artists release Eight Arms To Hold You.” For a long time, this was the working title for the picture that came to be known and loved as Help!, which was released in late July, just ahead of the group’s new LP of the same name.
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