WE CAN WORK IT OUT / DAY TRIPPER
Parlophone A8183
Released 9 December 1965
Original recommended retail price: 10/-
The Beatles’ final new Australian single of 1965, pairing two major non-album songs from their remarkably productive Rubber Soul period.
Matrix Information
Side 1: (mono) 7XCE18341 7XAPA1036-1
Side 2: (mono) 7XCE18342 7XAPA1037-1

1965
Side 1: (mono) 7XCE18341 7XAPA1036.2
Side 2: (mono) 7XCE18342 7XAPA1037.2

15 June 1982
Side 1: (stereo) A8183A OR
Side 2: (stereo) A8183B OR

Overview
At some point soon after release, EMI (Australia) recut both sides, with pressings from that point carrying matrices 7XAPA1036.2 / 7XAPA1037.2.

Deleted in December 1968, the single would not be reissued until 1982, where on 15 June it was recut from PARLO 90 (the stereo Greatest Hits Volume 2 album production master tape) at Studios 301 by Otto Ruiter for inclusion in the Australian 20th Anniversary Singles Collection, where it remained available until the late 1980s.
Chart Performance

Brisbane

(QLD)

Sydney

(NSW)

Melbourne

(VIC)

Hobart

(TAS)

Adelaide

(SA)

Perth

(WA)

Chart Entry

11-Dec-65

17-Dec-65

18-Dec-65

16-Dec-65

11-Dec-65

10-Dec-65

Highest Position

1

1

1

1

1

1

Weeks In

18

20

17

13

20

16
Listed as "We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper"
Silver/Black Style 'A'
AUSP8183SBA.a
Silver/Black Style 'C'
AUSP8183SBC.a

First appeared in October 1982 with the release of The Australian 20th Anniversary Singles Collection

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