''Nowhere Man'' is the 12th

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(EP) by the English rock band

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. It was released on 8 July 1966. It includes four songs from their album ''

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'', which had been released in December 1965. The EP was only issued in mono, with the

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catalogue number GEP 8952. In the UK, ''Nowhere Man'' peaked at number 4 on the national EP chart compiled by ''

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''. In the United States, the title track and " Drive My Car" had been omitted from

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' version of ''Rubber Soul'' and were instead included on the US and Canada album '' Yesterday and Today''. "Nowhere Man" was also issued as a single in the US in February 1966. Another track from the EP, " Michelle", similarly became a hit in some European countries and in New Zealand. Reviewing ''Nowhere Man'' in their book '' The Beatles: An Illustrated Record'', music critics

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and

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wrote: "The issue of this EP reflects a cute tactic of the mid-'sixties record companies: find out which were the most popular tracks from the artists' last LP – and presto! Another Extended-Player. An accountants' move." In his review for

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, Bruce Eder says:

It only got better than this if one bought the album ... The packaging and art were still cool, but the group's songs and albums were now so substantial (and the latter also selling so well) that the EP was reduced to irrelevancy. Additionally, the Beatles were soon going to start releasing records that were a lot harder to pair together and were also going to take a lot more control over how their work was packaged and delivered.

Track listing

All songs written by

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. Side one #" Nowhere Man" – 2:44 #" Drive My Car" – 2:25 Side two #

" Michelle" – 2:40 #"

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" – 3:22

References

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