On which 1963 Beatles album did 'Don't Bother Me' first appear?

“Don’t Bother Me” first appeared on the 1963 Beatles album With the Beatles.

Released in the United Kingdom on 22 November 1963, With the Beatles was the group’s second British studio album. “Don’t Bother Me” was sequenced as its fourth track, between “All My Loving” and “Little Child.” It was George Harrison’s first composition to appear on a Beatles album.

Harrison began writing the song while ill in bed at the Palace Court Hotel in Bournemouth during the Beatles’ August 1963 residency. He later described it as an exercise to see whether he could write a song. Its unusually gloomy, dismissive mood foreshadowed the more introspective character of many later Harrison compositions.

A common mix-up comes from the American market: the song appeared in the United States on Meet the Beatles!, released in January 1964. That later American album does not change its original UK album appearance. “Don’t Bother Me” also featured Harrison’s double-tracked vocal and distinctive guitar work.