It was pretty much co-written, John and I doing a work song for Ringo, a little craft job. I think that was probably the best of the songs we wrote for Ringo actually… ISBN 2-2.This was written out at John’s house in Weybridge for Ringo we always liked to do one for him and it had to be not too much like our style. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)'. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. 'Paul McCartney in the 'Guinness Book of Records' '.'The night Jimi Hendrix played tribute to The Beatles'.Martin, George Hornsby, Jeremy (1994).Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.).

Archived from the original on 2 February 2007. 'The Beatles Singles and EP Discography'. 'Dubbed applause and music-hall overtones'.Archived from the original on 31 December 2007. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Ringo Starr – vocal, drums, tambourine, maracas.George Harrison – harmony vocal, guitar.John Lennon – harmony vocal, rhythm guitar.

Paul McCartney – vocal, bass, lead guitar.

At the end of the track, Martin's pre-recorded applause sample segues into the real final track of the album, ' A Day in the Life'. The reprise was recorded on 1 April 1967, two months after the version that opens the album. At 1:18, it is one of the Beatles' shorter songs (the shortest is ' Her Majesty' at 0:23). The song contains the same melody as the opening version, but with different lyrics. The idea for a reprise was Aspinall's, who thought that as there was a 'welcome song', there should be a 'goodbye song'. McCartney counts 1-2-3-4, and between 2 and 3, Lennon says 'bye!'. The track opens with a distorted guitar strumming a ' Hendrix chord' (dominant 7th sharp 9). While the first track stays largely in the key of G major (except for transient modulation to F and perhaps C in the bridges), the reprise starts in F and modulates back to G. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)' is a repeat of the song at a faster tempo with heavier instruments. A horn quartet was used to fill out the instrumental sections. The song is in G major, with a 4/4 meter. When the song itself begins, the band introduces its members. The crowd sounds edited into the song were recorded in the early '60s by Martin, during a live recording of the stage show Beyond the Fringe. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, the song opens to the sound of a loud audience, and an orchestra tuning up, which was taken from the February 10 orchestra session for 'A Day in the Life'. Since its original album release, the song has also been released on singles, on compilation albums, and has been performed by several other artists including Jimi Hendrix (such as at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970), U2, and a comic interpretation by Bill Cosby. As the title track, the lyrics introduce the fictional band that performs in the album. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)', (which transitions into ' A Day in the Life'). The song appears twice on the album: as the first song (transitioning into ' With a Little Help from My Friends'), and as 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' is a song credited to Lennon/McCartney, and released in 1967, on The Beatles' album of the same name. ' Tropic Island Hum' / ' We All Stand Together' Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' / ' With a Little Help from My Friends' Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)'įrom the album Sgt.

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