As of January 2023, the song has been played 938 million times. But it's George Harrison's Here Comes The Sun (from 1969's Abbey Road) which is their most popular song on the streaming platform. It's the fourth most-streamed Beatles song on Spotify with over 472 million plays. The song came to McCartney in a dream and had the working title 'Scrambled Eggs'. According to the Guinness Book Of World Records, it's the most covered song of all time, with over 3000 artists tackling the classic over the last five decades or so. It first appeared on the their 1965 album Help! and was written by Paul McCartney. The most popular song The Beatles ever recorded was Yesterday. His guitar is a truly thrilling coda and has ensured that this song remains at the forefront of his considerable Beatle achievements. In rocking it up, he called upon the services of the then Cream member Eric Clapton. This White Album epic started life as a gentle acoustic piece. In late 1969 it was extracted from the Abbey Road album to become a worldwide hit. He added some subtle Moog synth effects to a song that is always guaranteed to brighten up the bleakest of days.īuilt around the phrase ‘’Something in the way she moves’’ (borrowed from a song by Apple Records artist James Taylor), Harrison’s own maturing songwriting talent created one of the Beatles’ most-covered songs, with Frank Sinatra proclaiming it to be ‘’the greatest love song of the last 50 years’’. Written in Eric Clapton’s garden when Harrison sagged off from attending meetings at their Apple HQ, his increasing frustration of life as a fab one flowered into a truly uplifting composition. Listen carefully for namechecks for those political buffoons of the day messrs’ Wilson and Heath. Harrison meanwhile, offered a wry observation of the British tax system – ‘’and you’re working for nobody but me’’. Surprisingly, it was Paul McCartney who supplied the strident guitar solo of this vibrant opener to the Revolver album. This Sgt Pepper track is a prime example. While other fellow travellers such as Donavon flirted with the sitar, it was Harrison who placed it most successfully in the pop/rock idiom. This Indian-influenced, sitar-led swirl demonstrated Harrison’s growing love for an alternative culture. Lyrically, it hinted at the egos at play within the group that would eventually signal their demise. Significantly, John was away peace campaigning at the time. Harrison, McCarney and Starr gathered at Abbey Road early in January 1970 to complete the song for the Let It Be movie. This pleasing waltz time rocker was one of the very last Beatles song to be worked on. Blue Jay Way was the name of the street in Hollywood Hills where he was staying. It tells the tale of ‘a fog upon LA’ as Harrison, on a visit to Los Angeles in August 1967, awaited the arrival of Beatles publicist Derek Taylor. Harrison’s contribution to their Magical Mystery Tour TV film was a suitably phased psychedelic journey.
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