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| This single = "Rain"<br/>(1966) | | This single = "Rain"<br/>(1966) | ||
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Revision as of 09:49, 21 March 2009
“Rain” | |||||
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Single by The Beatles | |||||
A-side | "Paperback Writer" | ||||
Released | 30 May 1966 (US) 10 June 1966 (UK) |
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Format | 7" | ||||
Recorded | Abbey Road Studios: 14 April 1966 | ||||
Genre | Rock | ||||
Length | 2:59 | ||||
Label | Parlophone R5452 (UK) Capitol 5651 (US) |
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Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | ||||
Producer | George Martin | ||||
The Beatles singles chronology | |||||
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“ | After we'd done the session on that particular song-- it ended at about four or five in the morning-- I went home with a tape to see what else you could do with it. And I was sort of very tired, you know, not knowing what I was doing, and I just happened to put it on my own tape recorder and it came out backwards. And I liked it better. So that's how it happened. | „ |
—John Lennon, 1966 |
“ | That's me again-- with the first backwards tape on record anywhere... I got home from the studio and I was stoned out of my mind on marijuana... and, as I usually do, I listened to what I'd recorded that day. Somehow it got on backwards and I sat there, transfixed, with the earphones on, with a big hash joint. I ran in the next day and said, 'I know what to do with it, I know... listen to this!' So I made them all play it backwards. The fade is me actually singing backwards with the guitars going backwards. (sings) 'Sharethsmnowthsmeanss!' That one was the gift of God... of Ja actually-- the god of marijuana, right? So Ja gave me that one. | „ |
—John Lennon, 1980 |
“ | My favorite piece of me is what I did on 'Rain.' I think I just played amazing. I was into the snare and hi-hat. I think it was the first time I used the trick of starting a break by hitting the hi-hat first instead of going directly to a drum off the hi-hat. I think it's the best out of all the records I've ever made. 'Rain' blows me away. It's out in left field. I know me and I know my playing... and then there's 'Rain.'. | „ |
—Ringo Starr, 1984 |
“ | It was nice. I really enjoyed that one. | „ |
—Paul McCartney, 1994 |
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