Yellow Submarine
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| Single by The Beatles | |||||
| B-side | "Eleanor Rigby" | ||||
| Released | 5 August 1966(UK) 8 August 1966(US) |
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| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios: 28-29 April; 6 June 1966 |
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| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 2:38 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone (UK) Capitol (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | ||||
| Producer | George Martin | ||||
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| “ | It's a happy place, that's all. You know, it was just... We were trying to write a children's song. That was the basic idea. And there's nothing more to be read into it than there is in the lyrics of any children's song. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1966 |
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| “ | Paul wrote the catchy chorus. I helped with the blunderbuss bit. | „ |
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—John Lennon, 1972 |
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| “ | 'Yellow Submarine' is Paul's baby. Donovan helped with the lyrics. I helped with the lyrics too. We virtually made the track come alive in the studio, but based on Paul's inspiration. Paul's idea. Paul's title... written for Ringo. | „ |
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—John Lennon, 1980 |
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| “ | I wrote that in bed one night. As a kid's story. And then we thought it would be good for Ringo to do. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1984 |
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| “ | I was laying in bed in the Asher's garret, and there's a nice twilight zone just as you're drifting into sleep and as you wake from it-- I always find it quite a comfortable zone. I remember thinking that a children's song would be quite a good idea... I was thinking of it as a song for Ringo, which it eventually turned out to be, so I wrote it as not too rangey in the vocal. I just made up a little tune in my head, then started making a story-- sort of an ancient mariner, telling the young kids where he'd lived. It was pretty much my song as I recall... I think John helped out. The lyrics got more and more obscure as it goes on, but the chorus, melody and verses are mine. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1994 |
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| “ | Paul came up with the concept of 'Yellow Submarine.' All I know is just that every time we'd all get around the piano with guitars and start listening to it and arranging it into a record, we'd all fool about. As I said, John's doing the voice that sounds like someone talking down a tube or ship's funnel as they do in the merchant marine. (laughs) And on the final track there's actually that very small party happening! As I seem to remember, there's a few screams and what sounds like small crowd noises in the background. | „ |
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—George Harrison, 1999 |
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