Old Brown Shoe
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| “Old Brown Shoe” | |||||
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| Single by The Beatles | |||||
| A-side | "Ballad of John and Yoko" | ||||
| Released | 30 May 1969 (UK) 4 June 1969 (US) |
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| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studioes: 16 & 18 April 1969 |
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| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 3:16 | ||||
| Label | Apple Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | ||||
| Producer | George Martin | ||||
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| “ | I started the chord sequences on the piano, which I don't really play, and then began writing ideas for the words from various opposites: I want a love that's right, But right is only half of what's wrong. Again, it's the duality of things — yes-no, up-down, left-right, right-wrong, etc. | „ |
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—George Harrison, 1980 |
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