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"Golden Slumbers" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. Written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] it is the sixth song of the album's climactic B-side medley .
American guitarist George Benson covered the song in a medley with "Golden Slumbers" in his 1970 album The Other Side of Abbey Road. [18] Comedy rock duo Tenacious D covered "You Never Give Me Your Money" in medley with "The End" as a single released on 2 July 2021. The proceeds benefit Doctors Without Borders. [19]
The Beatles began recording "Golden Slumbers"/"Carry That Weight" as one piece on 2 July 1969. [5] McCartney, Harrison, and Ringo Starr recorded 15 takes of the two songs [5] while Lennon was in a hospital recovering from a car accident in Scotland. [6] The rhythm tracks featured McCartney on piano, Harrison on bass guitar, and Starr on drums.
The Beatles in 1965; from left to right: John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool who recorded hundreds of songs during their career. The group's "main catalogue"—songs released between 1962 and 1970—consists of 213 songs (four of which exist in different versions ...
A new medley of the music that originally appeared in the 1969 film and album Yellow Submarine "Golden Slumbers"/"Carry That Weight"/"The End" – 5:38 Featuring Phil Collins on drums, percussion and vocals "Friends and Lovers" (George Martin) – 2:24 "In My Life" – 2:29 Featuring Sean Connery on lead spoken word vocal "Ticket to Ride" – 3:56
This is a list of cover versions by music artists who have recorded one or more songs written and originally recorded by English rock band The Beatles.Many albums have been created in dedication to the group, including film soundtracks, such as I Am Sam (2001) and Across the Universe (2007) and commemorative albums such as Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father (1988) and This Bird Has Flown (2005).
At the end of the song, the music stops abruptly and a drum fill by Ringo Starr leads into the next track, "Mean Mr. Mustard". A faux mixing of Romance languages occurs in the last three lines of the song. In 1969, Lennon was interviewed about these lyrics and said, "We just started joking, you know, singing 'cuando para mucho.' So we just made ...
In 1999, Atom and His Package covered the song on the album Making Love (with altered lyrics) as "P.P. (Doo-Doo)". When Mojo released Abbey Road Now! in 2009, as part of the magazine's series of CDs of Beatles albums covered track-by-track by modern artists, "Polythene Pam" was covered by Cornershop alongside "Mean Mr. Mustard". [16]