Good Morning/Good Afternoon/Good Evening. Song of The Day. Come Together is a song by the Beatles written by John Lennon but credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on the album Abbey Road, and was released as a double A-sided single with Something, their 21st single in the United Kingdom and 26th in the United States. The song reached the top of the charts in the US, and peaked at number four in the UK. The songs history began when Lennon was inspired by Timothy Learys campaign for governor of California against Ronald Reagan, which promptly ended when Leary was sent to prison for possession of marijuana. The thing was created in the studio. Its gobbledygook; Come Together was an expression that Leary had come up with for his attempt at being president or whatever he wanted to be, and he asked me to write a campaign song. I tried and tried, but I couldnt come up with one. But I came up with this, Come Together, which wouldve been no good to him - you couldnt have a campaign song like that, right? —John Lennon, All We Are Saying, David Sheff It has been speculated[by whom?] that each verse refers cryptically to one of the Beatles.[unreliable source?[unreliable source?] It has also been suggested that the song has only a single pariah-like protagonist and Lennon was painting another sardonic self-portrait. Lennon played rhythm guitar and sang the vocal, McCartney played bass, Harrison played lead guitar, and Starr played drums. It was produced by George Martin and recorded at the end of July 1969 at Abbey Road Studios. In the intro, Lennon says shoot me which is accompanied by his handclaps and McCartneys heavy bass riff. The famous Beatles walrus from I Am the Walrus and Glass Onion returns in the line he got walrus gumboot, followed by he got Ono sideboard. Bluesman Muddy Waters is also mentioned in the song. Music critic Ian MacDonald reports that McCartney sang a backing vocal, but recording engineer Geoff Emerick said that Lennon did all the vocals himself, and when a frustrated McCartney asked Lennon, What do you want me to do on this track, John?, Lennon replied, Dont worry, Ill do the [vocal] overdubs on this. Talking about the sessions in a 1970 interview, McCartney said he was disappointed about not singing live with Lennon; instead, he overdubbed his vocals later in the session: Even on Abbey Road we dont do harmonies like we used to. I think its sad. On Come Together I would have liked to sing harmony with John and I think he would have liked me to but I was too embarrassed to ask him and I dont work to the best of my abilities in that situation. youtube/watch?v=axb2sHpGwHQ
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