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June 25, 1966 The Beatles Paperback Writer June 25, 1977 Marvin Gaye Got to Give It Up (Part 1) June 25, 1988 Debbie Gibson Foolish Beat Recorded: 13 & 14 April 1966, EMI Studios, London Producer(s) George Martin Paperback Writer is a 1966 song recorded and released by the Beatles. Written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), the song was released as the A-side of their eleventh single. The single went to the number one spot in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, West Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Norway. On the US Billboard Hot 100, the song was at number one for two non-consecutive weeks, being interrupted by Frank Sinatras Strangers in the Night. Paperback Writer was the last new song by the Beatles to be featured on their final tour in 1966. Paperback Writer is marked by the boosted bass guitar sound throughout, partly in response to John Lennon demanding to know why the bass on a certain Wilson Pickett record far exceeded the bass on any Beatles records. This changed with the Paperback Writer single. Paperback Writer was the first time the bass sound had been heard in all its excitement, said Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick in Mark Lewisohns book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. Paul played a different bass, a Rickenbacker. Then we boosted it further by using a loudspeaker as a microphone. We positioned it directly in front of the bass speaker and the moving diaphragm of the second speaker made the electric current. The background vocal harmonies at the beginning of the third chorus are provided by Lennon and George Harrison who sing the title of the French nursery rhyme Frère Jacques in several slow incantations. These harmonies occur at a little over one minute into the track. Emerick stated that the Paperback Writer / Rain single was cut louder than any other Beatles record up to that time, due to a new piece of equipment used in the mastering process, referred to as Automatic Transient Overload Control, which was devised by the EMI maintenance department
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