Because

Some of the imagery comes from nature (World, wind, sky), along with the motifs of spirituality and love, something the Beatles had reached for on 'Anna (Go to Him)' 6 years earlier. The lyric turns to wordplay (blue - makes me cry, Wind - blows my mind). The title runs to a single word, and the language is very spare and poetic.

'Because' runs at roughly 64 BPM in C♯ minor, a baroque pop and art rock song with classical music behind it (inspired by Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata). This is one of only 3 Beatles records in that key, the earliest of them 'She's a Woman'. The tune carries an ostinato, one figure repeating underneath (Arpeggiated harpsichord/guitar figure), as it does in 'Ticket to Ride', 4 years earlier. Also, the record leaves out the kit altogether. The song is unusual here, in that it is built without verses and choruses.

This track was put together at EMI Studio 2, recorded in 23 takes with take 16 chosen. Vocals triple-tracked on each of John, Paul, and George's parts to yield a nine-voice harmony. Harrison is on the Moog IIIp, his own modular, in Studio Two for the 5 August 1969 session, 1969 being the year he used it most. Double tracked vocal, close mic'ing and leslie speaker processing are audible on the finished record. Leslie speaker processing first turns up on a Beatles record in 1966 and peaks in 1969, when 6 of the year's songs use it. Among the 30 songs they began recording in 1969 this was the last, and the 213th of the career.

Lennon wrote it, and shares the lead with McCartney and Harrison. The record has Harrison on synthesizer, as on 'Here Comes the Sun', a role swap. George Martin played electric harpsichord. It was recorded without all four, and McCartney is credited with the high register.

The track was never a single, and it reached the public with Abbey Road, on September 26, 1969. This song was the 15th of the 26 records the Beatles released in that year, and the 191st in the order they were recorded.