Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
“The deeper you go, the higher you fly”
Lennon's hard-rock rave-up for the White Album, sung by Lennon and inspired by his early relationship with Yoko Ono. Recorded in D major and sped up via tape to E major; meter switches to 3/4 for two bars in each chorus.
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"Come on come on come on come on" is repeated in two different Beatles songs: 'Please Please Me' (1963) and 'Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey' (1968).
Songwriter(s)LennonCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedJune 26 – July 23, 1968
ReleasedNovember 22, 1968
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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