Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
“No one will be watching us”
A McCartney 12-bar blues for the White Album, recorded solo at EMI Studio 2 with Paul on every instrument. Lyric is one shouted innuendo couplet inspired by two monkeys mating in a Rishikesh road.
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15 Beatles recordings open on a single instrument playing alone, before any other player or voice comes in: 1 on bass, 6 on drums, 3 on guitar, 5 on keyboards. This song is one of them.
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedOctober 9 – October 10, 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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