Wild Honey Pie
“Honey pie, Honey pie”
McCartney's 53-second solo sound-fragment for the White Album: a chanted 'Honey Pie' refrain over a chromatic dominant-7th descent, built entirely by Paul in a single day of overdubs.
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Paul McCartney played drums on 7 Beatles songs, taking over for Ringo on tracks like 'Wild Honey Pie', 'Don't Pass Me By', 'Mother Nature's Son'.
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedAugust 20, 1968
ReleasedNovember 22, 1968
Song familyWritten in IndiaWritten February 1968 during the India trip
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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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