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“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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Year1968
AlbumThe Beatles (The White Album)
Track5 · Side 1
Duration0:53
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon-McCartney
Lead VocalPaul
RecordedAugust 20, 1968
ReleasedNovember 22, 1968
Song familyWritten in IndiaWritten February 1968 during the India trip

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