Your Mother Should Know
“Let's all get up and dance to a song that was a hit before your mother was born”
McCartney's affectionate music-hall pastiche from Magical Mystery Tour (1967), built on a circle-of-fifths verse, a sing-along title hook traded between lead and backing vocals, and a piano-led vaudeville feel. Used as the film's grand finale, with the band descending a white staircase in tuxedos.
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The Beatles have 9 songs written as music hall pastiche for an older ear, including 'Good Day Sunshine', 'She's Leaving Home', 'When I'm Sixty-Four', 'Your Mother Should Know', 'Honey Pie', 'Martha My Dear' and 3 more.
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedAugust 22 – September 29, 1967
ReleasedNovember 27, 1967
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Am → FA → DmDm → GG → CC → AA → DD → GA → Dm → GDm → G → CA → D → GD → G → CG → C → EA → D → G → CDm → CA → D → G → C → ED7 → G7C → EAm → Fmaj7C → A → D → GG → C → A → DA7 → D7A → Dm → G → CD7 → G7 → C → A7G7 → CC → E7A7 → DmC → A7D7 → G7 → CG → C → AF → DmC → A → DDm → G7F → AA7 → D7 → G7 → CD → G → C → AC → A7 → D7G7 → C/B
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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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