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About This Track
“Hello, Goodbye” is a song written by Lennon/McCartney and first recorded by the English rock band The Beatles. The song was released as a single in November 1967, and topped the charts in both the United States and Britain.
Though the songwriting credit is Lennon/McCartney, it was written only by Paul McCartney.
Alistair Taylor, who worked for the Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, had asked McCartney how he wrote his songs, and McCartney took him into his dining room to give him a demonstration on his harmonium. He asked Taylor to shout the opposite of whatever he sang as he played the instrument—black and white, yes and no, stop and go, hello and goodbye. Taylor later said, “I wonder whether Paul really made up that song as he went along or whether it was running through his head already.”
Under the working title “Hello Hello”, the Beatles recorded the backing track on 2 October 1967, and added vocals and a guitar overdub on the 19th. After further overdubs of bass guitar and viola, recording was completed on the 2nd November, and mixing on the 6th.
The final lines of the song, where the entire band sings “Hela, hey-ba hello-a” came spontaneously in the studio. McCartney said “I remember the end bit where there’s the pause and it goes ‘Heba, heba hello’. We had those words and we had this whole thing recorded but it didn’t sound quite right, and I remember asking Geoff Emerick if we could really whack up the echo on the tom-toms.
Though the songwriting credit is Lennon/McCartney, it was written only by Paul McCartney.
Alistair Taylor, who worked for the Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, had asked McCartney how he wrote his songs, and McCartney took him into his dining room to give him a demonstration on his harmonium. He asked Taylor to shout the opposite of whatever he sang as he played the instrument—black and white, yes and no, stop and go, hello and goodbye. Taylor later said, “I wonder whether Paul really made up that song as he went along or whether it was running through his head already.”
Under the working title “Hello Hello”, the Beatles recorded the backing track on 2 October 1967, and added vocals and a guitar overdub on the 19th. After further overdubs of bass guitar and viola, recording was completed on the 2nd November, and mixing on the 6th.
The final lines of the song, where the entire band sings “Hela, hey-ba hello-a” came spontaneously in the studio. McCartney said “I remember the end bit where there’s the pause and it goes ‘Heba, heba hello’. We had those words and we had this whole thing recorded but it didn’t sound quite right, and I remember asking Geoff Emerick if we could really whack up the echo on the tom-toms.
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highhorselady wrote:
I used to hate this song because it's so corny but now I love it. tHE HARMONIES THE GUITARS. THE LAST 30 SECONDS. EVERYHITNGN.
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cloudscream wrote:
Can't understand why I hated this for so many years. Nowadays it seems like I love this more and more by every listening <3 [2] Wa wa waawawa Do you say good Bye Gooooooobyeee gooodbyeee ba ba ba baaaaaaa! [2]
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GreenEyedWoman wrote:
Jonas who??? NO ONE covers the Beatles!!
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rebecaviana wrote:
jonas brothers tried to cover this
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obscurecendo wrote:
paul's vocals here... melts me.
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irfanh23 wrote:
corny song. [2]
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ms_creep wrote:
ohh such a good song
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KommisarK wrote:
I say yes, but I may mean no, I can stay until it's time to go.
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alfonzoloya wrote:
corny song.
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flutgos wrote:
classic
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Metarku wrote:
Hola Chao [5] =)
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mdt wrote:
The comma in the title is inconsistent between releases. The original Parlophone (U.K.) single release has a comma (as does the single in most other countries), but the Capitol (U.S.) single has no comma. The vinyl Magical Mystery Tour compilation (11-song version created by Capitol, not the 6-song Parlophone E.P.) and the later MMT CD releases (including the remasters) spell this with no comma, but the song on Anthology 2 and the "1" singles compilation both use a comma. Since the original U.K. release used a comma (and that has been carried over to non-MMT CD releases) I think that's more official, with the Capitol single and the MMT compilation without a comma being an error by a Capitol employee.
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Great song.
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codywo wrote:
Good song, but wrong one. This is "Yesterday."
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owl21 wrote:
Hola Chao [4] ☺
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rmf88 wrote:
Paul's vocals are more cutier than usual and that is... fucking great
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panconhuevo wrote:
Hola Chao. [3]
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Graysonisdeath wrote:
Happy song. =D
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mr_newsman wrote:
Hola Chao. [2] lol xDDD
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donkukis wrote:
Hola Chao.
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