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.
Writing
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.”
Recording
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 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. And we put this echo full up on the tom-toms and it just came alive.”
Writing
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.”
Recording
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 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. And we put this echo full up on the tom-toms and it just came alive.”
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FoxDoeBull wrote:
isayno
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irfanh23 wrote:
Probably their worst song.
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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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paul30801 wrote:
Love this song! By the way guys if any of u want a free iphone 4 check out this site FREEIPHONE4-METROLYRICS.INFO Actually works! Just got mine the other day haha
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JPsartre wrote:
"Hello Goodbye" with out a comma
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jacobnorris wrote:
1:23 eargasm
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AlbinoChicken wrote:
@megajosh2 theres another 1mill+ plays on "Hello Goodbye" with out a comma :]
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heaventree22 wrote:
wow, mccartney mundanity
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AmbienVampire wrote:
hooks galore :)
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cuuukrinis wrote:
such wonderful melody deserves much better lyrics
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megajosh2 wrote:
I'm surprised by how little this track is listened to, especially considering how damn popular it is...
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allicat- wrote:
This song is way too catchy. And, jeez, now I can't stop thinking about this song in relation to rape :|
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aineb wrote:
cds http://www.lastfm.pl/music/The+Beatles/Hello%2C+Goodbye
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Santi140 wrote:
I don't know why You say goodbye, I say hello < 3
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Ackibear wrote:
This song is made of love and happy.
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kallekk wrote:
fantastic song!
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obladi-oblada wrote:
iblamethegovt WTF XD
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lisalulu08 wrote:
<333
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iblamethegovt wrote:
this song is about rape. not so happy now, IS IT?
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