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“Lady Madonna” is a song by The Beatles credited to Lennon/McCartney. In March 1968, it was released as a single, backed with “The Inner Light”. The song was recorded at Abbey Road Studios during sessions on 3 February and 6 February 1968 before the Beatles left for India. This single was the last release by the band on Parlophone in the UK, where it reached number one, and Capitol Records in the U.S., where it reached number four. All subsequent releases, starting with “Hey Jude” in August 1968, were released on their own label Apple Records, under EMI distribution, until the late 1970s, when Capitol and Parlophone re-released old material.

The piano playing on this song was inspired by 1950s rock/blues pianist, Fats Domino. McCartney recalled in 1994, “‘Lady Madonna’ was me sitting down at the piano trying to write a bluesy boogie-woogie thing … It reminded me of Fats Domino for some reason, so I started singing a Fats Domino impression. It took my voice to a very odd place.” Domino himself would cover the song later in 1968, and it would become his most recent U.S. Hot 100 hit (peaking at exactly #100).

The song and in particular the introduction are similar to Humphrey Lyttelton’s “Bad Penny Blues” from 1956.[3] John Lennon helped write the lyrics. The line “see how they run” was included after his suggestion (and was a theme that had been used in the previous year’s “I Am the Walrus”).
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  • Hey Jude
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  • 1967-1970 (disc 1)
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  • slaaate

    ahhhhhhh that piano maaaan

    23 days ago

  • Merowinger110

    Dat bass.

    last month

  • ParadiseCove

    Great , flowing pop by these lads....the piano really holds this song well !

    February 2012

  • michiemonchy

    My dad named his hamster after this song... LOL! Best hamster name ever! http://www.lastfm.se/user/kanto_sho?ac=kanto

    December 2011

  • yukkieparu

    one of my favorites.

    December 2011

  • Luffbucket

    Every Beatles song reminds me of Oasis because the manc bastards ripped the Beatles off left , right and centre!

    October 2011

  • arr2171

    beginning of the verses remind me of 'shes electic', oasis

    September 2011

  • davidbowiegirl

    Great song.

    July 2011

  • FRLKEANERUSSIA

    seeeeeee HOOOOW THEEEEEEY ruuuuun...

    June 2011

  • FoREVer7x

    Madonna is not a lady.

    June 2011

  • shoelessthunder

    Anybody know where that lead guitar came from in the Love version of this song?

    March 2011

  • sylwuniaxd

    Lovely song ;*

    February 2011

  • DanJL76

    "Seeee how they runnnn!!!"

    December 2010

  • rafaelapereira_

    Lady Madonna, children at your feet (...)

    December 2010

  • wi-lll

    This is what we call mono

    December 2010

  • aaliyah6zq

    Hi ´ Awesome, Thank you

    December 2010

  • murjanb

    tuesday afternoon is neverending...

    November 2010

  • murjanb

    wednesday morning, papers didn't come...

    November 2010

  • murjanb

    thursday night your stockings needed mending...seee how they ruuuun... :)

    November 2010

  • Big_Dip

    The piano arrangement was lifted from a '50s jazz classic - "Bad Penny Blues" by Humphrey Lyttleton.

    October 2010
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