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About This Track
“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”).
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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michiemonchy wrote:
My dad named his hamster after this song... LOL! Best hamster name ever! http://www.lastfm.se/user/kanto_sho?ac=kanto
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yukkieparu wrote:
one of my favorites.
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Luffbucket wrote:
Every Beatles song reminds me of Oasis because the manc bastards ripped the Beatles off left , right and centre!
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arr2171 wrote:
beginning of the verses remind me of 'shes electic', oasis
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Great song.
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FRLKEANERUSSIA wrote:
seeeeeee HOOOOW THEEEEEEY ruuuuun...
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FoREVer7x wrote:
Madonna is not a lady.
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shoelessthunder wrote:
Anybody know where that lead guitar came from in the Love version of this song?
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sylwuniaxd wrote:
Lovely song ;*
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DanJL76 wrote:
"Seeee how they runnnn!!!"
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rafaelapereira_ wrote:
Lady Madonna, children at your feet (...)
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wi-lll wrote:
This is what we call mono
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aaliyah6zq wrote:
Hi ´ Awesome, Thank you
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murjanb wrote:
tuesday afternoon is neverending...
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murjanb wrote:
wednesday morning, papers didn't come...
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murjanb wrote:
thursday night your stockings needed mending...seee how they ruuuun... :)
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Big_Dip wrote:
The piano arrangement was lifted from a '50s jazz classic - "Bad Penny Blues" by Humphrey Lyttleton.
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meldar451 wrote:
lady maddona
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Ericmaile wrote:
<3
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ismaler wrote:
hii! ;-) i am love friend music~
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