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Written by: Johnson
Recorded: 14 August; 18 October 1964
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
A staple of The Beatles’ live act for some years, Mr Moonlight was recorded by the group during sessions for their fourth LP, Beatles For Sale.

The song was written by Roy Lee Johnson. The first known recording was by blues pianist Piano Red, recording as Dr Feelgood and the Interns. It was released as the b-side of Dr Feelgood, a minor R&B hit in 1962.
In the studio

The Beatles attempted the song twice in the studio in 1964. The first time was on 14 August, when they recorded four takes - the last of these was for a time considered the best.

Anthology 1 contains takes one and four. The first broke down almost immediately; take four was complete, and featured a frantic slide guitar solo by George Harrison.

The Beatles re-made the song on 18 October. Again they recorded four takes, the last two of which featured McCartney’s somewhat gaudy Hammond organ solo.

Despite a blistering vocal from John Lennon, Mr Moonlight is held by many Beatles fans as one of the least successful songs in their catalogue.

Released: 4 December 1964 (UK), 15 December 1964 (US)

John Lennon: vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: harmony vocals, bass, Hammond organ
George Harrison: harmony vocals, lead guitar, African drum
Ringo Starr: percussion

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  • Beatles for Sale
    The Beatles Play
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  • Anthology 1 (disc 2)
    The Beatles Play
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  • Beatles '65
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  • gabriellemendes

    i love this song so much and i don't think it's weird [2]

    October 2011

  • XSeanybOiX

    MISTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

    June 2011

  • bastosthalita

    i love this song <3

    June 2011

  • MarcosSena

    the start of this song ALWAYS freaks me out

    June 2011

  • paul30802

    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

    May 2011

  • DinosaurSr69

    Unfairly derided.

    February 2011

  • beatles_1940

    fucking good song

    February 2011

  • hi-im-austin

    After the opening vocal, it's gets a bit boring really.

    August 2010

  • laralah

    Not a Beatles song... but I how I like it.

    July 2010

  • noideaasusualxD

    Oh the vocals <3 and yeah i think he so is lol

    July 2010

  • Moluccella

    ¨¨˜"ª¤.¤ª"˜¨¨¯¯¨¨˜"ª¤ ♥ ¤ª"˜¨¨¯¯¨¨˜"ª¤.¤ª"˜¨¨

    May 2010

  • Retro_Saiyan

    I love this cover.

    April 2010

  • wattmanni

    Man findet beim stöbern doch immer wieder solche "Leckerbissen"

    April 2010

  • DeadlockVictim

    Not as bad as its reputation... but "Leave My Kitten Alone" would still have been a better choice for this album.

    March 2010

  • eskmsaul

    This may be my favorite Beatles song of all time.

    January 2010

  • dominic_john

    The vocals here are fantastic, good beat and much underated for sure... not sure why this has often been picked out as their worst song... ah well [2]

    January 2010

  • AndreaVolta

    we love you misters

    November 2009

  • shinohiro929

    LIKE'IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    October 2009

  • mayra_coldplay

    MISTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERR.

    September 2009

  • Langevins

    i love this song so much and i don't think it's weird

    September 2009
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