Oh! Darling (3:26)
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“Oh! Darling” is a song of The Beatles composed by Paul McCartney[1] (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and appearing as the fourth song on the Abbey Road album in 1969. Its working title was “Oh! Darling (I’ll Never Do You No Harm)”
McCartney later said of recording the track, “When we were recording ‘Oh! Darling’ I came into the studios early every day for a week to sing it by myself because at first my voice was too clear. I wanted it to sound as though I’d been performing it on stage all week.” He would only try the song once each day, if it was not right he would wait until the next day. In order to make sure he got every precious first take right, McCartney would practice the song in the bathtub. He once lamented that “five years ago I could have done this in one take”
In a 1980 interview with Playboy magazine, John Lennon said, “‘Oh! Darling’ was a great one of Paul’s that he didn’t sing too well. I always thought I could have done it better—it was more my style than his. He wrote it, so what the hell, he’s going to sing it.”
George Harrison described the song as “a typical 1950s–’60s-period song because of its chord structure.”Oh! Darling” appears to have drawn heavily on the New Orleans rhythm and blues sound popularised during the 1950s and early 1960s by African-American musicians like Fats Domino; it also seems to have drawn on the Louisiana swamp blues sound found in songs like Slim Harpo’s “Raining In My Heart.
McCartney later said of recording the track, “When we were recording ‘Oh! Darling’ I came into the studios early every day for a week to sing it by myself because at first my voice was too clear. I wanted it to sound as though I’d been performing it on stage all week.” He would only try the song once each day, if it was not right he would wait until the next day. In order to make sure he got every precious first take right, McCartney would practice the song in the bathtub. He once lamented that “five years ago I could have done this in one take”
In a 1980 interview with Playboy magazine, John Lennon said, “‘Oh! Darling’ was a great one of Paul’s that he didn’t sing too well. I always thought I could have done it better—it was more my style than his. He wrote it, so what the hell, he’s going to sing it.”
George Harrison described the song as “a typical 1950s–’60s-period song because of its chord structure.”Oh! Darling” appears to have drawn heavily on the New Orleans rhythm and blues sound popularised during the 1950s and early 1960s by African-American musicians like Fats Domino; it also seems to have drawn on the Louisiana swamp blues sound found in songs like Slim Harpo’s “Raining In My Heart.
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flyingdead wrote:
ringo did an awesome job on this one, one of his best performances
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ppstauffer wrote:
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cumgum wrote:
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HokusPokus23 wrote:
Awesome vocals
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simpletwist wrote:
I especially love Ringo on this track
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Anderson_ma wrote:
Paul, i love you.
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Ackibear wrote:
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CidaDuarteF wrote:
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shinohiro929 wrote:
Too perfect to discribe this song
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Kamelkuh wrote:
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skipspence wrote:
Alright Paul
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Lowbacca wrote:
magnificent.....
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domciax wrote:
it's so perfect.
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floatinginglass wrote:
i listened to this about ten times today. SO GOOD
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tomkash wrote:
usually skipped this song half the time on abbey road but since the remasters I go out of my way to listen to it haha
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OasiStyle wrote:
I'm so fucking in love with the remastered version..
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scarboro wrote:
One of Paul's best vocal performances, right up there with Maybe I'm Amazed in my opinion.
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jamierobertward wrote:
Perfection.
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thepod wrote:
i love the new remastered version of this song [2]. first standout song for the remastered versions
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osvaldo_glz wrote:
i love the new remastered version of this song
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