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“The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill” is a song by The Beatles from the 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as The White Album).
The song opens with a flamenco guitar solo (taken from a seldom-heard Mellotron bank of Spanish guitar runs; on some CD reissues, this solo closes the previous track, “Wild Honey Pie”), followed by the chorus, sung by all four Beatles, Ringo’s then-wife Maureen, and Yoko Ono (providing the only female lead vocal on a Beatles recording, for a single line). John Lennon, who wrote the song, is the primary lead singer. Like the majority of songs written by either Lennon or Paul McCartney it is credited to Lennon/McCartney.The song was recorded at Abbey Road on 8 October 1968 and was completed including all overdubs in this one session. The Beatles also started and completed the Lennon-composed ‘I’m So Tired’ during the same recording session.
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  • magnoliamagmay

    i sounds very David Bowie-ish even though this song came first

    last month

  • Phillipkilch12

    all the children sing....

    March 2012

  • ativke

    (was it your will?)

    March 2012

  • xtwntraphq

    A Oh !

    December 2011

  • xtwntraphq

    Who are we hunting? Oh yes, Yoko! lol

    December 2011

  • BarneyJWY

    The only song where I can tolerate Yoko's singing. :)

    December 2011

  • Luffbucket

    Love Yoko's "not when he look so fierce!" :-)

    October 2011

  • tcbp

    The transition to While my Guitar... is really excellent, as someone below said

    October 2011

  • Ninja1980

    Such a playful fun song... love it.

    October 2011

  • StereoGirl95

    The end of the song lol!

    September 2011

  • KarlaBeatles

    this is brilliant!!! <3

    September 2011

  • barryvs

    Female vocals with the Beatles could really have worked out, but Yoko....well, it's not good. Maybe Maureen Starr would have been better?

    July 2011

  • davidbowiegirl

    Great song

    July 2011

  • Bejn23

    I'd love to hear a verion without Yoko's 'vocals'... maybe if I dubbed her part with a fart that part would be listenable without cringing.

    July 2011

  • Mr_Romeo

    Ey oh!

    June 2011

  • the_real_bigjay

    @Cassandra-Leo thats always been my favorite part of this song, and that's not supposed to be a knock on the song

    June 2011

  • prognost

    Not my favourite. I would never listen to this outside of a full listen of the White Album. But it's fun and catchy.

    April 2011

  • Cassandra-Leo

    The transition from this song to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is so flawlessly executed. I marvel at it every time I listen to them together.

    April 2011

  • Samhain138

    For some reason this song always makes me think of John's death.

    March 2011

  • xTYLERisMETALx

    ALL DEE CHILDREN SING

    March 2011
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