A primitive version of "Ya Ya" with Lennon and his son Julian was released on the album Walls and Bridges in 1974. After settling out of court, Lennon promised to record three other songs owned by Levy. Before recording, Lennon and McCartney deliberately slowed the song down and added a heavy bass riff in order to make the song more original. Levy contended that it sounded similar musically to Berry's original and shared some lyrics (Lennon sang "Here come ol' flattop, he come groovin' up slowly" and Berry's had sung "Here come a flattop, he was movin' up with me"). (owned by Morris Levy) who was the publisher of Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me". In 1973, "Come Together" was the subject of a lawsuit brought against Lennon by Big Seven Music Corp. The refrain stands out as the highest notes in the piece (A).įurther information: Roots: John Lennon Sings The Great Rock & Roll Hits Using mostly three notes (D, F, C) the tonic, flat three and flat seven, it moves away later only for contrast when it hits the II (E) and stays on that note for two bars. The melody of the verse stays within the range of a perfect fourth. There is an eleven-bar verse/refrain from a ten bar form. The C phrasing structure of the refrain has three measures becoming one long phrase and ending on the word "me" which ties everything together. The phrasing structure in the second half of the verse is two bars of BB. The lyrics end each time on the abrupt beat four of each measure, giving the verse an AAAA phrasing structure. Within the verse there are four one-bar structures each one a non-sequitur. The tonic is held for four bars between each verse and is the same as the contents of the introduction. F# is introduced in the melody with a B minor triad. The refrain in actuality is three bars long, because the melody keeps going after the last A5 chord and comes to rest on the D5 chord after that. For the first eight bars, the tonic note D is repeated, eventually moving to the V chord and then to the IV chord. "Come Together" consists of a repeating verse/refrain structure, broken up by a guitar solo acting as a bridge. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Instrumentals and some backing vocals from "Dear Prudence" fade in followed by the "Can you take me back" section of "Cry Baby Cry" as a transition. On the compilation album Love, "Come Together" is the 19th track. Īlong with "Something", "Come Together" became The Beatles' 18th number one hit on the US charts, surpassing Elvis Presley's all-time record of seventeen. Rolling Stone ranked "Come Together" at #202 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and #9 on their list of the Beatles' 100 Greatest Songs.
The single had less success when it was released on 31 October 1969 in the UK, only reaching number 4, possibly due to the BBC banning the song because they considered the verse "He shoot Coca-Cola" to be product placement. The single was released on 6 October 1969 in the US, was on the charts for 18 weeks, and reached number 1. "Come Together" was released as a double A-side with "Something" and as the opening track of Abbey Road. Talking about the sessions in a 1970 interview, McCartney said he was disappointed about not singing live with Lennon instead, he overdubbed his vocals later in the session: Music critic Ian MacDonald reports that McCartney sang a backing vocal, but recording engineer Geoff Emerick said that Lennon did all the vocals himself, and when a frustrated McCartney asked Lennon, "What do you want me to do on this track, John?", Lennon replied, "Don't worry, I'll do the overdubs on this." Bluesman Muddy Waters is also mentioned in the song. The famous Beatles' "walrus" from "I Am the Walrus" and "Glass Onion" returns in the line "he got walrus gumboot", followed by "he got Ono sideboard". In the intro, Lennon says: "shoot me", which is accompanied by his handclaps and McCartney's heavy bass riff. It was produced by George Martin and recorded at the end of July 1969 at Abbey Road Studios. Lennon played rhythm guitar and sang the vocal, McCartney played bass, Harrison played lead guitar, and Starr played drums. It has also been suggested that the song has only a single "pariah-like protagonist" and Lennon was "painting another sardonic self-portrait". It has been speculated that each verse refers cryptically to one of the Beatles. The song's history began when Lennon was inspired by Timothy Leary's campaign for governor of California against Ronald Reagan, which promptly ended when Leary was sent to prison for possession of marijuana.
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