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1968 songs

  • Don't Pass Me ByRingo Starr's "Don't Pass Me By" waited about six years to be recorded. It became his first solo-written Beatles song.
  • Helter Skelter (song)Ringo Starr screamed about blisters on the Beatles' "Helter Skelter" after throwing his drumsticks.
  • Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-DaA recording engineer quit the Beatles after fights over "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da."
  • Revolution (Beatles song)Was John Lennon for the revolution or against it in the Beatles song "Revolution"?
  • Hey JudeJohn Lennon told Paul McCartney that "Hey Jude" line he wanted to cut was the best in the song. McCartney kept it.
  • Back in the U.S.S.R.Ringo Starr walked out while the Beatles rehearsed "Back in the U.S.S.R." The other three kept recording.
  • Dear PrudenceJohn Lennon wrote "Dear Prudence" to coax a meditating woman out of her bungalow. Prudence Farrow refused to leave.
  • Sexy SadieThe Beatles song "Sexy Sadie" began life as "Maharishi." John Lennon wrote it in India in 1968, angry at a guru.
  • Revolution 9The voice saying "number nine" in "Revolution 9" was an EMI engineer's test tape. John Lennon cut it up and looped it.
  • The Inner Light (song)A Beatles B-side was recorded in Bombay with Indian musicians. Harrison's "The Inner Light" used words by Lao-Tzu.

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