Savoy Truffle

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"Savoy Truffle"

Song by The Beatles
from the album The Beatles
Released	22 November 1968
Recorded	3 October 1968
Genre	Rock
Length	2:56
Label	Apple Records
Writer(s)	George Harrison
Producer(s)	George Martin
The Beatles track listing
Honey Pie (9 of disc 2)	"Savoy Truffle" (10 of disc 2)	Cry Baby Cry (11 of disc 2)

"Savoy Truffle" is a song written by George Harrison and performed by the Beatles on their self-titled album (the "White Album"). Harrison wrote the song as a tribute to his friend Eric Clapton's chocolate addiction, and indeed he derived the title and many of the lyrics from a box of Mackintosh Good News chocolates. Supposedly all of the candy names used in the song are authentic except cherry cream and coconut fudge. The chorus ("But you'll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle") refers to the state of the consumer's teeth after eating the aforementioned confection. The line "We all know Obla-di-bla-da" refers to the song "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" earlier on the album.

The Beatles recorded the first take on October 3, 1968 and the final mixes were done by October 14. Six saxophonists (two baritone, four tenor) were brought in and were reportedly nonplussed when George Martin decided to distort them. The song is on side four, track three of the vinyl release and disc two, track ten of the CD release.

Because "Savoy Truffle" is such an obscure song, some believe that George Harrison might have written it to spite John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The theory is that because George was always limited in the number of songs he could write for each album, he got frustrated and came up with a ridiculous song about a box of chocolates.

They Might Be Giants covered "Savoy Truffle" on the compilation Songs From the Material World: A Tribute to George Harrison. [1] Their version is more subdued than the original.