Hey Bulldog
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| "Hey Bulldog" | ||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||
| from the album Yellow Submarine (1968), Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) | ||
| Released | 13 January 1969 (US) 17 January 1969 (UK) |
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| Recorded | 11 February 1968 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3 min 14 sec | |
| Label | Apple Records | |
| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | |
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |
| Yellow Submarine track listing | ||
| "All Together Now" (3) |
"Hey Bulldog" (4) |
"It's All Too Much" (5) |
| Yellow Submarine Songtrack track listing | ||
| "Yellow Submarine" (1) |
"Hey Bulldog" (2) |
"Eleanor Rigby" (3) |
"Hey Bulldog" is a song by The Beatles which first appeared on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album in 1969.
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[edit] Release history
Written by John Lennon (but credited to Lennon & McCartney), the song was recorded during the filming of the "Lady Madonna" promotional video, and is one of the few Beatles songs to revolve around a piano riff. During the recording, Paul McCartney started to bark without warning. The next lines (initially intended as "Hey Bullfrog") were changed mid-song to "Hey Bulldog". This served, of course, as the song's title. During these sessions, a film crew photographed the four Beatles recording the song and intended the footage to be edited as a promotional film for "Lady Madonna". It was one of the only times they allowed themselves to be extensively filmed recording in the EMI Abbey Road studios, due in part to the fact that they were leaving for a scheduled four-month retreat to India and wanted to prepare promotional material for their absence.
The Beatles' engineer, Geoff Emerick would go on to claim this was the last song the band recorded that featured a team dynamic with enthusiasm from every member. When the group reconvened in the studio in May 1968 for the The Beatles sessions, their group cohesion had already been undermined by the business, artistic, and personal differences that would culminate in their eventual breakup.
The song was used in an animated segment of the Yellow Submarine film which initially appeared only in European theatrical prints. It was restored and seem for the first time in 30 years for the film's 1999 re-release. To promote the reissue, Apple went back to the original footage shot for the "Lady Madonna" promo film and restructured it for use as a promotional clip for "Hey Bulldog" (as it is possible to identify what they were playing, and therefore possible to synchronize the music with the original footage).
The guitar riff from "Hey Bulldog" was included in the 2006 album Love in its version of "Lady Madonna".[1]
[edit] Cover versions
"Hey Bulldog" has been covered by Eric McFadden, Ween, Ian Moore, Gomez, Rolf Harris, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Firewater, Alice Cooper, The Gods, Skin Yard, Dave Matthews, Paddy Milner, Dave Matthews & Friends as well as the Roots, who cover it during jams in their live shows with the Beatles' vocals replaced by rapping from their MCs.
Gota and the low dog, a Japanese band recorded a version in 1995.
[edit] References
- Lewisohn, Mark. The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Hamlyn, 1988. ISBN 0385251963
[edit] Links
"Hey Bulldog" promotional video on YouTube.[1]
