Baby You're a Rich Man
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| Single by The Beatles from the album Magical Mystery Tour |
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| Released | 7 July 1967 (UK) 17 July 1967 (US) |
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| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | Olympic Sound Studios 11 May 1967 |
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| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 3:03 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone (UK) | ||||
| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | ||||
| Producer | George Martin | ||||
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"Baby, You're a Rich Man" is a song by The Beatles recorded on 11 May 1967 at Olympic Sound Studios, the first song by the band recorded and mixed completely outside Abbey Road Studios.[1]
The song started out as two different, unfinished songs. The verses taken from "One of the Beautiful People" by John Lennon, were combined with Paul McCartney's previously unaccompanied "Baby, you're a rich man..." chorus. The two songs were combined in a similar fashion to "A Day in the Life".[2]
The song was recorded during sessions for the Magical Mystery Tour EP, but was not intended for release there (see below). The unusual oboe-like sound was created with a clavioline.
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[edit] Releases
“Baby, You're a Rich Man” was released (in mono) as the b-side of the single “All You Need is Love” in July, 1967. Later that year, it was included (in simulated stereo) on the US album Magical Mystery Tour.
The song was used in the 1969 film Yellow Submarine, but was not included on its (1969) soundtrack album.[1]
[edit] Stereo mixes
In 1971, producer George Martin and recording engineer Geoff Emerick created the first true stereo mix of the song (for the German release of the Magical Mystery Tour album), but an effect that had been created at the mixing stage in 1967, was this time omitted. In the original mix, after the lines ‘Far as the eye can see’ and ‘Often enough to know’, there is a spin-echo (fed back delay) effect that serves to fill from the end of one line of the verse to the start of the next. Its omission from the stereo mix explains why there is an instrumental break after these lines.
For the 1999 DVD release of the Yellow Submarine film (and the accompanying Songtrack album), the song was remixed for a second time, but the spin-echo effect was again left out.
[edit] Cover versions
The Presidents of the United States of America covered this song live and The Fat Boys covered it in their movie Disorderlies.
[edit] Credits
- John Lennon – lead and backing vocals, piano, and Clavioline (an early precursor to the modern synthesizer)
- Paul McCartney – bass guitar, piano, backing vocals
- George Harrison – lead guitar, backing vocals, hand claps
- Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine, maracas, hand claps
- Mick Jagger - Backing Vocals
Brian Jones (of The Rolling Stones) is sometimes misidentified as the Clavioline performer. Mick Jagger was present during the recording session, and his name also appears on a session tape box, possibly indicating that Jagger sang backing vocals on the song.[1][2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c Mark Lewisohn, The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, p. 111
- ^ a b Barry Miles, Many Years From Now, p. 370-371
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