Mother Nature's Son
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This article is about The Beatles song. For the Only Fools and Horses episode, see Mother Nature's Son (Only Fools and Horses).
“Mother Nature's Son” | ||
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Song by The Beatles | ||
Album | The Beatles | |
Released | 22 November 1968 | |
Recorded | 9 August 1968 | |
Genre | Folk | |
Length | 2:48 | |
Label | Apple Records | |
Writer | Lennon/McCartney | |
Producer | George Martin | |
The Beatles track listing | ||
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"Mother Nature's Son" is a Lennon/McCartney song, released by The Beatles on The Beatles (The White Album). It was written primarily by Paul McCartney, and was inspired by a lecture given by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi while The Beatles were in India.[1][2] The same lecture inspired Lennon's unreleased song "Child of Nature," the tune of which he later re-used for "Jealous Guy."[1][2] The song was later covered by Harry Nilsson.
[edit] Credits
- Paul McCartney - Double Tracked Acoustic Guitars, Timpani, Bass Drum, Vocals and Mechanical Metronome
- Brass Arranged by George Martin
[edit] Covers and mashups
- Ramsey Lewis covered the song in 1968 on an album with the same name.
- Harry Nilsson covered the song in 1969.
- John Denver covered it and after his death it became the title of a biography of Denver by John Collis.
- Gryphon (band) covered the song in 1974 on the album Raindance.
- Sheryl Crow covered it for the movie I Am Sam.
- Danger Mouse included a sample of the song in his "mashup" version of the Jay-Z song "December 4th".
- DJ Reset used it along with Slick Rick's La-Di-Da-Di for the "mashup" song "Mother Nature's Rick".
- Glay covered the song on their 2007 single Ashes .EP.
- Brad Mehldau covered the song in a medley on his album Largo.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Miles, Barry (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 423, 490. ISBN 0-8050-5249-6.
- ^ a b Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. New York: St. Martin's Press, 200. ISBN 0-312-25464-4.