Wild Honey Pie
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| Song by The Beatles | ||
| Album | The Beatles | |
| Released | 22 November 1968 | |
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios 20 August 1968 |
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| Genre | Rock, avant-garde, experimental rock | |
| Length | 0:52 | |
| Label | Apple Records | |
| Writer | Lennon/McCartney | |
| Producer | George Martin | |
| The Beatles track listing | ||
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Disc one: Side one
Disc two: Side two
Disc two: Side one
Disc two: Side two
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"Wild Honey Pie" is a short song by The Beatles written by Paul McCartney[1] (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and released on The Beatles (also known as The White Album).
McCartney is the sole performer on the recording.[2][3][4] John Lennon and Ringo Starr were working on other White Album songs, and George Harrison was on holiday in Greece.[3]
McCartney said of this song: "We were in an experimental mode, and so I said, 'Can I just make something up?' I started off with the guitar and did a multitracking experiment in the control room or maybe in the little room next door. It was very home-made; it wasn't a big production at all. I just made up this short piece and I multitracked a harmony to that, and a harmony to that, and a harmony to that, and built it up sculpturally with a lot of vibrato on the [guitar] strings, really pulling the strings madly. Hence, 'Wild Honey Pie', which was a reference to the other song I had written called 'Honey Pie'."[1]
According to McCartney the song might have been excluded from The Beatles album, but Pattie Boyd "liked it very much so we decided to leave it on the album."[4]
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[edit] Personnel
- Paul McCartney – vocals, acoustic guitars, drums
- Credits per Ian MacDonald[2]
[edit] Cover versions
The song has been covered by:
- Pixies in 1988, included on their 1998 album Pixies at the BBC.
- Part Chimp - they recorded the song in 2005 for BBC Radio 1's anniversary of John Lennon's death.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Miles, Barry (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 497. ISBN 0-8050-5249-6.
- ^ a b MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties, Second Revised Edition, London: Pimlico (Rand), 309. ISBN 1-844-13828-3.
- ^ a b Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books, 150. ISBN 0-517-57066-1.
- ^ a b Harry, Bill (2000). The Beatles Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated. London: Virgin Publishing, 1151. ISBN 0-7535-0481-2.
- ^ Part Chimp News. Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
[edit] External links
- Alan W. Pollack's Notes on "Wild Honey Pie"
- Quotes on "Wild Honey Pie" and other tracks on The Beatles album
