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Backed by John Lennon 's " I Am the Walrus ", it was issued as a non-album single in November , the group's first release since the death of their manager, Brian Epstein. The single was commercially successful around the world, topping charts in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and several other countries.

McCartney later said that the lyrics take duality as their theme. The song originated when, in response to a question from Beatles aide Alistair Taylor about songwriting, McCartney sat down at a harmonium and asked Taylor to say the opposite of whatever he said. The completed song includes a musical coda , which was improvised by the Beatles when they were recording the track in October Unimpressed with the composition, Lennon pushed for "I Am the Walrus" to be the single's A-side , but McCartney and the band's producer, George Martin , opted for the more commercial-sounding "Hello, Goodbye".

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Due to the regulations against lip-syncing on British television, none of the clips were aired there. While some reviewers praise the song for its classic pop qualities, others deem it unadventurous by the Beatles' standards, and inconsequential. The track was included on the expanded US release of the Magical Mystery Tour soundtrack EP, and later appeared on compilation albums such as — and 1.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in April , the Beatles typically embraced randomness and simplicity as part of the creative process. According to Taylor's recollection, he was visiting McCartney at his home in St John's Wood , London, and asked the Beatle how he went about writing a song.

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In response, McCartney took Taylor into the dining room, where they both sat at a harmonium ; McCartney then began playing the instrument and asked Taylor to call out the opposite to each word he happened to sing. I wonder whether Paul really made up [the melody to] that song as he went along or whether it was running through his head already.

Talking in the s to his official biographer, Barry Miles , McCartney said that the lyrics address duality, reflecting his astrological sign of Gemini. Among Beatles biographers, Ian MacDonald dates the composition to late September , [10] while Bob Spitz says it was written in time for the Our World international television broadcast, in June that year.

Consistent with the song title, the lyrics comprise a series of antonyms — such as yes—no, black—white and stay—go. Following the third chorus, at 2: The band members then added tambourine, conga drum and bongos over the coda. Like one of my favourite bits on ' Ticket to Ride ', where we just threw something in at the end. I began to submerge. The single was released on 27 November in the United States, as Capitol The band made three promotional clips for "Hello, Goodbye".

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Pepper uniforms, [71] apart from a brief cut-away where the group are wearing their era matching collarless suits. Starr is seen playing a miniature drum kit and, unusually, Lennon appears without his granny glasses. In the second clip, the Beatles mime to the song dressed in more conventional attire and with the stage backdrop depicting a rural setting.

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The third version combines footage shot during these two scenes with the band playing the song before what Winn terms a "glittery pastel backdrop". In Britain, the Beatles ran foul of the Musicians Union 's ban on miming on television. The clip included in the Beatles Anthology video release consists of the Beatles' first Saville Theatre film, up until the song's coda, which incorporates footage from all three of the original promo films.

However, all the Beatles soul and feeling is shining through In his book Revolution in the Head , Ian MacDonald views the track as "blandly catchy" and comments that its long stay at number 1 in Britain "says more about the sudden decline of the singles chart than the quality of the song itself". Stark , the song has "the catchiest of tunes" but "insipid" lyrics, which, had the Beatles' two principal songwriters been collaborating in the manner of previous years, Lennon would have insisted that McCartney rework.

In a review of the Magical Mystery Tour album, Sputnikmusic lauded the song for "encapsulating everything that made the Beatles such a great pop band", and praised its piano line, Starr's drumming, and the coda. James Last , the Hollyridge Strings , Bud Shank and the Soulful Strings were all among the artists who covered "Hello, Goodbye" in the year following its release in The cast of the US television show Glee released a recording of "Hello, Goodbye" as the opening track of their album Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers.

McCartney has performed "Hello, Goodbye" on many of his tours as a solo artist. According to Ian MacDonald: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This article is about the song. For other uses, see Hello Goodbye disambiguation. The answer to everything is simple. It's a song about everything and nothing If you have black you have to have white. That's the amazing thing about life. Calico , Mar 13, I have a Dutch pressing matrix 's A y B y stereo. I recently saw an Italian mono pressing come available but I have heard that the Italian mono version of this was pirated.

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If it turns out to be legit would this be a good way to get these songs in mono? Hawklord , Jun 23, Got this one back in about the late '70's. Probably played it 3 times since. Deano6 , Jun 23, Y Not Minot North Dakota. There was a Hit Parader magazine that had at that time a pretty comprehensive listing of Beatles albums from Made people in the USA search it out only to find it was studio recordings.

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I bought mine in in Portsmouth New Hampshire at the mall. Nice gatefold cover though. LFSDoc , Jun 23, You must log in or sign up to reply here. Your name or email address: The ones on ebay only feature the empty box and abbey road.

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I'd like to get a hold of the La Repubblica box that came out in Italy previously. Does anyone know where I might get one? I think it would be a much more convenient format for the collection than the long box. I do like the way the new harrison box works.

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Very easy to access the discs. Do you think Apple is trying to eventually phase I know its still in print on cd but it hasn't recieved an update on the packaging like the remasters. It also isn't included in the new wave of vinyl reissues coming in december. Neither are the antholgy cds. Makes me wonder if they are clearing the decks to make room for perhaps the long awaited let it be dvd with bonus audio content that would make naked unneccesary, and perhaps the same for anthology maybe they plan on rereleasing them with an audio and content upgrade?