Your Majesty

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Your Majesty
The Beatles
publication 26th September 1969
length 23 p
Genre (s) Music hall , folk
Author (s) Lennon / McCartney
album Abbey Road

Her Majesty ( English Her Majesty ) is a song by the British band The Beatles , which was released in 1969 on the album Abbey Road . It is the last song on the album and was not originally listed on the album cover ; therefore the song is considered an early example of a hidden track . With a running time of just 23 seconds, it is the shortest song by the Beatles. The copyright is Lennon / McCartney .

Emergence

Her Majesty was recorded in three takes by Paul McCartney on July 2nd, 1969 at Abbey Road Studios , London . The producer was George Martin . McCartney only accompanied himself on an acoustic guitar.

The B-side of the album Abbey Road was designed by McCartney as a long medley , and Her Majesty was to be a short part of this medley between the songs Mean Mr. Mustard and Polythene Pam . During the production process, a rough mix and compilation of the medley, in which Her Majesty was still included, was created. McCartney was not satisfied with the result and instructed that the song be removed from the medley. This task fell to technician John Kurlander, who cut out the song, but added it again at the end of the medley after a break of about 14 seconds so that it would not be lost. Her Majesty begins with the fading final chord from Mean Mr. Mustard and ends abruptly, since the last note of Her Majesty already belongs to the title Polythene Pam . McCartney was enthusiastic about the now rather coincidental positioning of the song on the album and decided that the song should remain at this point. Her Majesty is the last song from the last album that the Beatles recorded.

Cover versions

In 2002 Paul McCartney played the song at the Party at the Palace in the garden of Buckingham Palace on the occasion of the golden jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The British band Chumbawamba released a cover version which, with criticism of the British royal family, ran to just under two minutes was expanded.

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