Ding Dong, Ding Dong

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Ding Dong, Ding Dong
George Harrison
publication December 1974
length 3 min 40 s
Genre (s) skirt
Author (s) George Harrison
Label Apple
album Dark Horse

Ding Dong, Ding Dong is a New Year's song by the British musician and ex- Beatle George Harrison from 1974.

background

In Harrison's own words, he found the words of the song on a wall of his Friar Park estate. They are said to come from the poem Ring, Wild Bells by Lord Alfred Tennyson : “Ring out the old, ring in the new; ring out the false, ring in the true. " ('Ring out the old, ring in the new; ring out the wrong, ring in the true.') He found the words in the middle section on the wall of his garden house: “Yesterday today was tomorrow and tomorrow today will be yesterday” ( 'Yesterday was' today '' tomorrow ', and tomorrow' today 'will be' yesterday ''), a saying that recalls the statement in Harrison's 1970 song All Things Must Pass .

composition

The piece is notated in G major , E major and B major ; it is in four-four time and lasts 3:40 minutes or 3:36 minutes as the single version and 3:38 minutes in the LP version. The melody is reminiscent of the Westminster chime of Big Ben .

occupation

Cast list:

publication

In the UK, Ding Dong, Ding Dong was released as a single with I Don't Care Anymore as the b-side on December 6, 1974 (Apple R 6002), in the US with Hari's On Tour (Express) on December 23, 1974 (Apple 1879). In Germany, Ding Dong, Ding Dong with Hari's On Tour (Express) appeared as B-side in December 1974 (Apple 1 C 006-05823). The song also appeared on the Dark Horse album .

To market the song, a video clip was produced in which George Harrison appears in a leather jacket like he did in Hamburg , in a collarless Beatles suit, in a Sgt.Pepper costume and as a pirate. In this video he draws a pirate flag and hoists a flag with the sacred Om syllable. These images allow the words of the song "old" to be interpreted as the Beatles' time, "new" as the time after the Beatles, "false" as robbery and "true" as the Hindu religion. The video is included on the DVD of The Apple Years 1968–75 box released in 2014 .

Chart placements

Ding Dong, Ding Dong achieved the following highest placements:

  • UK: 38th place
  • USA: 36th place
  • D: 31st place
  • NL: 9th place

literature

  • NN : George Harrison. The Apple Years 1968-75 . Hal Leonard, Milwaukee n.d. ISBN 978-1-4950-0248-9 .
  • John Blaney: George Harrison. Soul Man . Lightning Source, Milton Keynes 2015. ISBN 978-0-9544528-8-9 .
  • George Harrison: I Me Mine . Genesis, Guildford 2017. ISBN 978-1-905662-40-1 .
  • Bill Harry: The George Harrison Encyclopedia . Virgin, London 2003. ISBN 0-7535-0822-2 .
  • Ian Inglis: The Words and Music of George Harrison . Praeger, Santa Barbara 2010. ISBN 978-0-313-37532-3 .
  • Simon Leng: The Music of George Harrison. While my Guitar Gently Weeps . Firefly, London 2003. ISBN 0-946719-50-0 .
  • Andreas Rohde: George Harrison solo. A musical biography . Nicole Schmenk, Oberhausen 2013. ISBN 978-3-943022-14-8 .
  • Mark Wallgren: The Beatles On Record . Simon and Schuster, New York 1982. ISBN 0-671-45682-2 .
  • Andrew Wild: on track ... The Solo Beatles 1969-1980. every album, every song. Sonicbond, Tewkesbury 2019. ISBN 978-1-78952-030-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "'Happy New Year' anthem", Wallgren, p. 95; "A New Year's message," Inglis, p. 46; "A very simple 'welcome to the New Year' song", Wild, p. 94
  2. ↑ a b George Harrison: I Me Mine , p. 300
  3. ↑ a b Andreas Rohde: George Harrison solo. A musical biography , p. 106
  4. ↑ George Harrison. The Apple Years 1968-75 , pp. 84-87
  5. ↑ George Harrison. The Apple Years 1968-75 , p. 84
  6. ↑ Simon Leng: The Music of George Harrison. While my Guitar Gently Weeps , p. 116
  7. ^ Andreas Rohde: George Harrison solo. A musical biography , p. 102
  8. ^ Andreas Rohde: George Harrison solo. A musical biography , p. 103
  9. ↑ Blaney (p. 262) also lets Harrison play the electric piano and harmonium
  10. ↑ Simon Leng: The Music of George Harrison. While my Guitar Gently Weeps (p. 116): Wood does not count Leng as part of the cast
  11. ↑ a b c Bill Harry: The George Harrison Encyclopedia , p. 154
  12. ^ Andreas Rohde: George Harrison solo. A musical biography , p. 113
  13. ↑ Simon Leng: The Music of George Harrison. While my Guitar Gently Weeps , p. 117
  14. ^ Andreas Rohde: George Harrison solo. A musical biography , pp. 107-108
  15. ^ Official German charts. Retrieved December 22, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Nederlandse top 40. Accessed December 22, 2017 .