Good Day Sunshine

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Good Day Sunshine
The Beatles
publication 5th August 1966
length 2 min 9 s
Genre (s) Pop rock
Author (s) Lennon / McCartney
Label Parlophone
album revolver

Good Day Sunshine is a pop song the Beatles . It was first released in August 1966 by the Parlophone label on the album Revolver .

Authorship

For Good Day Sunshine , as with almost all songs, the Beatles Lennon / McCartney is given as the copyright . But it was largely composed by Paul McCartney , albeit with the participation of John Lennon . Commenting on the genesis of the song, McCartney said, "John and I wrote it together in Kenwood, but it was basically mine - and he helped me." According to McCartney, inspiration was the song Daydream from The Lovin 'Spoonful , according to McCartney .

admission

Taken was Good Day Sunshine on 8 and 9 June 1966 in the Abbey Road Studios . There were four takes including the overdubs . The producer was George Martin , the sound engineer was Geoff Emerick . The song was recorded in the following line-up:

Others

Paul McCartney played Good Day Sunshine in November 2005 as a wake-up call for the then crew of the International Space Station (ISS). The live broadcast was part of a concert in Anaheim (California), where McCartney was performing at the time as part of a tour of the USA. It was the first time that NASA broadcast an excerpt from the concert as a wake-up call for the astronauts .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Beatles: Revolver (Liner Notes)
  2. ^ Barry Miles: Paul McCartney - Many Years From Now . Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg, 1999, p. 332
  3. ↑ beatlesbible.com: Good Day Sunshine (production details )
  4. ↑ www.nasa.gov: Good Day Sunshine as a wake-up call