Hello, goodbye
Hello, goodbye | |
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The Beatles | |
publication | November 24, 1967 |
length | 3 min 27 s |
Genre (s) | pop |
Author (s) | Lennon / McCartney |
album | Magical Mystery Tour |
Hello, Goodbye ( English Hello, goodbye ) is a song by the Beatles and was released on November 24, 1967 as a single with the B-side I Am the Walrus . It later also appeared on the LP version of Magical Mystery Tour and the accompanying film .
history
The song is under the copyright of Lennon / McCartney , which was common in Beatles times . The recordings for Hello, Goodbye took place at Abbey Road Studios and lasted from October 2 to November 2, 1967, when Paul McCartney completed his last bass track. The song originally emerged from an exercise and initially had the working title Hello Hello . John Lennon and Paul McCartney found the text through an associative game.
Lennon disliked the fact that his composition I Am the Walrus was only used as the b-side of the single. He thought this was better because he only liked the end of Hello, Goodbye .
Charts and chart placements
Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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Chart placements | ||
Germany (GfK) | 1 (14 weeks) | 14th |
Austria (Ö3) | 2 (16 weeks) | 16 |
Switzerland (IFPI) | 2 (6 weeks) | 6th |
United Kingdom (OCC) | 1 (14 weeks) | 14th |
United States (Billboard) | 1 (11 weeks) | 11 |
Others
- On the compilation album Magical Mystery Tour the title is written without the comma (Hello Goodbye).
- In 2003 a cover version of the song by Massive Inc. feat. Raffaela, which was used in E-Plus TV commercials .
Web links
- Hello, goodbye at Discogs (English)
- Lyrics on sing365.com (english)
- Video on YouTube
literature
- Ian MacDonald: The Beatles - Das Song Lexikon