Only a Northern Song

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Only a Northern Song
The Beatles
publication January 13, 1969
length 3 min 23 s
Genre (s) Psychedelic rock , experimental rock
Author (s) George Harrison
album Yellow Submarine

Only A Northern Song ( English Only a Northern Song ) is a song by the Beatles that was released in 1969 on the LP Yellow Submarine .

George Harrison wrote the song to comply with a contractual clause with Northern Songs music publisher that hired him as a composer . This song sarcastically expresses his anger at it.

"Northern Song was a joke relating to Liverpool, the Holy City in the North of England." (" Only a Northern Song was a joking reference to Liverpool, the holy city in Northern England.") George Martin and the other Beatles turned it down for the LP Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band .

The track was recorded at Abbey Road Studios on February 13th, 14th and April 20th, 1967 . Harrison took over the lead vocals and the organ during the recordings, which were underlaid with numerous band effects. The title has been revised for publication.

literature

  • The Beatles: The Beatles Anthology. Ullstein, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-550-07132-9 .
  • Geoff Emerick , Howard Messey: "You make the Beatles". How I reinvented the band's sound . Blanvalet, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-36746-7 .
  • Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Total Beatles. The stories behind the songs . Delius, Klasing & Co. Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-7688-3881-8 .
  • George Harrison: I Me Mine . Genesis, Guildford 2017, ISBN 978-1-905662-40-1 .
  • Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The song lexicon. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1426-7 .
  • George Martin, William Pearson: Summer of Love. How Sgt. Pepper came about . Henschel, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-89487-271-3 .
  • Mark Lewisohn : The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years. Hamlyn, London 1988, ISBN 0-600-55798-7 .
  • Steve Turner: A Hard Day's Write. The story behind every Beatles song . Heel, Königswinter 1996, ISBN 3-89365-500-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The Song Lexicon, p. 256
  2. ↑ Steve Turner: A Hard Day's Write. The story behind every Beatles song, p. 140;
    Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin: Total Beatles. The stories behind the songs, p. 532
  3. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 96
  4. ^ The Beatles: The Beatles Anthology, p. 292
  5. ↑ George Martin, William Pearson: Summer of Love. How Sgt. Pepper came about , p. 164;
    Geoff Emerick, Howard Messey: "You make the Beatles". How I Reinvented the Band's Sound, p. 262
  6. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, pp. 97 and 109
  7. ^ Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The Song Lexicon, p. 256
  8. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, p. 109