Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Everybody 's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (German: , Everyone has something to hide except me and my monkey ') is a song by British band The Beatles in 1968, it appeared on the double album The Beatles (also known. than White album). It was written that song by John Lennon, but it was published under the care usual when the Beatles author indication Lennon / McCartney.
Background
In Everybody 's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey Lennon describes his relationship with his future wife Yoko Ono. It describes the feeling that everyone is paranoid, he himself and Ono but excluding due to their infatuation them. In contrast, in the song references were suspected to heroin use, such as in the text line "The deeper you go the higher you fly. " Even to "A monkey on the back" in the 1940s, a euphemism for heroin addiction have been. Lennon denied these references.
Recording
A first demo version of Everybody 's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey on acoustic guitars was created in May 1968 in George Harrison's estate in Esher. This early version is significantly slower and more bluesy than the later published version.
Everybody 's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey was recorded in 1968 at Abbey Road Studios in London. Producer was George Martin, assisted by Geoff Emerick and Ken Scott. On 26 June 1968, the Beatles were rehearsing the song and cut out this sample for the case that an acceptable recording is created.
On 27 June 1968, the Beatles recorded six takes of the song. In the last version were multitracked other instruments, including the striking hand bell added. The song was remixed in connection to mono for more free tracks. But the tempo of the song was significantly increased, so that the time changed from 3:07 to 2:29 min. On July 1 and July 23, 1968 more Overdubsessions took place that are mostly vocal was recorded. The last session was closed at the final Monoabmischung of the song. The stereo version was made only on 12 October 1968.
Publication
On November 22, 1968 Everybody 's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey appeared on the so-called White Album of the Beatles. The demo version from May 1968 can be found on many bootlegs of the Beatles again.