Lady Madonna

March 15, 1968

Lady Madonna is a song by British rock band The Beatles. It was 15 March 1968 published ( with the B-side The Inner Light by George Harrison) as a 17 single of the group. It appeared as usual under the copyright of Lennon / McCartney, although the composition of Paul McCartney came, who also sang the song.

The piece and especially the intro similar to Humphrey Lyttelton's Bad Penny Blues from the year 1956. John Lennon helped Paul McCartney when writing your text. The line "see how they run " (engl.: " see how they run " ) was a proposal from him.

The recordings for Lady Madonna took place at London's Abbey Road Studios on 3 and 6 February 1968. Producer was George Martin. McCartney played in the recordings, the piano and the bass, John Lennon and George Harrison played the guitar - in order to achieve the specific sound that hovered before them, both instruments were connected to the same amplifier. Ringo Starr played the drums, which he used brooms instead of regular sticks. During the recording session on February 6, 1968 various overdubs were added, but it was not quite satisfied with the result. McCartney decided that the piece still missing blower. Thus, the four saxophonists Harry Klein, Ronnie Scott, Bill Jackman and Bill Povey were hired to record the passage you want in a hurry.

The single reached number one in the charts in the UK, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, France, Australia and the United States.

For the single was released in the same year (1968 ) a promotional film, which was shot in color. He does not show the group, however, during the recording of Lady Madonna, but when shooting for the song Hey Bulldog.