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Baby You're a Rich Man
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| Single by The Beatles from the album Magical Mystery Tour |
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| Released | 7 July 1967 (UK) 17 July 1967 (US) |
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| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | Olympic Sound Studios 11 May 1967 |
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| Genre | Psychedelic/Acid | ||||
| Length | 3:03 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone (UK) | ||||
| Writer | Lennon/McCartney | ||||
| Producer | George Martin | ||||
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"Baby, You're a Rich Man" is a song by The Beatles recorded on 11 May 1967 at Olympic Sound Studios, the first song by the band recorded and mixed completely outside Abbey Road Studios.[1]
The song started out as two different, unfinished songs. The verses taken from "One of the Beautiful People" by John Lennon, were combined with Paul McCartney's previously unaccompanied "Baby, you're a rich man..." chorus. The two songs were combined in a similar fashion to "A Day in the Life".[2]
The song was recorded during sessions for the Magical Mystery Tour EP, but was not intended for release there (see below). The unusual oboe-like sound was created with an Clavioline.
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The song was included as the b-side on the "All You Need is Love" single, and then on the US release of Magical Mystery Tour, in 1967. Initially intended for the Yellow Submarine animated film, "Baby You're a Rich Man" was used in the film, but did not appear on the original soundtrack album released in 1969.[1]
When the song was first released in 1967, stereo was not commonplace on singles so for many years the song was only available in either mono or simulated stereo. Producer George Martin and recording engineer Geoff Emerick created a true stereo mix of the song in 1971 for the release of the Magical Mystery Tour album in Germany. However when the song was remixed, an effect that had been created in the mixing stage in 1967 was left out. On the 1967 mono mix, a delay effect, which was made to feedback, after the lines "far as the eye can see" and "Often enough to know" was included. This acted as a fill from the end of one line of the verse to the start of the next. Its omission from the stereo mix explains why there is an instrumental break after these lines. Subsequently when the song was remixed again in 1999 for the Yellow Submarine Songtrack the effect was again left off the song.
The Presidents of the United States of America covered this song live and The Fat Boys covered it in their movie Disorderlies.
- John Lennon – lead and backing vocals, piano, and Clavioline (an early precursor to the modern synthesizer)
- Paul McCartney – bass guitar, piano, backing vocals
- George Harrison – lead guitar, backing vocals, hand claps
- Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine, hand claps
Brian Jones (of The Rolling Stones) is sometimes misidentified as the Clavioline performer. Mick Jagger was present during the recording session, and he also appears on a session tape box, possibly indicating that Jagger sang backing vocals on the song.[1][2]
- ^ a b c Mark Lewisohn, The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, p. 111
- ^ a b Barry Miles, Many Years From Now, p. 370-371