The Beatles

Released: March 18, 1996

Songwriter: John Lennon Lennon-McCartney

Producer: George Martin

(One, two, three, four)

[Verse 1]
You tell me that you've got everything you want
(You tell me that—thing you want)
And your bird can sing
But you don't get me
You don't get me

[Verse 2]
You say you've seen seven wonders
[Laughing] (Woo!)
And your bird is green
But you can't see me
[Laughing] (—can't see me)
You can't see me
[Laughing] (You can't see m—)

(Ha ha ha ha!)
(George!)

[Chorus 1]
When your prized possessions
[Laughing] (When your prized possessions)
Start to weigh you down
Look in my direction
I'll be 'round, I'll be 'round

[Verse 3]
You tell me that you've heard every sound there is
And your bird can swing
But you can't hear me
You can't hear m—

(Woo hoo hoo!)

[Instrumental]

[Chorus 2]
When your bike is broken
Will it bring you down?
You may be awoken
(You may—BE awoken)
I'll be 'round, I'll be 'round
(I'LL be 'round—Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)

[Verse 1]
You tell me that you've got everything you want
(You tell me that you've g— everything you want)
And your bird can sing
But you don't get me
You don't get me

[Instrumental]

(Whistling)

Okay. Okay, okay, everybody
Okay, okay, okay. Okay!
Wait...
That was very well d—

The Beatles are arguably the most famous, critically-acclaimed, and successful rock band of all time—certainly the preeminent group of the 20th century. They started out as four teenagers playing grimy basement clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg, but they progressed to become world-beating rock stars who are still influential to this day.

John Lennon first formed a skiffle group called The Quarrymen in March 1957. A fifteen-year-old Paul McCartney joined shortly thereafter, eventually inviting his friend George Harrison to audition for the band. After finally impressing John with his guitar skills, George was asked to join—but this juncture would be short-lived as John’s departure to college signaled the other quarrymen to go their separate ways.

By 1960, Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison had re-branded from ‘Johnny & the Moondogs’ to ‘The Silver Beetles’ at the behest of their new bass player, Stuart Sutcliffe. The name would eventually evolve into ‘The Silver Beatles’ by July of that year, before settling on ‘The Beatles’ come August—just in time for their trip to Hamburg with new drummer, Pete Best. Though club residencies in Germany would prove fundamental to the group’s progress as a whole, the tour turned out to be a blessing and a curse, following the deportation of a then-seventeen-year-old George Harrison, and the eventual tragic death of Stuart Sutcliffe.

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