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Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My MonkeyThe Beatles

Released: November 22, 1968

Songwriter: Lennon-McCartney John Lennon

Producer: George Martin

[Verse 1]
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on, it's such a joy, come on, it's such a joy
Come on, let's take it easy, come on let's take it easy

[Chorus]
Take it easy
Take it easy
Everybody's got something to hide
Except for me and my monkey
Woo!

[Verse 2]
The deeper you go, the higher you fly
The higher you fly, the deeper you go
So come on, come on
Come on, it's such a joy, come on, it's such a joy
Come on, let's make it easy, come on, let's take it easy

[Chorus]
Take it easy
Take it easy
Everybody's got something to hide
Except for me and my monkey, yeah
Oh!

[Verse 3]
Your inside is out when your outside is in
Your outside is in when your inside is out
So come on (Woo!), come on (Woo!)
Come on, it's such a joy, come on, it's such a joy
Come on, let's make it easy, come on, let's make it easy

[Chorus]
Make it easy (Woo!)
Make it easy (Woo!)
Everybody's got something to hide
Except for me and my monkey
Hey!
Yeah!

[Outro]
Come on, come on, come on, come on

The Beatles

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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