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Revolution 1 (Take 18)The Beatles

Released: November 9, 2018

Songwriter: Lennon-McCartney John Lennon

Producer: Giles Martin

[Spoken]
Take three!
Have one yourself
Go on now, then
Take two? (Okay)

[Verse 1: Lennon]
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out, in

[Hook: Lennon]
Don't you know it's gonna be, all right
Don't you know it's gonna be, all right
Don't you know it's gonna be, all right

[Verse 2: Lennon]
You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money
For people with minds that hate
All I can tell is brother you have to wait

[Hook: Lennon]
Don't you know it's gonna be, all right
Do you know it's gonna be, all right
Don't you know it's gonna be, all right

[Verse 3: Lennon]
You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We'd all love to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow

[Hook: Lennon]
Don't you know it's gonna be-e-e, all right
Do you know it's gonna be, all right
Don't you know it's gonna be, all right

[Verse 4: Lennon]
All right, all right
All right, all right, all right, all right
All right, all right, all right, yeah
All, all, all, all, all, all
All, all, all, all, all... right
All right, all right
All right, all right
All right, all right
All right, all right, all right
Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh!
Uh! Uh! Huh-uh! *cough*
All right, all right
All right
All... right
All... right
All... right
All right, all right, all right, all right
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be... all... right...
All right, all right
All right, all right
All right, all right
All right! Right! Right! Right!
Right! Right! Right!
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight! Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!
Right! Right! Right! Right! Right! Right!
Don't you know it's gonna be, all right
Don't you know it's gonna be, all right
Don't you know it's gonna be, all right
Don't you know! Don't you knooooow!
Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh, ugh!

[Unintelligible Vocals]

All right
All right
All right
All right
All right
All right, all right
All right
All right
All right! All right!
All right! All right!
All right! All right!
All right! All right!
All right!
Oh, oh, oh, oh

[Unintelligible Vocals]

[Spoken: Lennon]
Okay, I've had enough

[Spoken: Yoko Ono]
[?] Um... if...
If you become naked, but then... whoo!

[Laughter]

[Spoken: Ono & Lennon]
Was that too much?
No, you did great! Yeah

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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