And Your Bird Can Sing
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| "And Your Bird Can Sing" | ||||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||||
| Album | Revolver | |||
| Released | 5 August 1966 | |||
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios 26 April 1966 |
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| Genre | Pop Rock | |||
| Length | 2:01 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Writer | Lennon/McCartney | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
| Revolver track listing | ||||
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| “ | Another of my throwaways. | „ |
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—John Lennon, Playboy Interviews, 1980 |
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| “ | Another horror. | „ |
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—John Lennon, Hit Parader, 1972 |
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| “ | We wrote [the duet] at the session and learned it on the spot — but it was thought out. George learned it, then I learned the harmony to it, then we sat and played it. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, Musician Magazine, May 1990 |
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| “ | I think it was Paul and me, or maybe John and me, playing (guitars) in harmony — quite a complicated little line that goes through the middle-eight. | „ |
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—George Harrison, Guitar Player Magazine Interview, 1987 |
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| “ | One of my favorites on the Anthology is, 'And Your Bird Can Sing,' which is a nice song, but this take of it was one we couldn't use at the time. John and I got a fit of the giggles while we were doing the double-track. You couldn't have released it at the time. But now you can. Sounds great just hearing us lose it on a take. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1994 |
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| “ | 'And Your Bird Can Sing' was John's song. I suspect that I helped with the verses because the songs were nearly always written without second and third verses. I seem to remember working on that middle eight with him but it's John's song, 80-20 to John. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Barry Miles, 1997 |
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Have a listen + lyrics
Great outtake with giggling all the way through!
