Mean Mr. Mustard
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Daily Mirror - 7 June 1967
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| Song by The Beatles | ||||
| Album | Abbey Road | |||
| Released | 26 September 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 24-29 July 1969 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 1:06 | |||
| Label | Apple Records | |||
| Writer | Lennon/McCartney | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
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Written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it is the third song of the album's B-side medley. The song was recorded with "Sun King" in one continuous piece.
| “ | I'd read somewhere in the paper about this mean guy who was hiding five-pound notes, not up his nose but somewhere else, and so I wrote about him. And no, it has nothing to do with snorting cocaine. ... A bit of crap that I wrote in India. | „ |
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—John Lennon, Playboy Interview, , 1980 |
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