She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

"She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" is a song written by Paul McCartney (although credited to Lennon/McCartney) and performed by The Beatles on their album Abbey Road as part of the Abbey Road medley.

This song was performed directly after "Polythene Pam", the song on the preceding track, without pause. Allegedly, McCartney plays lead guitar on this song, while George Harrison plays the bass part.

The Beatles recorded the rhythm track for the songs as one on 25 July 1969. It took them 39 attempts, after which they added lead vocals and re-recorded the drums and bass guitar parts.

On 28 July they added more vocals, guitar, percussion and piano. The song was completed two days later with additional guitar and percussion.

At the very beginning of the song, John Lennon says, "We'll listen to that now. He he he. Oh, look out!" Someone then says, "You should".

In 1976, The Bee Gees covered the song for the ephemeral musical documentary All This and World War II.

In the 2006 DVD documentary The Classic Artists Series: The Moody Blues (DVD UK, released October 2006), Mike Pinder, the former keyboard player of Birmingham R&B band The Moody Blues, states that the inspiration for the song actually rests with an incident that happened to them - a groupie climbing into an open bathroom window in the bands' home and spending the night with band member Ray Thomas. The next day, Pinder and Thomas recounted the story to McCartney, who - guitar in hand - strummed and sang "She came in through the bathroom window..."

Paul McCartney played "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" in his 2005 US Tour in combination with the song "Too Many People" from his solo album Ram.

A slower, ethereal version of this song can be heard on Anthology 3.