Yellow Submarine (song)

Yellow Submarine is a song from the album Revolver. It also appeared on the Beatles movie with the same name. It was written by Paul McCartney and sung by Ringo Starr (who, it would seem, sang most of the "whimsical" songs written by the Beatles). Although Paul McCartney said that the song was merely a light-hearted children's song, this song was composed when The Beatles were addicted to drugs.

Credits

 * Ringo Starr – Lead Vocals and Drums
 * Paul McCartney –Backing Vocals and Bass Guitar (1964 Rickenbhacker 4001S), Acoustic Guitar (Epiphone FT-79 ”Texan”)
 * John Lennon –Backing Vocals and Acoustic Guitar (1964 Gibson J-160E)
 * George Harrison –Backing Vocals and Tambourine
 * Mal Evans –Backing Vocals and Bass Drum
 * George Martin –Backing Vocals and Producer
 * Geoff Emerick –Backing Vocals and Engineer
 * Neil Aspinall – Backing Vocals
 * Alf Bicknell – Sound Effects (Rattling Chains)
 * Mick Jagger – Backing Vocals
 * Pattie Harrison – Backing Vocals
 * Marianne Faithfull – Backing Vocals
 * Brian Jones –Backing Vocals and Sound Effects (Cinking Glasses)
 * Brian Epstein-Backing Vocals

Behind the scenes

 * The Anthology version features Ringo speaking a short narrative part at the beginning of the song and a ship bell ringing.
 * There is also a charity called Yellow Submarine after this song, based in Oxfordshire in the UK. They cater for people with learning difficulties in Oxfordshire. An email enquiry about the origins of the name returned the reply that the name was chosen because "the song has over time become an anthem for fun and excitement" and "because of the strong and memorable visual identity of a submarine".

Links

 * Lyrics at LyricWiki
 * The Yellow Submarine charity

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