- UK release date:
- Oct 31, 1969
- US release date:
- Oct 06, 1969
- Publisher:
- Apple Records
- Reference:
- R 5814 (UK) / 2654 (US)
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Side 1
1.
Written by George Harrison
3:03 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Piano
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer, String arrangement
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Phil McDonald :
- Recording engineer
- Chris Thomas :
- Producer
- Jeff Jarratt :
- Recording engineer
- Glyn Johns :
- Recording engineer
- Billy Preston :
- Hammond organ
- Unknown musician(s) :
- Four cellos, Four violas, One double-bass, Twelve violins
- Session Recording:
- May 02, 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- May 05, 1969
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
- Session Overdubs:
- 11,16 Jul, 15 Aug 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 19, 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Side 2
1.
4:20 • Studio version • A • Stereo
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Electric piano, Harmony vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Maracas
- John Lennon :
- Handclaps, Harmony vocals, Rhythm guitar, Tambourine, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Phil McDonald :
- Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jul 21, 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- 22, 23, 25, 29, 30 Jul 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 07, 1969
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
About
“Something / Come Together” was the first UK single The Beatles had ever released containing songs that were already available on an album. This was also the first Beatles single with a George Harrison song on the A-side.
I suggested, rather strongly, that this single be released from the Abbey Road album. I think you’ll find that it was the first time that a single was released from a Beatles album. It was done because, maybe not to the knowledge of the outside world, it was pretty much decided that the four of them would try to do something individually, within a structure. In other words, within their own arrangement, they would have a chance to maybe magnify their own individual talent and let it be seen, and I felt that it was important for George, at this juncture, to show himself. I thought ‘Something’ was the best song on the album, and John’s ‘Come Together’ was also, and that’s why it went out on the other side.
Allen Klein – From “The Beatles: Off the Record” by Keith Badman
EMI are putting out “Something”, one of the best tracks from the boys’ new LP as a single in this country.
It has already been released as a single in the United States but this was not unusual as several tracks off LP’s have been released as singles in North America over the past six years. But this will be the first time ever that a new Beatles’ single release in this country has come from one of their LPs.
From The Beatles Book N°76, November 1969
Last updated on November 14, 2021
Going further
Solid State: The Story of "Abbey Road" and the End of the Beatles
Acclaimed Beatles historian Kenneth Womack offers the most definitive account yet of the writing, recording, mixing, and reception of Abbey Road. In February 1969, the Beatles began working on what became their final album together. Abbey Road introduced a number of new techniques and technologies to the Beatles' sound, and included "Come Together," "Something," and "Here Comes the Sun," which all emerged as classics.
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