Tuesday, February 5, 2013

100 DAYS OF THE BEATLES – TOP 100 SONGS – 64



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NUMBER 64: "I've Got a Feeling" (Lennon/McCartney  May 18, 1970)
Let It Be 
 Side 1, Track 6 (3:41)

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (sans footnotes/references) 

"I've Got a Feeling" is a song by the Beatles, from the 1970 album Let It Be. It is one of the songs on the album from the Rooftop Concert. It is a combination of three unfinished songs: Paul McCartney's "I've Got a Feeling", John Lennon's "Everybody Had a Hard Year" from the White Album sessions (where it was demoed as "Everyone Had a Hard Year") and "Watching Rainbows."


Composition

McCartney's song was written for his girlfriend Linda Eastman, whom he soon married, telling her that she was the girl he had always been looking for. Lennon's song was a litany where every line started with the word "everybody".

While McCartney's song was very optimistic, Lennon actually had a hard year—he divorced his wife, Cynthia Powell, his girlfriend Yoko Ono had a miscarriage, he was arrested for drug possession, and had grown deeply unhappy in the Beatles.

In the film Let It Be, Lennon jokingly claimed he had written "Everybody Had a Hard Year" the night before.


Personnel

Paul McCartney 
 lead vocal, bass
John Lennon 
 lead vocal, rhythm guitar
George Harrison 
 lead guitar
Ringo Starr 
 drums
Billy Preston 
 electric piano

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