Baby You're A Rich Man - Music

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Baby You're a Rich Man

The-Beatles - Yellow Submarine Songtrack

"Baby You're A Rich Man" Is A Song Written By John Lennon & Paul McCartney And Recorded By The Beatles In 1967 For The Yellow Submarine Soundtrack. It Would Instead Be Released As The B-Side Of Their "All You Need Is Love" Single And Later Appeared On Their 1967 US Album Magical Mystery Tour. Background The Song Was The Result Of Combining Two Unfinished Songs Written By Lennon And McCartney In A Similar Fashion To "A Day In The Life" And "I've Got A Feeling". The Working Title Based On Lennon's Verses Was "One Of The Beautiful People" To Which McCartney Added The "Baby You're A Rich Man" Chorus. In A 1980 Interview Lennon Described It As "two Separate Pieces ... Forced Into One Song". The Two Songwriters Worked On The Composition At McCartney's London Home On Cavendish Avenue In St John's Wood. It Is Thought That McCartney Wrote His Section About The Band's Manager Brian Epstein. Lennon's Lyrics Are In The Form Of A Question-And-Answer Exchange Similar To That Used By Him And McCartney In "With A Little Help From My Friends". Musicologist Walter Everett Writes That The Song "asks An Unnamed Brian Epstein What It's Like To Be One Of The 'beautiful People'" Everett Adds "This Appellation Was Used Of Both Communal Hippies And Those Who Mingle With The Most Celebrated Entertainers." Lennon Claimed That The Meaning Of The Song Was That Everybody Is A Rich Man Saying "The Point Was Stop Moaning. You're A Rich Man And We're All Rich Men." George Harrison Said The Message Was That All Individuals Are Wealthy Within Themselves Regardless Of Material Concerns. Recording This Was The First Song By The Band Recorded And Mixed Completely Outside Abbey Road Studios Having Been Recorded On 11 May 1967 At Olympic Sound Studios. The Recording Of "Baby You're A Rich Man" Took Place During A Period When Free Of Deadlines Following The Completion Of Their Album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band In April 1967 The Beatles Worked On Songs For The United Artists Animated Film Yellow Submarine And For What Became The Band's Television Film Magical Mystery Tour. They Recorded "Baby You're A Rich Man" In A Six-Hour Session Starting At 9 Pm On 11 May. During The Session Lennon Changed A Line In The Chorus To "Baby You're A Rich F*g Jew". According To Author Bob Spitz This Was Either A Joke At The Expense Of Epstein Or A Provocation In Reaction To The Band's Former Moptop Image. Spitz Writes That The Session Tapes Also Reveal Lennon Improvising Similarly "wicked" Remarks About McCartney Ringo Starr And Mick Jagger. Partly As A Result Of These Disruptions The Beatles Required Twelve Takes Before They Achieved A Satisfactory Rhythm Track.