The Beatles - Oh! Darling

The Beatles - Oh! Darling 1969

"Oh! Darling" is a song of The Beatles composed by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and appearing as the fourth song on the Abbey Road album in 1969. Its working title was "Oh! Darling (I'll Never Do You No Harm)".

McCartney later said of recording the track, "When we were recording 'Oh! Darling' I came into the studios early every day for a week to sing it by myself because at first my voice was too clear. I wanted it to sound as though I'd been performing it on stage all week." He would only try the song once each day; if it was not right he would wait until the next day. In order to make sure he got every precious first take right, McCartney would practice the song in the bathtub. He once lamented that "five years ago I could have done this in one take.

After an early attempt at this song on 27 January 1969 during the Let It Be sessions, Lennon announced, "Just heard that Yoko's divorce has just gone through", after which he and the band burst into an improvised version of the song, substituting "I'm free at last" for a part of the lyric.
The song and the following improvisation are included on the Anthology 3 CD.

"Oh! Darling" appears to have drawn heavily on the New Orleans rhythm and blues sound popularised during the 1950s and early 1960s by African-American musicians like Fats Domino; it also seems to have drawn on the Louisiana swamp blues sound found in songs like Slim Harpo's "Raining In My Heart." Furthermore, it may have drawn on the related Louisiana genre known today as swamp pop, whose distinctive sound bears an uncanny resemblance to the basic structure of "Oh! Darling" — so much so that some in Louisiana originally thought the song had been recorded by a local musician. * Paul McCartney -- vocal, backing vocals, bass, guitar * John Lennon -- backing vocals, piano * George Harrison -- backing vocals, guitar, synthesiser * Ringo Starr -- drums

In other news, I have added the lyrics to this song so you can sing along, or perhaps learn the song! This is how I learned my first Beatles song! Enjoy :)

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[JennaBlaireLambert]

It sounds like he's saying "Oh Johnny" at 1:42 because John was about to leave the band

[9Lene6]

I just finished watching someone sing this on The Voice, it was amazing

[BrookeandMariaShow]

@9Lene6 Juliet Simms Of Automatic Loveletter

[FlowFJ]

@wissaaguayo :O Beatles>everything else. Maybe with the exception of Queen and Coldplay and Muse. Juliet Simms was great too :) Just my opinion though.

[AdamCKY123]

@JennaBlaireLambert John wasn't about to leave the band. John, Paul, George and Ringo all left at the same time.

[LRUTool]

@JennaBlaireLambert No no. This was the last recorded album they did together as a band. This was after they decided to quit making music together. Sort of like the last goodbye.

[Scarebearr1]

I already loved this song, but Juliet made it love me more by singing it on The Voice.

[OreoNinjaLovesYou]

I'm trying to talk my choir director into letting us do this. :D

[Smileyfacelady888]

i luv the voice!

[Smileyfacelady888]

omg i was told i was gonna get a solo in a play my school is doin i was so exited but this was like the only song i didnt know to well and it is sooooo hard to get stuff in my head. when it was chosen everyone thinks me shy so in the screaming part they all died laughing. i had no prob digging their grave

[ShunnShinee]

@meloveyou38 Juliet Simms just did.

[xoSMILEitskellixo]

@9Lene6 Juliet Simms.<3