The Beatles - Yellow Submarine [HD]

"Yellow Submarine" is a 1966 song by The Beatles (credited to Lennon/McCartney), with lead vocals by Ringo Starr.

It was included on the Revolver album and issued as a single, coupled with "Eleanor Rigby".

The single went to number 1 on every major British chart, remained at number 1 for four weeks and charted for 13 weeks. It won an Ivor Novello Award "for the highest certified sales of any single issued in the UK in 1966."

It became the title song of the 1968 animated United Artists film, also called Yellow Submarine, and the soundtrack album to the film, released as part of the Beatles' music catalogue.

McCartney was living in Jane Asher's parents' house when he found the inspiration for the song: "I was laying in bed in the Ashers' garret... I was thinking of it as a song for Ringo, which it eventually turned out to be, so I wrote it as not too rangey [too many notes] in the vocal, then started making a story, sort of an ancient mariner, telling the young kids where he'd lived. It was pretty much my song as I recall... I think John helped out. The lyrics got more and more obscure as it goes on, but the chorus, melody and verses are mine."

The song began as being about different coloured submarines, but evolved to include only a yellow one.

In 1980, Lennon talked about the song: "'Yellow Submarine' is Paul's baby. Donovan helped with the lyrics. I helped with the lyrics too. We virtually made the track come alive in the studio, but based on Paul's inspiration. Paul's idea. Paul's title... written for Ringo." Donovan added the words, "Sky of blue and sea of green".

McCartney also said: "It's a happy place, that's all. You know, it was just... We were trying to write a children's song. That was the basic idea. And there's nothing more to be read into it than there is in the lyrics of any children's song."

Produced by George Martin and engineered by Geoff Emerick, "Yellow Submarine" was finished after five takes on 26 May 1966, in Studio Two at Abbey Road Studios, with special effects being added on 1 June 1966.

On the second session, the studio store cupboard was ransacked for special effects, which included chains, a ship's bell, tap dancing mats, whistles, hooters, a tin bath filled with water, wind and thunderstorm machines, as well as a cash register, which was later used on Pink Floyd's song "Money".

Lennon blew through a straw into a pan of water to create a bubbling effect. McCartney and Lennon talked through tin cans to create the sound of the captain's orders. At 1:37 in the song, Ringo stepped outside the doors of the recording room and yelled like a sailor acknowledging "Cut the cable! Drop the cable!", which was looped into the song afterwards, and Abbey Road employees John Skinner and Terry Condon twirled chains in a tin bath to create water sounds.

After the line, "and the band begins to play", Emerick found a recording of a brass band and changed it slightly so it could not be identified, although it is thought to be a recording of Georges Krier and Charles Helmer's 1906 composition, "Le Rêve Passe".

To stay with the children's story theme, the original recording had a spoken intro by Starr, but the idea was abandoned on 3 June 1966.

When the overdubs were finished, Evans strapped on a marching bass drum and led everybody in a line around the studio doing the conga dance whilst banging on the drum.

"Yellow Submarine" was mixed on 2 and 3 June, and finished on 22 June 1966.

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[ilovemusic1194]

i wonder how ppl can hate this

[GhettoBlaster100]

LSD anyone?

[pchnel]

when I see the video I feel like I am on drugs! XD

[twistedmetalero]

paul´s smile is almost hipnotizing

[kirokyukan]

@GhettoBlaster100 Even Jesus had haters :)

[flippinhackinfredfan]

We're all taking large amounts of pills...

[brandonlivega]

As a Christina Aguilera fan, i must say, my obvious respects to this band!!!!!!!! The best the world have ever known!!!!! like if you agree!!!

[487Cindy]

My family's (especially my dad's) favorite song :D

[CalamityChildren]

the 10 people that didnt like this, should, um.... i cant think of anything witty like the other youtoobers, but i say they are entitled to there opinion, IN HELL.

[grendel2900]

@ilovemusic1194 Probably more of those "All you need is JEBUS!" people.

[jArrMi]

The Beatles. Playing Portal before it was cool.

[SonoSempreMario]

i want to live when all them was alive T.T