The Beatles- She's Leaving Home

One of my favourite songs on this album, She's Leaving Home.

"She's Leaving Home" is a song, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released in 1967 on The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. McCartney wrote and sang the verse and Lennon the chorus. This was one of a handful of songs of the Beatles in which the members did not play any instruments. Others include "Eleanor Rigby," "Good Night" and "The Inner Light."'

The newspaper story McCartney mentioned was from the front page of the Daily Mirror, about a girl named Melanie Coe. Although McCartney made up most of the content, Coe, who was 17 at the time claims that he got most of it right. Her parents wondered why she had left... "She has everything here." In real life, Melanie did not "meet a man from the motor trade", but instead a croupier, and left in the afternoon while her parents were at work. She was found ten days later because she had let slip where her boyfriend worked.

Coincidentally, Coe had met McCartney three years earlier when she was a contestant and prize winner on ITV's Ready Steady Go!. An update on Melanie appeared in the Daily Mail in May 2008.

The day before McCartney wanted to work on the string arrangement, he learned that George Martin was not available to do the score. He contacted Mike Leander, who did it in Martin's place. It was the first time a Beatle song was not arranged by Martin (and the only time it was done with the Beatles' consent: Phil Spector's orchestration of Let It Be was done without The Beatles' knowledge). Martin was hurt by McCartney's actions, but he produced the song and conducted the string section. The harp was played by Sheila Bromberg, the first female musician to appear on a Beatles record.

The stereo version of the song runs at a slower speed than the mono mix, and consequently is a semitone lower in pitch. This is mentioned in the booklet accompanying The Beatles in Mono CD box set, but no reason is given.

-From Wikipedia

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[NonExistentCodes]

Fun is the one thing that money can't buy? But I was always taught that you can't buy love!

[Ght450]

wish there was a love button

[ffairlane57]

This is the most most melancholy sounding of all Beatles song.,,,,,,kind of depressing but still good.

[MsSofiasilver]

I love paul!!!☺☺☺☺

[SoCalFlyer1]

@rcurly11

Not pathetic at all. Just shows you show deep their music can strike you. Music does that to me all the time..feelings aren't pathetic.

[MrJhonnyBrick]

@azmouzi 12 by now

[powerliverpool]

Brings a tear to me eye but not sure why.

[freethetech]

@MrClassic96 I'm not too fond of Within You Without You, but otherwise spot-on, I'd have to agree. Withing You Without You is just too... instrumental? I mean I love instrumentals and all, but it just doesn't grab my attention.

[kdawgg96]

666 likes... D:

[ceciliasalinas64]

EXPLAINING MY LIFE OH MI A GOD

[rcurly11]

"Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown,picks up the letter that's lying there,standing alone at the top of the stairs,she breaks down and cries to her husband "daddy,our baby's gone",why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?How could she do this to me?" - Beautiful.This is my absolute favorite song from Sgt.Pepper,it's so beautiful and this may seem pathetic but it always makes me want to cry.

[KetOoKa889]

@azmouzi no... 12 people don't particularly enjoy this song.