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| "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song by The Beatles | ||
| From the album Abbey Road | ||
| Album released | September 26 1969 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Song Length | 07:47 | |
| Record label | Apple Records | |
| Producer | George Martin | |
| Abbey Road Album Listing | ||
| Octopus's Garden (Track 5) | I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Track 6) | Here Comes the Sun (Track 7) |
"I Want You (She's So Heavy)" is a song by The Beatles, from their album Abbey Road. It was written by John Lennon, although it is credited as a Lennon-McCartney collaboration.
The song is an unusual Beatles composition for a variety of reasons, namely its length (7:47), its disproportionately small number of lyrics (there are only fourteen different words in the song), its three-minute descension through the same repeated guitar chords, its hard rock sound, and for its instantaneous and unanticipated end. It is also one of the last songs that the Beatles ever recorded as a group, on August 20, 1969.
David Gates writes of the song, "The hypnotically repeated guitar figure in 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' is suddenly, arbitrarily cut off, jolting us into embarrassed awareness that we've let a mere recording carry us away. The sudden end of the song was intentional and orchestrated by John Lennon. In the spirit of the band, it was pushing the boundries of what was 'allowed' on a record; full volume slashes were certainly not the norm.
The lyrics are addressed to Yoko Ono as was confirmed by Lennon.
The song was performed during the "Get Back" rooftop concert on January 30, 1969.
The recording
The song was rehearsed during the Get Back sessions, the basic track was recorded at Trident Studios on 22nd February 1969. Three takes from Feb 22 work were edited into a master (2d generation), which was overdubbed, mixed down on Apr 18 (3d generation), and overdubbed on Apr 18 and 20 and Aug 11. Different overdubs were made to the 2d generation tape Aug 8. The mix is the 3d generation for 4:37 (up to "she's so") and then the 2d generation tape, which has a white noise added Aug 8.
External link
"I Want You (She's So Heavy)"