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Inspiration for the song came to Lennon from a television commercial for Kellogg's Corn Flakes.^[1] The jingle went: "Good morning, good morning, The best to you each morning, Sunshine Breakfast, Kellogg's Corn Flakes, Crisp and full of fun". For other uses, see Kellogg. ... Corn flakes are a popular breakfast cereal originally manufactured by Kelloggs through the treatment of corn. ...

The line "It's time for tea and Meet the Wife" refers to a BBC sitcom Meet the Wife^[2]. Meet the Wife was a 1960s BBC black and white sitcom which featured Freddie Frinton as Freddie Blacklock with Thora Hird as his much put-upon wife, Thora. ...

Time signature

The song, which is played at 117 beats per minute, has an unusual time signature in that ⁵/₄ alternates with ⁴/₄. For transition between ⁵/₄ and ⁴/₄ beat, ³/₄ is used. The time signature (also known as meter signature) is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats are in each measure and what note value constitutes one beat. ...

There is a total of 64 bars, which can be grouped in seven groups with three unique bar sequences: A, B, C, B, C, B, A, which is symmetrical relative to the middle B part (disregarding the last, fadeout bar). In musical notation, a bar or measure is a segment of time defined as a given number of beats of a given duration. ...

Each bar sequence is given with the number of beats per bar:

 A: 4,4,4,4,4 (introduction: five bars with 20 beats) B: 5,5,5,3,4,5,4,3,3,4,4 (eleven bars with 44 beats) C: 5,5,5,3,4,4,4,4,4,4 (contains 4/4 refrain: 10 bars with 42 beats) B: 5,5,5,3,4,5,4,3,3,4,4 (eleven bars with 44 beats) C: 5,5,5,3,4,4,4,4,4,4 (contains 4/4 refrain 10 bars with 42 beats) B: 5,5,5,3,4,5,4,3,3,4,4 (eleven bars with 44 beats) A: 4,4,4,4,4,4 (end: six bars with 24 beats, including one fadeout bar) 

This amounts to 64 bars with 260 beats, which would yield a song length of 2:13,333... minutes.

Recording

The track was recorded on February 8, 1967, with overdubs on February 16 (bass and vocals), March 13 (brass section), March 28 (backing vocals and guitar solo), and March 29 (animal noises).^[3] The guitar solo was played by Paul McCartney^[3][4] on a Fender Esquire.^{[citation needed]} is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Overdubbing is a technique used by recording studios to add a supplementary recorded sound to a previously taped musical recording. ... is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 72nd day of the year (73rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, entrepreneur, painter, record producer, film producer, and animal-rights activist. ... The Fender Esquire is a solid body electric guitar manufactured by Fender, and was the first guitar sold by Fender in 1950. ...

At Lennon's request, George Martin brought in Sounds Incorporated to play the brass section with their signature saxophone sound.^[2] For other uses, see George Martin (disambiguation). ...

Lennon asked engineer Geoff Emerick to arrange the animal noises heard at the end of the song so that the animal was capable of devouring or frightening the animal that came before it.^[2][4] Engineer Geoff Emerick. ...

The song features double-bass drum playing by Ringo Starr.^{[citation needed]} Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an Academy Award-winning English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles. ...

The final sound effect of a chicken clucking was so placed that it transforms into the guitar on the following track "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)". Sgt. ...

Personnel

• John Lennon: double-tracked lead vocals and background vocals, animals sounds tapes and jumping.
• Paul McCartney: lead and bass guitars, background vocals and jumping.
• George Harrison: rhythm guitar, background vocals and jumping.
• Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine and jumping.
• Geoff Emerick: animals sounds tapes.
• Brass/sax ensamble arranged and conducted by George Martin (with John Lennon).

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} David Sheff, All We Are Saying, p. 183
2. ^ ^{a b c} Barry Miles, Many Years From Now, p. 320-321
3. ^ ^{a b} Mark Lewisohn, The Beatles Complete Recording Sessions, p. 95, 97, 105-106
4. ^ ^{a b} Geoff Emerick, Here, There and Everywhere, p. 176-179

Barry Miles (commonly known as, and called, simply Miles) is an author who has written biographies of Paul McCartney, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg as well as books about John Lennon, the Beatles and Frank Zappa. ... Mark Lewisohn (born 1958) is one of the worlds foremost experts on The Beatles. ... Engineer Geoff Emerick. ...

References

• Turner, Steve. A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles' Song, Harper, New York: 1994, ISBN 0-06-095065-X