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Encyclopedia > She Said She Said
"She Said She Said"
"She Said She Said" cover
Song by The Beatles
from the album Revolver
Released 5 August 1966
Recorded Abbey Road
21 June 1966
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 2:37
Label Parlophone
Writer(s) Lennon-McCartney
Producer(s) George Martin
Revolver track listing
Side one
  1. "Taxman"
  2. "Eleanor Rigby"
  3. "I'm Only Sleeping"
  4. "Love You To"
  5. "Here, There and Everywhere"
  6. "Yellow Submarine"
  7. "She Said She Said"
Side two
  1. "Good Day Sunshine"
  2. "And Your Bird Can Sing"
  3. "For No One"
  4. "Doctor Robert"
  5. "I Want to Tell You"
  6. "Got to Get You Into My Life"
  7. "Tomorrow Never Knows"

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Inspiration

It was primarily written by John Lennon about one of his first LSD trips. Even though the song is called "She Said She Said" the opening lyric, "I know what it's like to be dead" was a remark made to Lennon while he was on acid with Peter Fonda. Fonda recalled that in an attempt to soothe George Harrison, who he says was having a bad trip, Fonda remarked that he knew what it's like to be dead, recalling an incident in his childhood in which he had almost died after accidentally shooting himself. Fonda also recalled that an annoyed Lennon said in response, "You're making me feel like I've never been born." Legend has it that Lennon had Fonda removed immediately because he was "freaking him out". In a surviving early demo of the song the lyric is 'He Said He Said' in clear relation to Fonda, with Lennon later changing the gender to female. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly called LSD, LSD-25, or acid. ... Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23, 1940) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... A bad trip is a frightening experience associated with use of a hallucinogenic drug such as LSD, salvinorin A, mescaline, or psilocybin. ...


Recording

This was the final track recorded during the Revolver sessions, and was hastily added when the album lineup was found to be a song short. After the recording of the song, The Beatles producer George Martin is reported to have said: "All right, boys, I'm just going for a lie-down." For other uses, see George Martin (disambiguation). ...


Paul McCartney's degree of participation in the song remains unclear. McCartney recalls that the band had a row before the track was recorded, with McCartney walking out and thus not participating in the recording. McCartney does not contribute a vocal to the song, and it is not known whether George Harrison or McCartney played bass on the song. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ...


Music

The song uses mostly just 3 chords: B-flat (I), E-flat (IV), and A-flat (flat-VII). The song is in the key of B-flat Mixolydian modulating to E-flat major during the bridge sections. The modulation is affected with an f-minor (v minor) chord, a pivot chord they'd used to modulate to the key of the subdominant before on 'From Me To You' and 'I Want To Hold Your Hand'.


The coda features a canonic imitation in the split voice parts, an interesting development of the idea originally presented by the lead guitar in the verse.


The song is also often noted as one of Ringo Starr's most innovative contributions. The spinning, whirling drumming seems to have no connection to the vocals or any other instrument, yet still connects with them somehow in a remarkable way. Some drum enthusiasts have referred to Starr's performance on this track as one of the best drum tracks ever recorded in pop music. [citation needed] Richard Starkey Jr, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. ...


Denver memorabilia collector, Chris Lopez discovered a tape made by John Lennon of his composing the song. The source was ex-husband of Yoko Ono, Tony Cox. He sold it along with other recordings made by John at Christies Auction house in London for a record six-figure sum.


Covers

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Trivia

  • It is documented in the Anthology book that the line "no,no,no, you're wrong" was contributed by George Harrison.
  • Some of the lyrics are used in the the Chameleon's track "Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)".

"Paul is dead" Significance

People have interpreted the opening line ("I know what it's like to be dead") as a clue that Paul McCartney died and was replaced. And according to the "Everyone BUT Paul is Dead" parody theory[1] [2], this line is taken as a clue that Lennon (like all the other Beatles except McCartney) died and was replaced. Paul McCartney Dead: The Great Hoax, a magazine reporting on the rumours concerning McCartney. ...


External links

  • Song lyrics
  • Alan W. Pollack's Notes on "She Said She Said"
  • Robyn Hitchcock's commentary about She Said She Said

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