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Becasue is hailed by many critics as one of John Lennon's finest songs ever. It was inspired by Ludwig Van Beethoven's piano sonata in C Sharp minor, opus 27 number two (The Moonlight Sonata.) Yoko Ono was playing Beethoven's piece on the piano one day, and John got the idea to reverse the chords. So he did just that, added some lyrics and then the song was complete.

In the studio, John, Paul and Ringo sat down with producer George Martin over the piano to work out the vocal harmonies. Martin also suggested to double Lennon's guitar track with an electrical hapsichord in order to make it sound even better. Lennon agreed.

In the end, George Martin worked out nine different vocal harmonies for John, Paul and George Harrison to sing. This meant they had to sing three harmonies each, recorded in three seperate takes - with all three singing together at the same time. The three Beatles refused to give up before the result was a 100% perfect. Ultimately, they delivered an awesome vocal perfomance.

Ringo didn't participate on the vocal harmonies, but instead he provided a steady beat on a hi-hat so that the others could get the timing right.

Because is the ultimate example of how well the voices of John, Paul and George Harrison combined in their best moments. The Beach Boys is perhaps one of the few pop groups that could have matched a vocal performance like this one.

Because

Ah, because the wind is high
it blows my mind
Because the wind is high

Ah, love is old, love is new
Love is all, love is you

Because the sky is blue
it makes me cry
Because the sky is blue

Ah, ah, ah, ah