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Hello
Goodbye
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
Paul McCartney:
Vocals, piano, bass, bongos, conga
John Lennon: Guitar, organ, vocals
George Harrison: Guitar, vocals
Ringo Starr: Drums, maracas, tambourine
Kenneth Essex: Viola
Leo Birbaum: Viola
Recorded
October 2, 19, 25 and November 2 1967.
Available
on:
Magical
Mystery Tour
The Beatles 1967-1970(The Blue Album)
Anthology 2
The Beatles 1
Paul apparently
got the idea to Hello Goodbye as he was playing the harmonium
(a hand pumped organ adapted for Indian music. The Beatles
used this instrument on songs such as We
Can Work It Out, If
I Needed Someone, The
Word, Being
For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!, Dr.
Robert and A
Day In The Life.) Beatles assitant Neil Aspinall later
remembered that Paul played him the tune on the harmonium
and asked him to shout out the opposite of what he sang:
Black-white, yes-no, stop-go, hello-goodbye.
Hello
Goodbye is a catchy tune and the perfect song for a single
release. It was an instant hit all over the world. It's
worth noting that Lennon's brainchild I
Am The Walrus was "degraded" to the B-side
of the single, apparently to his disgust.
Some have
also speculated if Hello Goodbye could have been about the
decaying songwriting partnership between Lennon and McCartney.
The two songwriters started to write most of their songs
seperately after 1967.
Nevertheless,
the Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus-single showed just how
diverse the Beatles' music could be. Both songs were brilliantly
catchy, but also completely different.
It's worth
noting Ringo's contribution on the drums here. His elegant
drum beats blow new life into the song, so does the charming
backing vocals from Paul, John and George.
Hello
Goodbye was originally called Hello Hello. One interesting
fact is that the psychedelic rock band Sopwith Camel had
entered the US charts with a song called Hello Hello in
January 1967. It's reasonable to believe that McCartney
heard about the song and therefore changed the title to
Hello Goodbye. Sopwith Camel's song can be heard on the
album Frantic Desolation.
The reprise
ending, which the Beatles nicknamed "Maori Finale",
was included even on the first take of the song. On the
promotional film for Hello Goodbye, the Beatles used "Hawaiian"
girl dancers for this part. The dancers were not really
from Hawaii though, they were in fact Londoners with grass
skirts on!
Hello
Goodbye was released as a single on November 24 1967 in
the UK, and on November 27 in the US. It stayed at number
1 for three weeks in the US and for seven weeks in the UK.
Hello Goodbye
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
You say
yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go, go, go
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
I say
high, you say low
You say why, and I say I don't know
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Why, why,
why, why, why, why
Do you say good bye
Goodbye, bye, bye, bye, bye
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye I say hello
Hello
Hela,
heba helloa
Hela, heba helloa
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