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I Want You (She's So Heavy)


(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)

John Lennon: Vocals, lead guitars, organ, Moog synthesizer
George Harrison: Lead guitars, vocals
Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, vocals
Ringo Starr: Drums, congas

Billy Preston: Hammond organ

Recorded February 22 , April 18, 20 and August 8, 11 1969.

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Abbey Road

The first recording of I Want You (She's So Heavy) took place already in February 1969, several months before the recording of the Abbey Road album had started. On this first session, one take was recorded with Paul McCartney singing the lead vocal. This vocal was never used.

John Lennon and George Harrison worked closely together with the guitar parts on this song, and overdubbed multiple guitar tracks to create a "massive" sound. One guitar also repeated the lead vocal throughout, similar to what George Harrison had suggested for Hey Jude.

The wind effect at the end of the song was created by using a Moog synthesizer. John Lennon wanted the volume on the wind sound to be louder and louder, and got what he wanted. It was also Lennon who decided to cut the song before it had finnished instead of fading out. At the time, engineer Geoff Emerick though Lennon was out of his mind, but he cut the tape excatly where John told him to.

I Want You (She's So Heavy)


(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)


I want you
I want you so bad
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad

I want you
I want you so bad, babe
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad

I want you
I want you so bad
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad

I want you
I want you so bad, babe
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad

She's so heavy
heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy

I want you
I want you so bad
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad

I want you
I want you so bad, babe
I want you
You know I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad

Yeah, she's so heavy
heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy

I want you
I want you so bad
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad

I want you
I want you so bad, babe
I want you
You know I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad

She's so




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