Long, Long, Long
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| "Long, Long, Long" | ||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||
| Album | The Beatles | |
| Released | 22 November 1968 | |
| Recorded | 7 October 1968 | |
| Genre | Jazz waltz, folk, psychedelic[1] | |
| Length | 3:04 | |
| Label | Apple Records | |
| Writer | George Harrison | |
| Producer | George Martin | |
| The Beatles track listing | ||
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"Long, Long, Long" is a song written by George Harrison, and first released by the The Beatles on their 1968 The Beatles album (also known as The White Album).
Critic Richie Unterberger writes that "Long, Long, Long" is one of the most underrated songs in the Beatles' large discography.[2] Ian MacDonald also argues that the song is Harrison's "finest moment" on The Beatles.
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[edit] Background
"Long, Long, Long" is a love song, though as Nicholas Schaffner notes, it is "the first of dozens of Harrison love songs that are ambiguous in that he could be singing either to his lady or to his Lord." Harrison later stated that it had been written about God.
According to Harrison's autobiography, I Me Mine, the rattling heard at the end of the song was the result of a bottle of Blue Nun wine sitting on the Leslie speaker. When Paul McCartney, who was playing Hammond organ on the track, hit a certain note, the bottle began to rattle. To compound the sound, Ringo recorded a fast snare drum roll.
[edit] Credits
- George Harrison: lead and rhythm acoustic guitars; lead and harmony vocals.
- Paul McCartney: Hammond organ, bass, piano and background vocals.
- Ringo Starr: drums.
