Good Morning Good Morning: Introduction
To begin with, “Good Morning Good Morning” is a Beatles’ song from their 1967 album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” There is also a version from their first recording session on the “Anthology 2” album.
In Detail
- Release Date: May 26, 1967
- Recorded: February 8 and 16, then March 13, 28 and 29, 1967
- Studio: EMI Studios, London
- Genre: Rock, hard rock
- Track Duration: 2:41 (1967 stereo) 2:35 (mono, 2017 stereo)
- Record Label: Parlophone
- Songwriters: Lennon-McCartney
- Producer: George Martin
- Engineer: Geoff Emerick
Performers And Instruments
- John Lennon: double-tracked lead vocal, rhythm guitar, and backing vocal
- Paul McCartney: bass, lead guitar, backing vocal, as well as the bass drum
- George Harrison: rhythm guitar, also the backing vocal
- Ringo Starr: drums, as well as the tambourine
Wind instruments
- Barrie Cameron, David Glyde, and Alan Holmes: saxophone
- John Lee, and 1 other: trombone
- (No Name): French horn
- Sounds Incorporated: brass
Where To Find “Good Morning Good Morning”
You can still buy this song on the following albums:
Good Morning Good Morning
Written by John Lennon, but credit goes to the Lennon-McCartney partnership, the song appears after “Lovely Rita” on the Sgt Peppers album from 1967. In short, Lennon took inspiration from a British TV commercial for Kellogg’s Corn Flakes. Also, the lyric “It’s time for tea and Meet the Wife” refers to a BBC sitcom, “Meet the Wife,” from the early 1960s.
“It’s a throwaway, a piece of garbage, I always thought. The ‘Good morning, good morning’ was from a Kellogg’s cereal commercial. I always had the TV on very low in the background when I was writing, and it came over, and then I wrote the song.”
John Lennon
All We Are Saying, David Sheff
The main inspiration for the animal noise throughout obviously comes from the coda of The Beach Boys song, “Caroline, No.”
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Recording Studio
The Beatles began recording the track on February 8, 1967, in Studio Two of the EMI Studios, London, during the 7.00 p.m.–2.15 a.m. session. It was the last of 8 takes that was suitable for the rhythm track and the overdubs. The tweaks, including some vocal overdubs, came about on February 16, and this is the version on the “Anthology 2” album.
They then overdubbed the brass instrumentation on March 13, with new vocals added on March 28. Finally, they added the animal noises the next day to complete the song.
In order to have some logic in the song, the emphasis on the hierarchy of the animals needed scrutiny. In other words, the animal that followed must be capable of frightening or devouring the animal before it. Engineer Geoff Emerick said, “So those are not just random effects; there was actually a lot of thought put into all that.”
Take A Listen
Finally, have you any thoughts about this song?
