The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
Written by George Harrison, this song was recorded in 1967 in the sessions for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, but was unused in the album. It was featured later in the 1968 animated film “Yellow Submarine”, and released the following year on the accompanying soundtrack album “Yellow Submarin...
[Verse 1]
If you're listening to this song
You may think the chords are going wrong
But they're not
We just wrote it like that
[Verse 2]
When you're listening late at night
You may think the band are not quite right
But they are
They just play it like that
[Chorus 1]
It doesn't really matter what chords I play
What words I say or time of day it is
As it's only a Northern song
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus 2]
It doesn't really matter what clothes I wear
Or how I fare or if my hair is brown
When it's only a Northern song
[Verse 3]
If you think the harmony
Is a little dark and out of key
You're correct
There's nobody there
And I told you there's no one there
[Instrumental Outro]
Only a Northern Song was written by George Harrison.
Only a Northern Song was produced by George Martin.
The Beatles released Only a Northern Song on Fri Jan 17 1969.
“I realized Dick James had conned me out of the copyrights for my own songs by offering to become my publisher. As an 18 or 19-year-old kid, I thought, ‘Great, somebody’s gonna publish my songs!’ But he never said, ‘And incidentally, when you sign this document here, you’re assigning me the ownershi...