Sexy Sadie
The Beatles * Track #22 On The Beatles (White Album)
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Sexy Sadie by The Beatles
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Performed by
The BeatlesProduced by
George MartinWrited by
Lennon-McCartney & John LennonAbout
A thinly-veiled snipe at Mahesh Yogi, known as The Maharashi, who was a celebrated Indian spiritual guru whom Lennon spent time with. The song was written after he allegedly made an inappropriate pass at a friend of Lennon’s.
Notice that se-xy-sa-die is the same number of syllables as ma-ha-ri-shi....
Sexy Sadie Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Sexy Sadie, what have you done?
You made a fool of everyone
You made a fool of everyone
Sexy Sadie, oh, what have you done?
[Verse 2]
Sexy Sadie, you broke the rules
You laid it down for all to see
You laid it down for all to see
Sexy Sadie, oh, you broke the rules
[Bridge 1]
One sunny day, the world was waiting for a lover (Sexy Sadie)
She came along to turn on everyone
Sexy Sadie, the greatest of them all (Sexy Sadie, she's the greatest)
(Waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waaaaw)
[Verse 3]
Sexy Sadie, how did you know?
The world was waiting just for you
The world was waiting just for you (Waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw)
Sexy Sadie, oh, how did you know? (Waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waaaw)
[Verse 4]
Sexy Sadie, you'll get yours yet
However big you think you are
However big you think you are (Waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw-waw)
Sexy Sadie, oh, you'll get yours yet
[Bridge 2]
We gave her everything we owned just to sit at her table
(Sexy Sadie)
Just a smile would lighten everything
Sexy Sadie, she's the latest and the greatest of them all
[Outro]
Ooh woo
She made a fool of everyone
Sexy Sadie
However big you think you are
Sexy Sadie
[Instrumental]
Sexy Sadie Q&A
Who wrote Sexy Sadie's ?
Sexy Sadie was written by Lennon-McCartney & John Lennon.
Who produced Sexy Sadie's ?
Sexy Sadie was produced by George Martin.
When did The Beatles release Sexy Sadie?
The Beatles released Sexy Sadie on Fri Nov 22 1968.
What did The Beatles say about "Sexy Sadie"?
In 1974, John Lennon recalled the experience of writing “Sexy Sadie”:
That was written just as we were leaving, waiting for our bags to be packed in the taxi that never seemed to come. We thought: ‘They’re deliberately keeping the taxi back so as we can’t escape from this madman’s camp.’ And we had...
What did George Harrison say about it in interviews?
John had a song he had started to write which he was singing: ‘Maharishi, what have you done?’ and I said, ‘You can’t say that, it’s ridiculous.’ I came up with the title of Sexy Sadie and John changed ‘Maharishi’ to ‘Sexy Sadie’. John flew back to Yoko in England and I went to Madras and the south...