The Fool on the Hill

The Beatles * Track #2 On Magical Mystery Tour

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Album Magical Mystery Tour

ALBUM

The Beatles

1967

The Fool on the Hill by The Beatles

Release Date

Mon Nov 27 1967

Performed by

The Beatles

Produced by

George Martin

Writed by

Paul McCartney & John Lennon

About

Released in 1967 on the Magical Mystery Tour album.

McCartney wrote the song and has revealed it to be about “someone like Maharishi”, a guru the Beatles followed in India.

The message is that people will suggest people like Maharishi are “fools”, but those fools are often the wisest of us all.

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The Fool on the Hill Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Day after day
Alone on a hill
The man with the foolish grin
Is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer

[Chorus]
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'round

[Verse 2]
Well on the way
Head in a cloud
The man of a thousand voices
Talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hears him
Or the sound he appears to make
And he never seems to notice

[Chorus]
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'round

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 3]
And nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do
And he never shows his feelings

[Chorus]
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'round

[Bridge]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
'Round and 'round
And 'round and 'round and 'round

[Verse 4]
And he never listens to them
He knows that they're the fools
They don't like him

[Chorus]
The fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'round

[Outro]
Oh, 'round and 'round
And 'round and 'round
Oh, 'round, 'round, 'round...

The Fool on the Hill Q&A

Who wrote The Fool on the Hill's ?

The Fool on the Hill was written by Paul McCartney & John Lennon.

Who produced The Fool on the Hill's ?

The Fool on the Hill was produced by George Martin.

When did The Beatles release The Fool on the Hill?

The Beatles released The Fool on the Hill on Mon Nov 27 1967.

How did McCartney compose this?

McCartney had originally composed the song when he was playing a D6 chord (D, F#, A, B) on the piano. This chord is exactly the same as a Bm7 (B, D, F#, A) chord, except the B is played an octave higher, making the D the bass/lowest note in the chord.

How old were John and George then?

John – 27; George – 24

What did The Beatles say about "The Fool on the Hill"?

John Lennon had this to say about “The Fool on the Hill”:

Now that’s Paul. Another good lyric. Shows he’s capable of writing complete songs.
(All We Are Saying by David Sheff)

Here’s what Paul had to say about it:

‘The Fool On The Hill’ was mine and I think I was writing about someone like [the]...