"An in-depth Look at the Songs on Side-Three". Side 3: "Birthday," "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey," "Helter Skelter" The White Album) and you get a veritable hard-rock clinic on what used to be, in the days of vinyl. Go forward to 1968 and The Beatles (a.k.a.
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This version was available for download on 18 June 2012 for one day only. Paul Weller covered the song for McCartney's 70th birthday. Their version was a minor hit in the US, reaching number 19 on the Cash Box chart, number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 35 in Canada. Underground Sunshine recorded the song as a single in 1969. McCartney also released a 12" single and CD single with those songs and two more live tracks, "P.S. The B-side was a live version of " Good Day Sunshine". Originally appearing on Tripping the Live Fantastic, the single reached number 29 on the UK Singles Chart and number 3 in Italy. Paul McCartney released a live version on 8 October 1990 in the UK, with a US release albeit only as a cassette on 16 October. Paul McCartney version "Birthday"įrom the album Tripping the Live Fantastic Paul McCartney – lead vocal, bass, piano.However, according to the book accompanying the 2018 box set The Beatles: Super Deluxe Version, the annotation on the tape box from the session offers an alternative line-up that "explodes some myths of who played what":
After the movie they returned to record "Birthday". So that is 50–50 John and me, made up on the spot and recorded all in the same evening." During the session, the Beatles and the recording crew made a short trip around the corner to McCartney's house to watch the 1956 rock & roll movie The Girl Can't Help It which was being shown for the first time on British television. McCartney: "We thought, 'Why not make something up?' So we got a riff going and arranged it around this riff. The Beatles had fun recording Birthday, so have fun singing it.The song was largely written during a recording session at EMI Studios on 18 September 1968 by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It always brings a smile to the person celebrating their birthday - even 40 years after the Beatles put the music to the birthday lyrics. It is upbeat and festive and when you hear the opening chords, you know what is coming. The "You say it's your birthday" birthday song by the Beatles is one of those cool songs that just fits the moment.