You Never Give Me Your Money - wikipedia You Never Give Me Your Money `` You Never Give Me Your Money '' Song by the Beatles from the album Abbey Road Released 26 September 1969 Recorded 6 May 1969 Olympic Sound Studios, Barnes, London 1, 15, 30, 31 July, 5 August 1969 Abbey Road Studios studios 2 and 3, London Genre Rock Length 4 : 02 Label Apple Records Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) George Martin `` You Never Give Me Your Money '' is a song by the Beatles, appearing on their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was written by Paul McCartney ( though credited to Lennon -- McCartney ) and documented the financial and personal difficulties facing the band. The song is the first part of the medley on side two of Abbey Road and was recorded in stages between May and August 1969. The song was the first one to be recorded for the medley, which was conceived by McCartney and producer George Martin as a finale for the Beatles ' career. The backing track was recorded at Olympic Sound Studios in Barnes, London, but the remainder of overdubs occurred at Abbey Road Studios. Musically, the song is made up of a suite of various segments, ranging from a piano ballad at the beginning through to guitar arpeggios at the end. Contents 1 Background 2 Recording 3 Personnel 4 Covers 5 Notes 6 External links Background The song was written by McCartney when he was staying with new wife Linda in New York in March 1969, shortly after the Get Back sessions that ultimately resulted in Let It Be. John Lennon and McCartney were at risk of losing overall control of Northern Songs, the company that published their songs, after ATV Music bought a majority share. McCartney had been largely responsible for the group 's direction and projects since the death of manager Brian Epstein in 1967, but began to realise that the group dynamic of the Beatles was coming to an end. He was particularly unhappy at the others wanting to draft in manager Allen Klein to help sort out their finances. McCartney later said that the song was written with Klein in mind, saying `` it 's basically a song about no faith in the person ''. He added that the line `` One sweet dream, pack up the bags, get in the limousine '' was based on his trips in the country with Linda to get away from the tense atmosphere with the Beatles, though author Walter Everett thought the line was also a nostalgic look at the Beatles ' touring years, which had ended in 1966. The musical structure came from several song fragments, beginning with a piano ballad and moving to a number of different styles, including boogie - woogie piano, arpeggiated guitars and nursery rhyme. Beatles author Ian MacDonald speculated that the guitar arpeggios at the end of the track were influenced by `` I Want You ( She 's So Heavy ) '' and the middle section of `` Here Comes the Sun '', and the overall structure was inspired by Lennon 's `` Happiness Is a Warm Gun '' from the previous year 's The Beatles, which also joined unrelated song fragments together. Realising that Abbey Road could be the group 's last album, McCartney and Martin decided to combine various portions of tracks into a medley, which would act as a climactic finale of the group 's career. McCartney later said that the idea of a song suite was inspired by Keith West 's `` Excerpt from A Teenage Opera ''. Some musical segments of `` You Never Give Me Your Money '' were reused for the `` Golden Slumbers '' / `` Carry That Weight '' portion of the medley, including the opening verses and later guitar arpeggios. Recording The basic backing track was recorded at Olympic Sound Studios in Barnes on 6 May 1969. Recording started at 3pm and went on until 4am the next morning. McCartney sang lead and played piano, Lennon played an Epiphone Casino guitar, George Harrison played a Fender Telecaster guitar fed through a Leslie speaker, and Ringo Starr played drums. The group recorded 36 takes, selecting take 30 as the best, which was made into a rough stereo mix. The basic structure of the song as it appeared on Abbey Road had not been worked out at this stage, and the original recording ran onto a loose jam session, ending up as a fast rock - and - roll instrumental towards the end. The track was completed in Abbey Road Studios. McCartney overdubbed a lead vocal onto the basic track on 1 July, and further vocals and sound effects were added on 15 July. On 30 July, a reduction mix was made of the original eight track tape, so further overdubs could be made, and a rough mix of the Abbey Road medley was put together. The cross-fade from `` You Never Give Me Your Money '' into the next track, `` Sun King '', proved to be problematic, and the group made several attempts before deciding to merge the songs via an organ note. McCartney completed the instrumental overdubs the next day, on 31 July, by adding a bass guitar part and additional piano overdubs, including some punched - in honky - tonk piano in place of the original. The final recording session occurred on 5 August, when McCartney made a number of tape loops at Abbey Road, including bells, birds, bubbles and chirping crickets. Martin mixed the track into stereo on 13 August, and made 11 attempts at a final mix, combining the tape loops with the cross-fade into `` Sun King '', replacing the earlier organ note. He made another attempt at a final mix on 21 August, and this was used for the finished master. Personnel According to Ian MacDonald : Paul McCartney -- lead and backing vocals, piano, bass, wind chimes, tape loops John Lennon -- guitar, backing vocal George Harrison -- guitar, backing vocal Ringo Starr -- drums, tambourine Covers The track has been used on some albums featuring Beatles ' songs covered by other artists. In 2009, Nine Below Zero with Glenn Tilbrook covered the song on Abbey Road Now !, a CD of Abbey Road covers accompanying the October 2009 issue of Mojo magazine. Notes Citations ^ Jump up to : Miles 1997, p. 556. ^ Jump up to : MacDonald 1997, p. 308. Jump up ^ Shepherd & Horn 2003, p. 590. ^ Jump up to : MacDonald 1997, p. 309. ^ Jump up to : Everett 1999, p. 260. ^ Jump up to : MacDonald 1997, p. 310. ^ Jump up to : Lewisohn 1988, p. 176. Jump up ^ MacDonald 1997, p. 312. Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 177. Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 180. Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 183. Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 184. Jump up ^ Winn 2009, p. 312. Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 185. Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 187. Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 195. Jump up ^ `` Abbey Road Now ''. Mojo ( 191 ). October 2009. Sources Everett, Walter ( 1999 ). The Beatles as Musicians : Revolver Through the Anthology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978 - 0 - 19 - 512941 - 0. MacDonald, Ian ( 1997 ). Revolution in the Head : The Beatles ' Records and the Sixties. Pimlico / Random House. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7126 - 6697 - 8. Miles, Barry ( 1997 ). Paul McCartney : Many Years From Now. Seeker & Warburg. ISBN 978 - 0 - 436 - 28022 - 1. Lewisohn, Mark ( 1988 ). The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. Hamlyn / EMI. ISBN 978 - 0 - 600 - 55784 - 5. Shepherd, John ; Horn, John ( 2003 ). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World : Media, Industry and Society v. 1 : Media, Industry and Society Vol 1. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8264 - 6321 - 0. Winn, John C. ( 2009 ). That Magic Feeling : The Beatles ' Recorded Legacy, Volume Two, 1966 -- 1970. Random House. ISBN 978 - 0 - 307 - 45240 - 5. External links Wikiquote has quotations related to : Abbey Road Alan W. Pollack 's Notes on `` You Never Give Me Your Money '' Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Abbey Road Songs Side one `` Come Together '' `` Something '' `` Maxwell 's Silver Hammer '' `` Oh ! Darling '' `` Octopus 's Garden '' `` I Want You ( She 's So Heavy ) '' Side two `` Here Comes the Sun '' `` Because '' `` You Never Give Me Your Money '' `` Sun King '' `` Mean Mr. Mustard '' `` Polythene Pam '' `` She Came In Through the Bathroom Window '' `` Golden Slumbers '' `` Carry That Weight '' `` The End '' `` Her Majesty '' Non-album single `` The Ballad of John and Yoko '' `` Old Brown Shoe '' Outtakes `` Come and Get It '' `` Ai n't She Sweet '' Related articles Abbey Road, London The Beatles discography Break - up of the Beatles Iain Macmillan McLemore Avenue The Other Side of Abbey Road Please Please Me With the Beatles A Hard Day 's Night Beatles for Sale Help ! Rubber Soul Revolver Sgt. 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Question: who sang you never give me your money
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