Photograph ( Ringo Starr song ) - wikipedia Photograph ( Ringo Starr song ) `` Photograph '' UK picture sleeve Single by Ringo Starr from the album Ringo B - side `` Down and Out '' Released 24 September 1973 Format 7 - inch single Genre Rock, pop Length 4 : 00 Label Apple Songwriter ( s ) Richard Starkey, George Harrison Producer ( s ) Richard Perry Ringo Starr singles chronology `` Back Off Boogaloo '' ( 1972 ) `` Photograph '' ( 1973 ) `` You 're Sixteen '' ( 1974 ) `` Back Off Boogaloo '' ( 1972 ) `` Photograph '' ( 1973 ) `` You 're Sixteen '' ( 1974 ) Ringo track listing 10 tracks Side one `` I 'm the Greatest '' `` Have You Seen My Baby '' `` Photograph '' `` Sunshine Life for Me ( Sail Away Raymond ) '' `` You 're Sixteen '' Side two `` Oh My My '' `` Step Lightly '' `` Six O'Clock '' `` Devil Woman '' `` You and Me ( Babe ) '' `` Photograph '' is a song by English musician Ringo Starr that was released as the lead single from his 1973 album Ringo. Starr co-wrote the song with George Harrison, his former bandmate from the Beatles. Although the two of them collaborated on other compositions, it is the only song officially credited to the pair. A signature tune for Starr as a solo artist, `` Photograph '' became an international hit, topping singles charts in the United States, Canada and Australia, and receiving gold disc certification for US sales of 1 million. Music critics have similarly received the song favourably ; Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic considers it to be `` among the very best post-Beatles songs by any of the Fab Four ''. The lyrics are a reflection on lost love, whereby a photograph is the only reminder of the protagonists ' shared past. Starr and Harrison began writing the song in the South of France in 1971, during a period when Starr was focused on developing his acting career. They first recorded `` Photograph '' late the following year, along with the single 's B - side, `` Down and Out '', during sessions for Harrison 's Living in the Material World album ( 1973 ). The officially released version was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Richard Perry, and it incorporates aspects of Phil Spector 's Wall of Sound through the presence of multiple drums and acoustic guitars, as well as an orchestra and a choir. Aside from Starr and Harrison, the musicians on the recording include Nicky Hopkins, Bobby Keys, Jim Keltner, and Spector 's musical arranger, Jack Nitzsche. Starr made a promotional film for the single, shot at his and wife Maureen Starkey 's home, Tittenhurst Park. `` Photograph '' has appeared on Starr 's compilation albums Blast from Your Past ( 1975 ) and Photograph : The Very Best of Ringo Starr ( 2007 ), and live versions have featured on releases recorded with his All - Starr Band and with the Roundheads. In November 2002, a year after Harrison 's death, Starr sang `` Photograph '' at the Concert for George -- a performance that was an emotional highpoint of the event. Engelbert Humperdinck, Camper Van Beethoven, Cilla Black and Adam Sandler are among the artists who have covered the song. Contents 1 Background and composition 2 Recording 2.1 `` Down and Out '' 3 Release 4 Reception 5 Re-releases and live versions 5.1 Performance at the Concert for George 5.2 Performance at the 2014 Grammy Awards 6 Cover versions and references 7 Personnel 8 Chart performance and sales certifications 8.1 Weekly charts 8.2 Year - end charts 8.3 Certifications 9 Notes 10 References 11 Sources 12 External links Background and composition Ex-Beatles Ringo Starr and George Harrison began writing `` Photograph '' on a luxury yacht in the South of France in May 1971. Starr had hired a yacht, the Marala, for the duration of the Cannes Film Festival, after attending Mick Jagger 's wedding in St Tropez with his wife, Maureen Starkey. The Starkeys were then joined in France by Harrison and the latter 's wife, Pattie Boyd, for the Monaco Grand Prix. This period coincided with Starr 's first success as a solo artist, with the Harrison - produced single `` It Do n't Come Easy '', although he would continue to focus on his career as a film actor, beginning with a role in Blindman ( 1971 ). Another guest on the Marala was Cilla Black, singer and a friend to the Beatles since the 1960s, who recalls Starr and Harrison playing `` Photograph '' during an evening get - together, with `` everyone on board '' contributing ideas for the lyrics. As with Starr 's two singles over 1971 -- 72, `` It Do n't Come Easy '' and `` Back Off Boogaloo '', Harrison helped write the melody, although `` Photograph '' would mark the first time that he was credited as a co-writer with Starr. In her autobiography, Step Inside Love, Black says she had hoped to record the song for a single later in 1971, only to be told by Starr : `` No, it 's too bloody good for you. I 'm having it myself. '' The lyric to `` Photograph '' is centred around lost love, with the singer having only a single picture by which to remember his absent lover. The eponymous photograph reminds him of their former happiness together, while also enforcing the reality that `` you 're not coming back any more ''. Author Ian Inglis comments on the familiar subject matter in the conventions of pop songwriting, but identifies an `` unusual '' aspect in the lyrics ' `` absence of any hope that love might be rekindled ''. Starr expresses resignation at what the future holds, in the lines `` Now you 're expecting me to live without you / But that 's not something that I 'm looking forward to ''. Musically, the song is in the key of E, with what Inglis terms an `` easy melody '' that allows for Starr 's limitations as a singer. Harrison 's `` distinctive composing style '' is particularly evident, according to authors Roy Carr and Tony Tyler, and Starr would later say of Harrison 's role in their collaborations over this period : `` I only know three chords and he 'd stick four more in, and they 'd all think I was a genius. '' Recording Starr continued to pursue his film career until the end of 1972, while also participating in musical projects such as Harrison 's Concert for Bangladesh. Late that year, Starr and Harrison recorded an early version of `` Photograph '' during the sessions for Harrison 's Living in the Material World album ( 1973 ). With Harrison producing, this recording took place at either Apple Studio in central London, or Harrison 's home studio, FPSHOT, in Oxfordshire. Starr re-recorded the song in March 1973, while working at Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles on Ringo, his first solo album in the rock or contemporary pop style. He later described Ringo as an `` accidental album '', since it only came about because he was attending the Grammy Awards in Nashville, where The Concert for Bangladesh won the Grammy for Best Album of 1972. Keen to find another activity to justify the flight to the US, Starr arranged to record with American producer Richard Perry during the visit. The recording engineer on `` Photograph '' was Bill Schnee, and author Simon Leng suggests that Harrison helped `` hew '' the production. Along with Starr ( on drums ) and Harrison ( 12 - string acoustic guitar ), the other musicians included Nicky Hopkins ( piano ), Klaus Voormann ( bass ) and Jim Keltner ( drums ), all of whom had participated in the sessions for Material World. In addition, Vini Poncia, Starr 's new songwriting partner, and session musician Jimmy Calvert played acoustic rhythm guitar on the Los Angeles recording. Overdubs on the basic tracks recorded for Ringo took place from April to July 1973. On `` Photograph '', the additional instrumentation included a saxophone solo by Bobby Keys and percussion played by one of Harrison 's Apple Records signings, brothers Lon and Derrek Van Eaton. Harrison added harmony and backing vocals, supporting Starr 's lead vocal part. Musical arranger Jack Nitzsche helped give the recording a sound typical of Phil Spector 's hit productions from the 1960s ; photo by Brian Ashley White Jack Nitzsche, Phil Spector 's musical arranger for much of the 1960s, provided the song 's string and choral arrangements, which were overdubbed at Burbank Studios on 29 June. Aside from Nitzsche 's contributions, the recording incorporates aspects of Spector 's Wall of Sound production through the use of multiple rhythm guitars and drums, and prominent percussion such as castanets. Leng draws parallels between the `` resonant arrangement '' on `` Photograph '' and the production that Harrison adopted for Ravi Shankar 's song `` I Am Missing You '', an April 1973 recording that also featured Starr. `` Down and Out '' With `` Photograph '' selected as the album 's lead single, Starr chose `` Down and Out '', a song written by him alone, for the B - side. Starr recorded the song in England, backed by Harrison, pianist Gary Wright and Voormann. The Harrison - produced session most likely took place in 1972, according to authors Chip Madinger and Mark Easter, during the same period as Starr and Harrison 's first attempt at recording `` Photograph ''. A twelve - bar blues with what Starr biographer Alan Clayson describes as `` perfunctory '' lyrics, the recording features solos from Harrison, on slide guitar, and Wright. Perry subsequently added a horn section, resulting in him being credited as co-producer on the track. Carr and Tyler dismiss `` Down and Out '' with the description : `` a very mundane throwaway tune only saved from extinction by the professional arrangement and by Harrison 's distinctive slide - guitar solo ''. Release Apple Records released `` Photograph '', backed by `` Down and Out '', on 24 September 1973 in America, and on 19 October in Britain. Starr made a promotional film for `` Photograph '', in which he mimed to the song while walking through the grounds of Tittenhurst Park, the Berkshire estate that he had recently purchased from former bandmate John Lennon. To circumvent the BBC 's ban on lip - synching, Starr placed his hand over his mouth for part of the song, thereby making it impossible to tell whether he was singing or merely miming. The single 's picture sleeve consisted of a photo by Barry Feinstein that showed Starr 's head poking through a large star made of silver foil. The same image, which author Bruce Spizer terms `` the Ringo starfish '', appeared on the single 's face labels and on those of the Ringo album. The album 's release followed in November 1973, with `` Photograph '' appearing as the third track, preceding another Harrison contribution, `` Sunshine Life for Me ( Sail Away Raymond ) ''. Opposite the printed lyrics for `` Photograph '' inside the album booklet, a lithograph by Voormann depicted a framed picture on a shelf or desktop, in which Starr looks dejectedly at a framed picture of a woman. In his personal life at this point, the album 's arrival coincided with the failure of Starr 's marriage, partly as a result of Harrison and Maureen conducting an affair. While the friendship between the two former bandmates soon recovered, Starr and Harrison would not officially write another song together after `` Photograph ''. Noting the context in which Starr 's song of `` beautiful sadness '' was released in the United States, Clayson describes `` Photograph '' as having been a popular request on radio playlists `` for a nation still awaiting the return of many of its sons from Vietnam, following the January cease - fire ''. Rodriguez comments on the precipitous timing of the single, which `` capitaliz ( ed ) on the year 's nostalgia craze '', while news of Starr recording with each of his former bandmates during the Ringo sessions provided further impetus. In late November, the single topped America 's Billboard Hot 100 for one week, Starr 's first number 1 hit on that chart as a solo artist and Harrison 's third there as a composer since the Beatles ' break - up in 1970. `` Photograph '' was also number 1 in Canada and Australia, while in Britain it peaked at number 8. In Rodriguez 's words, the single `` did a good job of setting the table '' for Ringo, which also enjoyed considerable commercial success. On 28 December 1973, `` Photograph '' was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, signifying US sales of 1 million -- Starr 's second such award, after `` It Do n't Come Easy ''. Reception On release, Ben Gerson of Rolling Stone highlighted `` Photograph '' as one of the album 's `` three most wonderful songs '', along with the Lennon - composed `` I 'm the Greatest '' and the Harrison -- Mal Evans collaboration `` You and Me ( Babe ) ''. Gerson noted how the song 's intro provided an effective `` pull on the listener '' and wrote that, while the lyrics had a sorrowful quality, `` the effect is warming ''. Billboard 's album reviewer praised Perry 's `` stunning production '' on `` the best Ringo album ever '', adding : `` We all know already that ' Photograph ' has got to be a No. 1 single this month, right ? '' Although less impressed with Ringo, Alan Betrock wrote in Phonograph Record : `` It 's also clear when you reach ' Photograph ' that Side One is the undisputed champ of the album. Jack Nitzsche has thrown in a lot of his past influences here, including the Famous School of Phil Spector castanets, lesson No. 2. '' Betrock concluded of the song : `` ' Photograph ' is one of those rare pop records that grows stronger with each play, and will be covered and revived for years to come ( I 'll lay you 50 - 1 it appears on the next Andy Williams album ). '' Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic considers `` Photograph '' a `` gorgeous collaboration '' between Starr and Harrison, a track that `` ranks... among the very best post-Beatles songs by any of the Fab Four ''. Robert Rodriguez describes it as `` an elegantly produced ballad '' and Starr 's `` signature tune as a solo artist ''. Rodriguez continues : `` The ersatz Wall of Sound somehow managed not to swamp the lead vocal and Harrison harmony, while embodying the best qualities of the Beatles ' singles : hummable and familiar, yet fresh and enduring. '' In his 1977 book The Beatles Forever, Nicholas Schaffner wrote of how the song 's `` grand, sweeping arrangement '' was reminiscent of Harrison 's `` own recent cosmic productions ''. Author Elliot Huntley similarly acknowledges the extent of Harrison 's influence on this and other tracks on Ringo while rueing that `` Photograph '' marks the only formal co-composition by the two ex-Beatles. Huntley describes the song as the album 's `` stand - out track '' and `` by a country mile, the commercial high - point '' for Starr as a songwriter. Former Mojo editor Mat Snow recognises it as `` perhaps the single best song of ( Starr 's ) career '' and the `` emotional heart '' of the album. Re-releases and Live versions The song provided the title to Starr 's 2007 career - spanning compilation Photograph : The Very Best of Ringo Starr, having earlier appeared on Blast from Your Past ( 1975 ), a greatest - hits collection covering his years on Apple Records. For the 1991 CD reissue of Ringo, the album was expanded through the inclusion of three bonus tracks, the last of which was the long - unavailable `` Down and Out ''. In 2009, `` Photograph '' was featured in the Judd Apatow - directed film Funny People and appeared on the accompanying soundtrack album. Starr performing with his All - Starr Band in 2011 Following his return to touring in July 1989 -- the first tour for Starr since the Beatles quit performing live in 1966 -- he has played `` Photograph '' regularly with the various incarnations of his All - Starr Band. Eschewing his drum kit for the role of lead singer, Starr often closed his shows with the song ( before returning for an encore ) during tours he made between 1989 and 2000. A live version appeared on the album and video Ringo Starr and His All - Starr Band ( 1990 ) ; recorded at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, on 3 September 1989, it features the original All - Starr line - up of Starr, Billy Preston, Jim Keltner, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Dr. John, Joe Walsh, Nils Lofgren and Clarence Clemons. Starr also included the song in his performances on the television shows VH1 Storytellers, in May 1998, and PBS 's Soundstage, in August 2005. Featuring backing from the Roundheads -- a band led by his latter - day producer Mark Hudson -- these recordings were issued on Starr 's releases VH1 Storytellers ( 1998 ) and Ringo Starr : Live at Soundstage ( 2007 ), respectively. Further versions with his All - Starr Band have appeared on the albums King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All - Starr Band ( 2002 ), Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006 ( 2008 ) and Live at the Greek Theatre 2008 ( 2010 ), the latter with Gary Wright among the revised line - up. Starr re-recorded the song with the American band Vandaveer for his 2017 album Give More Love. Performance at the Concert for George On 29 November 2002, Starr performed `` Photograph '' at the Concert for George, held at London 's Royal Albert Hall to mark the first anniversary of Harrison 's death. According to the Concert for George website : `` Ringo Starr caught everyone with a tear in their eye with a rendition of ' Photograph ', a composition he wrote with George, which seemed to sum up how everyone felt. '' Starr 's appearance came towards the end of the concert, and Inglis writes that his arrival was `` given an extra poignancy by his choice of song ''. In his preamble to the audience, Starr stated, `` I loved George, George loved me '', before mentioning that `` Photograph '' had taken on a new meaning with the passing of Harrison. This performance -- with a large band that included Jeff Lynne, Eric Clapton, Dhani Harrison, Preston, Keltner and saxophonist Jim Horn -- was issued on the Concert for George album ( 2003 ) and appears in David Leland 's documentary film of the event. In a July 2003 interview, Starr discussed his recently released tribute song to Harrison, `` Never Without You '', while acknowledging that he remained closest to Harrison out of all the former Beatles following the band 's break - up. Performance at the 2014 Grammy Awards Starr sang `` Photograph '' at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, during which he and Paul McCartney, as the two surviving ex-Beatles, were honoured with the Recording Academy 's Lifetime Achievement Award. The event took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on 26 January 2014. Rolling Stone reported on Starr 's performance of the song : `` Backed by a massive full band, he bounced around the stage while old black - and - white photographs showed on a big screen behind him. '' The accompanying images were taken from Starr 's recently published book ; also titled Photograph, it consists of photos from his personal collection, dating back to the 1950s and ' 60s. Cover versions and references Engelbert Humperdinck and the Ray Conniff Singers each released recordings of the song in 1974. The following year, London - based recording engineer David Hentschel covered `` Photograph '', along with all the other tracks on Ringo, for his album Sta * rtling Music. The latter, an experimental work featuring Hentschel on ARP synthesizer, was the first release on Starr 's short - lived record label, Ring O ' Records. A cover version of the song by American alt rock band Camper Van Beethoven appeared on their 1993 rarities compilation Camper Vantiquities. Canadian band Sloan made mention of `` Photograph '' in their 1996 single `` The Lines You Amend '', the lyrics of which refer to a song ``... about photographs / Sung by Ringo Starr / Especially in the chorus part / You always said, ' Now do n't you start '. '' Cilla Black eventually recorded `` Photograph '', for her 2003 album Beginnings : Greatest Hits & New Songs -- a version that `` she jumps into head first at her most soulful '', according to music critic Bruce Eder. While Starr 's original recording appeared on the soundtrack to Funny People, a cover by the film 's leading actor, Adam Sandler, is available as an iTunes bonus track with the album. Personnel Ringo Starr -- vocals, drums George Harrison -- 12 - string acoustic guitar, backing vocals Bobby Keys -- tenor saxophone Nicky Hopkins -- piano Vini Poncia -- acoustic guitar, backing vocals Jimmy Calvert -- acoustic guitar Klaus Voormann -- bass Jim Keltner -- drums Lon Van Eaton -- percussion Derrek Van Eaton -- percussion Jack Nitzsche -- orchestral and choral arrangements Chart performance and sales certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 1973 -- 74 ) Peak position Australian Go - Set Top 40 Singles Australian Kent Music Report Belgian Ultratop Singles 8 Canadian RPM 100 Singles Dutch MegaChart Singles Irish Singles Chart 15 Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 55 New Zealand NZ Listener Chart Norwegian VG - lista Singles 6 Swiss Singles Chart 6 UK Singles Chart 8 US Billboard Easy Listening US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box Top 100 West German Media Control Singles 5 Year - end charts Chart ( 1973 ) Rank Canadian RPM Top Singles 25 Chart ( 1974 ) Rank Australian Kent Music Report 24 US Cash Box Top 100 61 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) Gold 1,000,000 shipments figures based on certification alone Notes Jump up ^ Starr 's real name is Richard Starkey. 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External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Promotional video for the song Preceded by `` Keep on Truckin ' ( Part 1 ) '' by Eddie Kendricks Billboard Hot 100 number - one single 24 November 1973 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Top of the World '' by the Carpenters Preceded by `` Could You Ever Love Me Again '' by Gary and Dave Canadian RPM 100 number - one single 24 November 1973 ( two weeks ) Succeeded by `` Top of the World '' by the Carpenters Ringo Starr Studio albums Sentimental Journey Beaucoups of Blues Ringo Goodnight Vienna Ringo 's Rotogravure Ringo the 4th Bad Boy Stop and Smell the Roses Old Wave Time Takes Time Vertical Man I Wanna Be Santa Claus Ringo Rama Choose Love Liverpool 8 Y Not Ringo 2012 Postcards from Paradise Give More Love Live albums Ringo Starr and His All - Starr Band Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2 : Live from Montreux 4 - Starr Collection Ringo Starr and His Third All - Starr Band - Volume 1 VH1 Storytellers King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All - Starr Band Extended Versions Tour 2003 Ringo Starr and Friends Ringo Starr : Live at Soundstage Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006 Live at the Greek Theatre 2008 Compilations Blast from Your Past Starr Struck : Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 The Anthology... So Far Photograph : The Very Best of Ringo Starr Icon Singles `` Beaucoups of Blues '' `` It Do n't Come Easy '' / `` Early 1970 '' `` Back Off Boogaloo '' `` Photograph '' `` You 're Sixteen '' `` Oh My My '' `` Only You ( And You Alone ) '' `` No No Song '' / `` Snookeroo '' `` ( It 's All Down to ) Goodnight Vienna '' `` Oh My My '' / `` No No Song '' `` A Dose of Rock ' n ' Roll '' `` Hey ! 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Question: who wrote the song photograph by ringo starr
Answer: Ringo Starr; Richard Starkey; Ringo Starr