Here, There and Everywhere

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Here, There and Everywhere is a song off The Beatles' 1966 album Revolver. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney. McCartney considered it one of his finest compositions.

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Writing

Paul wrote it next to John's swimming pool while he was waiting for him to wake up. Paul recalls, "I sat out by the pool on one of the sun chairs with my guitar and started strumming in E, and soon had a few chords, and I think by the time he'd woken up, I had pretty much written the song, so we took it indoors and finished it up." Even John considered it a great song, saying it was "one of my favorite songs by The Beatles." Paul claims to have a demo version of the song from when they were filming Help! in Obertauern, Austria. He said, "John and I shared a room and we were taking off our heavy ski boots after a day's filming, ready to have a shower and get ready for the nice bit, the evening meal and the drinks. We were playing a cassette of our new recordings and my song Here, There And Everywhere was on. And I remember John saying, 'You know, I probably like that better than any of my songs on the tape.' Coming from John, that was high praise indeed." McCartney wrote the song about his then-girlfriend Jane Asher. His vocal sound for the song, he admitted, had been influenced by Marianne Faithfull. He said, "When I sang it in the studio I remember thinking, I'll sing it like Marianne Faithfull; something no one would ever know... So that was a little voice, I used an almost falsetto voice and double-tracked it. My Marianne Faithfull impression."

Recording

The song was first recorded on June 14, 1966, when four takes of the basic track were recorded, with the last one being complete with vocals. Onto this, John, Paul, and George overdubbed harmony vocals, arranged by George Martin. Martin later said, "The harmonies on that are very simple, just basic triads which the boys hummed behind and found very easy to do. There's nothing very clever, no counterpoint, just moving block harmonies. Very simple to do... but very effective." On June 16, they recorded takes five through thirteen as well as Paul's vocals, bass, and more harmony vocals. The next day, Paul overdubbed his double-tracked vocals, therefore finishing the song. An edit of takes seven and take thirteen vocal overdubs appears as a B-Side of the Real Love single.

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