You Never Give Me Your Money

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You Never Give Me Your Money is a song off The Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney.

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[edit] Writing

Paul McCartney wrote You Never Give Me Your Money about The Beatles' business troubles of early 1969. It began the long medley that took up most of side two of Abbey Road. Paul recalled, "This was me directly lambasting Allen Klein's attitude to us: no money, just funny paper, all promises and it never works out. It's basically a song about no faith in the person, that found its way into the medley on Abbey Road. John saw the humour in it." This song, like John's Happiness Is A Warm Gun, is made up of several different parts, the first of which was about Paul's dislike of Allen Klein. George said in 1969, "'Funny paper' - that's what we get. We get bits of paper saying how much is earned and what this is and that is, but we never actually get it in pounds, shilling and pence. We've all got a big house and a car and an office, but to actually get the money we've earned seems impossible." The "one sweet dream" section was written by Paul while in New York with his wife, Linda. He wrote it about how they liked to purposefully get lost in the countryside. Two Of Us was also written about this.

[edit] Recording

They began work on the song on May 6, 1969, when they recorded 36 takes. These takes all ended right before The Beatles' chant "one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, All good children go to heaven." Paul sang guide vocals and played piano, John played distorted guitar, George played anoth guitar, fed through a revolving Leslie speaker, and Ringo played drums. On July 1, Paul returned to the song, recording his lead vocals over Take 30. On July 15, chimes and more vocals were added, both played by McCartney. A rough mix of the Abbey Road medley was made on July 30, which they had the song transition into Sun King through a long organ note. They also added more vocals. On July 31, these vocals were scrapped, and bass and piano were overdubbed onto it. They finally decided on how to transition into Sun King on August 5, when Paul arranged several tape loops of bells, birds, bubbles and insects to fade into.

[edit] Recording Sessions

  • July 15, 1969: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: You Never Give Me Your Money. →


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[edit] Cover Versions

  • Peter Buffett
  • Will Malone and Lou Reizner
  • Diane Steinberg
  • Tenacious D

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