Fixing a Hole
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"Fixing a Hole" is a song written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and recorded by The Beatles, featured on their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Writing
In a 1968 interview, McCartney said that the song was "about the hole in the road where the rain gets in, a good old analogy—the hole in your make-up which lets the rain in and stops your mind from going where it will." He went on to say that the following lines were about fans who hung around outside his home day and night, and whose actions he found off-putting:[3]
See the people standing there
who disagree, and never win
And wonder why they don't get in my door
Recording
The first of two recording sessions for the song was at Regent Sound Studio in London on 9 February 1967 in three takes. Regent was used because EMI's Abbey Road studios were not available that night. This was the first time The Beatles used a studio other than Abbey Road for recording a track for an EMI album.[4]
The lead vocal was recorded at the same time as the rhythm track, a change from their post-1963 approach of overdubbing the vocal.[4]
Personnel
- Paul McCartney – double-tracked lead vocals, bass guitar
- John Lennon – backing vocals
- George Harrison – backing vocals, double-tracked lead guitar
- Ringo Starr – drums, maracas
- George Martin – harpsichord
Cover versions
- The Fray performed the song on 2 June 2007 for a 40th anniversary tribute to Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.[5]
- World Party covered the song on its 2012 release, Arkeology.
Notes
- ^ Smith, Steve (29 November 2012). "Wyman and Taylor join the Rolling Stones onstage; Coldplay takes a break". Pasadena Star-News. Retrieved 27 Decemeber 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Fixing a Hole at Allmusic
- ^ Aldridge, Alan. "Paul McCartney's Guide to the Beatles' Songbook" Los Angeles Times 14 January 1968: B19
- ^ a b Lewisohn 1988, pp. 93, 95.
- ^ BBC Radio 2 2009.
References
- "Sergeant Pepper's 40th Anniversary". 60s Season. BBC Radio 2. 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- "Sgt Pepper". Beatles Interview Database. The Beatles Interview Database. 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
- Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books. ISBN 0-517-57066-1.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). ISBN 1-84413-828-3.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Miles, Barry (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-5249-6.
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