Cry Baby Cry
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| "Cry Baby Cry" | ||
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| Song by The Beatles | ||
| from the album The Beatles | ||
| Released | 22 November 1968 | |
| Recorded | 16 July 1968 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:03 | |
| Label | Apple Records | |
| Writer(s) | Lennon-McCartney | |
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |
| The Beatles track listing | ||
| Savoy Truffle (10 of disc 2) |
"Cry Baby Cry" (11 of disc 2) |
Revolution 9 (12 of disc 2) |
This article is about The Beatles song. For the Carlos Santana single, see Cry Baby Cry (song)
"Cry Baby Cry" is a song by the Beatles from the White Album, and the final song on the album featuring the group's instrumental presence. It was about an old fairy tale that John Lennon remembered from his youth. Fans of Lennon hold the song as one of his best on the album.
The track also includes a very short unrelated song performed by Paul McCartney that is the reprise version of "I Will" from earlier on in the album, whose most prominent line is "Can You Take Me Back," appearing directly before "Revolution 9". Strangely enough, this portion of the song does not appear in the lyrics shown written for the album.
[edit] Trivia
- The song is referenced in a line from the Firefly episode "Serenity."
- The "Duchess of Kirkcaldy" mentioned in the song was a creation of John Lennon's, most likely inspired by the Beatle's gig in the town of the same name in 1963.[1]
- George Martin plays harmonium on this track (introduced after the first statement of "make your mother cry". This was the same harmonium Lennon used on 'We Can Work It Out'.
- The original lyrics were "Cry baby cry, make your mother buy." Lennon said he got the words from an advertisement.[citation needed]
- John Lennon insulted this song, as he did most of his songs, by calling it "A piece of rubbish."[citation needed]
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