The Ballad of John and Yoko

The Ballad of John and Yoko is a song by the British band The Beatles . The Ballad of John and Yoko was in 1969 released on single and reached in several countries the number 1 position in the charts, including Britain and Netherlands . The song is about recent events in John Lennon's life. Remarkably only John Lennon and Paul McCartney play the song, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were absent during the recording of the song. [1]

Content
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 * 1 Background
 * 2 Recordings
 * 3 Date and hitnoteringen
 * 4 Hitnotering
 * 4.1 Dutch Top 40
 * 4.2 Dutch Single Top 100
 * 4.3 Radio 2 Top 2000

Background [ edit ]
Although The Ballad of John and Yoko in the name of Lennon-McCartney, the bulk of the song was written by John Lennon. The text of the song is an autobiographicalaccount of recent events in the life of John Lennon and Yoko Ono . [2] [3]

The first verse of the song refers to the attempts by Lennon and Ono to get married on a ferry in the English Channel . Arrived in the port of Southampton, there appeared to be problems with Ono's passport and showed the captain of the ferry no longer be allowed to perform marriages. [4]

In the second verse we are told that Lennon and Ono then decided to travel to Paris . There she received a call from an assistant Peter Brown who told them that they could marry on the peninsula Gibraltar . They flew to the peninsula and performed there on March 20 1969 in marriage. [4] [5] None of the other Beatles were also present.

In the third verse describes how Lennon and Ono at the Amsterdam Hilton - hotel called Bed-In held. They spent the period from March 25 to March 31 by their bed in room 702. From 9:00 am to 9:00 pm she spoke to the media, trying in this way to get attention for world peace . [4]

In the Amsterdam Hilton hotel Lennon and Ono held a bed-in for peace.

Then Lennon and Ono flew to Vienna, where their third film Rape went on Austrian television premiere. This was described in the fourth couplet. In Vienna they gave at theSacher Hotel a press conference in a bag (bag). [4] [6] This they wanted to draw attention to stereotyping and prejudice : If everyone with his head in a bag for a job interviewwould go, people would only only on the basis of their qualities are assessed. [4] They called this Bagism .

In the final stanza describes how Lennon and Ono return to England and fucks sent to 50 world leaders.

[Recordings edit ]
The Ballad of John and Yoko was on April 14th 1969 included in the Abbey Road Studios in London. In this session were only John Lennon and Paul McCartney present.George Harrison was abroad on holiday and Ringo Starr working that day at the shooting of the movie The Magic Christian . [1] [4]

On that day 11 takes of the backing track recorded, which take 10 was the best. Paul McCartney played this take the drums, Lennon played lead guitar and sang the lead vocal . Subsequently there by McCartney bass guitar , piano and backing vocals and lead guitar Lennon twice and once acoustic guitar added to this backing track. [1]

Although in that period were many tensions between Lennon and McCartney was the atmosphere during shooting day. There was even room for a few jokes. Between shots Lennon told the drumming McCartney, "Go a bit faster, Ringo!" Which McCartney guitar playing Lennon replied "OK, George!" [1]

Starr and Harrison had apparently had no problem with them not played a part in the new single. Ringo found that there was good drummed on The Ballad of John and Yokoand George said he only had objected when the song The Ballad of John, George and Yoko had been called. [4]

Date and hitnoteringen [ edit ]
In Britain, the single with The Ballad of John and Yoko released on May 30 1969 . This single, with the B-side to the Harrison- composition Old Brown Shoe, reached on June 11 , the number 1 position in the UK charts.

In the Netherlands reached this single on June 21 1969 the first of the Dutch Top 40 and Top 30 Hilversum 3 .

In the US, the single reached only the 8th place in the Billboard Hot 100 . Possibly this was because several stations single boycott, because the word "Christ" in occurred. [4]