Lennon/McCartney/Starkey
Rating:
*** (good)
This
country rock song had been written some years before 1965, but it was finally
recorded for Rubber Soul. It’s sung
by Ringo and it seems that the Beatles wanted to record another ‘Act
Naturally’; but this (‘What Goes On’) is far better, of course.
Ringo (1966): “I contributed about five words to
‘What Goes On.’ (laughs) And I haven’t done a thing since!”
John (1972): “A very early song of mine. Ringo and Paul wrote a new
middle-eight together when we recorded it.”
John (1980): “That was an early Lennon, written before the Beatles when
we were the Quarrymen or something like that. And resurrected with a
middle-eight thrown in, probably with Paul’s help, to give Ringo a song... and
also to use the bits, because I never liked to waste anything.”
Recorded: November 4, 1965 at Abbey Road, London,
England Instrumentation: Paul McCartney - bass guitar, backing vocal George Harrison - lead guitar Ringo Starr - lead vocal, drums |
|
Release Date |
Title |
Format |
Label |
UK
|
1965, December 3 |
RUBBER SOUL (UK) |
LP |
Parlophone |
US |
1966, February 21 |
Nowhere Man / What Goes On |
Single |
Capitol |
1966, June 20 |
YESTERDAY AND TODAY |
LP |
Capitol |
WHAT
GOES ON What
goes on in your heart? What
goes on in your mind? You
are tearing me apart When
you treat me so unkind What
goes on in your mind? The
other day I saw you as I walked along the road But
when I saw him with you I could feel my future fold It’s
so easy for a girl like you to lie Tell
me why What
goes on in your heart? What
goes on in your mind? You
are tearing me apart When
you treat me so unkind What
goes on in your mind? I
met you in the morning waiting for the tides of time But
now the tide is turning, I can see that I was blind It’s
so easy for a girl like you to lie Tell
me why
I
used to think of no on else but you were just the same You
didn’t even think of me as someone with a name Did
you mean to break my heart and watch me die Tell
me why What
goes on in your heart? What goes on in your mind?
You
are tearing me apart When
you treat me so unkind What goes on in your mind? |