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"Carry That Weight" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. Written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it is the seventh and penultimate song in the album's climactic side-two medley. It features unison vocals in the chorus from all four Beatles, a rarity in their songs. It is preceded by "Golden Slumbers" and segues into "The End".

"Carry That Weight"
Cover of the song's sheet music
Song by The Beatles
from the album Abbey Road
Released26 September 1969
Recorded2–4, 30–31 July and 15 August 1969
StudioEMI, London
GenreRock
Length1:36
LabelApple
Songwriter(s)Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)George Martin

The middle bridge—featuring brass instruments, electric guitar, and vocals—reprises the beginning of "You Never Give Me Your Money", but with different lyrics. The ending also reprises the arpeggiated guitar motif from the end of that track, which is itself reminiscent of the figure featured prominently in the George Harrison–written track "Here Comes the Sun", which opens side two of Abbey Road.


Interpretation


Music critic Ian MacDonald interpreted the lyrics as an acknowledgement by the group that nothing they would do as individual artists would equal what they had achieved together, and they would always carry the weight of their Beatle past.[1] McCartney said the song was about the Beatles' business difficulties and the atmosphere at Apple at the time.[2] In the film Imagine: John Lennon, Lennon says that McCartney was "singing about all of us".


Recording


McCartney introduced the Beatles to "Carry That Weight" in the Twickenham Studios sessions.[3] On January 6, 1969, McCartney proposed his unfinished composition as a light-hearted song for Ringo to sing, patterned after the song "Act Naturally," which Ringo sang on Help! in the UK and Yesterday and Today in the USA. [4]

The Beatles began recording "Golden Slumbers"/"Carry That Weight" as one piece on 2 July 1969.[5] McCartney, Harrison, and Ringo Starr recorded 15 takes of the two songs[5] while Lennon was in a hospital recovering from a car accident in Scotland.[6]

The rhythm tracks featured McCartney on piano, Harrison on bass guitar, and Starr on drums. The best takes were deemed to be takes 13 and 15, which were edited together on 3 July.[5] That day and the next, McCartney overdubbed his lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Harrison added lead guitar, and all three sang the chorus.[5]

On 30 July, they added more vocals, including Lennon, who had rejoined the sessions on 9 July.[7][8] More vocals, timpani, and drums were overdubbed on 31 July.[7] The orchestra that marked 30 musicians altogether was recorded on 15 August.[9]


Personnel


According to Ian MacDonald[10] and Mark Lewisohn (who is unsure whether Starr or McCartney played timpani):[11]

The Beatles

Additional musicians


Cover versions



Notes


  1. MacDonald 2005, p. 356.
  2. Miles 1997, p. 557–558.
  3. Wigandt, Hannah (30 November 2021). "'The Beatles: Get Back' Shows The Beatles Had Over a Hundred Songs to Choose From for 'Let It Be'". CheatSheet. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. ""CARRY THAT WEIGHT"". Beatles Ebooks. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  5. Lewisohn 1988, p. 178.
  6. Lewisohn 1988, p. 177.
  7. Lewisohn 1988, p. 183.
  8. Lewisohn 1988, p. 179.
  9. Lewisohn 1988, p. 190.
  10. MacDonald 2005, p. 355.
  11. Lewisohn 1988, pp. 178, 184, 190.

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На других языках


[de] Carry That Weight

Carry That Weight (englisch für „Trage diese Bürde“) ist ein Lied der britischen Rockband The Beatles, das auf dem Studioalbum Abbey Road veröffentlicht wurde. Es beendet das Stück Golden Slumbers und geht am Ende über in The End. Es ist Teil des aus insgesamt acht Stücken bestehenden Medleys, das das Album abschließt. Eine seltene Besonderheit liegt außerdem darin, dass in diesem Lied alle vier Beatles singen. Das Lied wurde von Paul McCartney komponiert und unter dem Copyright Lennon/McCartney veröffentlicht.
- [en] Carry That Weight

[es] Carry That Weight

«Carry That Weight» es una canción de la banda británica The Beatles. Fue lanzada en el álbum Abbey Road y parte de la larga y decisiva mezcla que cierra el álbum, presenta la voz de los cuatro Beatles (una rareza en sus canciones). Está precedido por "Golden Slumbers", y se une con "The End".

[ru] Carry That Weight

«Carry That Weight» (с англ. — «Неси этот груз») — песня группы «Битлз», написанная Полом Маккартни (авторство приписано Леннону и Маккартни), и часть длинной музыкальной «эстафеты» со второй стороны альбома Abbey Road. Песня является одной из немногих песен «Битлз», вокальные партии в которой исполняли все четыре участника группы. Композиция записывалась единым фрагментом вместе с предшествующей песней «Golden Slumbers»[1].



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