The Beatles – Something / Come Together

Name: The Beatles - Something / Come Together
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A		Something Written-By – George Harrison
B		Come Together Written-By – John Lennon - Paul McCartney*

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Something / Come Together (7", 45 RPM, Single, Push-out Centre)	Apple Records	R 5814	UK	1969
	Come Together / Something (7", 45 RPM, Single, Mono)	Apple Records	3C 006-04266 M, QMSP 16461	Italy	1969
	Come Together / Something (7", 45 RPM, Single)	Odeon	1 J 006-04.266 M, 1 J 006-04.266M	Spain	1969
Recently Edited	Something / Come Together (7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo)	Apple Records	1 C 006-04 266, 1 C006-04 266		1969
Recently Edited	Something / Come Together (7", Single)	Apple Records	NZP.3345	New Zealand	1969

EL_VIEJO_Y_EL_WAX Feb 9, 2015
Come Together fades in in this version
PatV. Nov 3, 2007
In 1969 Timothy Leary intended to run for governor of Califorina against a B-movie actor named Ronald Reagan. One of Leary's battle cries was "Come together," and he asked his friend John Lennon to write a song based on it for the campaign. By the time Lennon got around to it, Leary's campaign was dead (he had to drop out when he was convicted of marijuana possession).
Lennon liked the phrase, though, and decieded to build a song around it anyway. He loosely based it on the old Chuck Berry tune, "You Can't Catch Me." He even left the line, "Here come old flattop." Other than that, it's nothing like the Berry song, but because Lennon itted to borrowing the line, Berry's publisher sued him. The settlement: Lennon agreed to record two Chuck Berry songs on his 1975 solo album, Rock N Roll. Written and recorded in a single session at the studio, "Come Together" was one of Lennon's favorites.