And it was acutely, let’s face it, the right decision to make. When you listen to the outtakes, even knowing the beauty of that John version, you know why Ringo ended up singing it. But it’s beautiful in a way, where you realize that there’s so much depth behind it. The song Yellow Submarine was released as the B-side of 'Eleanor Rigby, which is also used in the movie. Contributions: Backing vocals, sound effects Ruby Tuesday / Lets Spend the Night Together. I said to Paul, ‘I always thought this was a song that you wrote and gave to Ringo and that John was like, ‘Oh, bloody “Yellow Submarine.”‘ Not at all. Brian Jones Song: Yellow Submarine Release year: 1966. “I had no idea until I started going through the outtakes. Released as a double a-side with Eleanor Rigby, Yellow Submarine has become a divisive song among Beatles fans. Paul’s title…written for Ringo.” – John Lennon We virtually made the track come alive in the studio, but based on Paul’s inspiration. The lyrics got more and more obscure as it goes on, but the chorus, melody and verses are mine.” – Paul McCartney It was pretty much my song as I recall…I think John helped out. “I was laying in bed in the Asher’s garret…I was thinking of it as a song for Ringo, which it eventually turned out to be, so I wrote it as not too rangey in the vocal, then started making a story, sort of an ancient mariner, telling the young kids where he’d lived. And there’s nothing more to be read into it than there is in the lyrics of any children’s song.” – Paul McCartney You know, it was just… We were trying to write a children’s song. “John and Paul have written a song which they think is for me but if I mess it up then we might have to find another country-and-western song off somebody else’s LP.” – Ringo Starr It was an extremely rare instance of an original Beatles master recording used in a non-Beatles ad. In February, 2023, the original master recording of Yellow Submarine was used in an Airnb commercial that ran during the Super Bowl promoting the Airbnb Categories campaign. The cash register sound effect was from the famous special effects closet at Abbey Road Studios and was used in 1973 on Money by Pink Floyd. Sound effects and background chatter were provided by Neil Aspinall, Pattie Boyd, Mal Evans, Marianne Faithfull, Brian Jones, and chauffeur Alf Bicknell (laughter, clinking glasses, etc.) Famous cash register

Also, all of John’s “reply” lines were panned and faded from right to left and the sound effects were more pronounced in that version.

In the remixed version of the song appearing on the Yellow Submarine Songtrack, John Lennon’s “echo” of Ringo’s line “a life of ease” was included, whereas it did not appear in the original mix. A version of the song with this introduction was included on the Real Love single in 1996. A spoken-word introduction was recorded by Ringo Starr but was ultimately abandoned.

Yellow submarine song with brian jones