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The song was recorded during the filming of the "Lady Madonna" promotional film, and, with "Lady Madonna", is one of the few Beatles songs based on a piano riff. It had a working title of "She Can Talk To Me". For many years, "Hey Bulldog" was a relatively obscure and overlooked song in the Beatles' catalogue; it has since been reappraised. [2]
A new edit of this footage, together with footage from the band's July 1968 rehearsals of "Hey Jude", was assembled for "Lady Madonna"'s segment in The Beatles Anthology in 1995. [39] In 1999, the material was re-edited by Apple to create a new clip for "Hey Bulldog", to help promote the reissue of the Yellow Submarine film. [39] [40]
John Lennon's "Hey Bulldog" was recorded on 11 February 1968 and evolved from an initial intent to shoot a promotional film for the single "Lady Madonna". Like "All Together Now", it was specifically recorded with the film soundtrack in mind. [26]
The song is in the key of D. The "You know" involves F ♯ –D ♯ melody notes against an I (D chord). A point of interest is the raised A melody note against a D/F ♯ chord on "name", "three" and "name". [7]
Hey Bulldog; Hey Jude; Hold Me Tight; Honey Pie; I. I Am the Walrus; I Call Your Name; ... Lady Madonna; Let It Be (song) Like Dreamers Do; Little Child; The Long and ...
The film was directed by David Tedeschi, who had first become involved with Apple Corps following his role as an editor on Martin Scorsese's documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World, with the two directors becoming "very good friends with Olivia Harrison," the wife of the late George Harrison.
Unterberger speculates that the removal of these guitar parts may have caused tension between McCartney and Harrison, anticipating the pair's disagreements regarding the lead guitarist's role on McCartney compositions such as "Hey Jude" and "Two of Us" over 1968–69. [38] Two violas were added to "Hello, Goodbye" at Abbey Road on 20 October.
Paul McCartney had written "Lady Madonna", and Lennon had "Across the Universe". Both tracks were recorded along with Lennon's "Hey Bulldog" and the vocal track for Harrison's "The Inner Light" between 3 and 11 February. The basic track was taped on 4 February.