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"Golden Slumbers" 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, [2] [3] it is the sixth song of the album's climactic B-side medley. The song is followed by "Carry That Weight" and begins the progression that leads to the end of the album.
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.
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969, by Apple Records.It is the last album the group recorded, [2] although Let It Be (1970) was the last album completed before the band's break-up in April 1970. [3]
The band issued only four tracks on two singles on Apple; both A-sides were covers: Gerry Goffin and Carole King's "Road to Nowhere", and Paul McCartney's "Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight"; although Trash's version was released a week before the Beatles' version on their forthcoming album Abbey Road.
In 1991, Warnes recorded the Lennon-McCartney song "Golden Slumbers" as a duet with Jackson Browne, included in the album For Our Children which was released by Disney as a benefit for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. [9] Warnes released her seventh studio album, The Hunter, in June 1992. [4]
American guitarist George Benson covered the song in a medley with "Golden Slumbers" in his 1970 album The Other Side of Abbey Road. [18] Comedy rock duo Tenacious D covered "You Never Give Me Your Money" in medley with "The End" as a single released on 2 July 2021. The proceeds benefit Doctors Without Borders. [19]
Golden Slumber is a 2018 South Korean action thriller film [2] directed by Noh Dong-seok, starring Gang Dong-won, Kim Eui-sung, Kim Sung-kyun, Kim Dae-myung, Han Hyo-joo and Yoon Kye-sang. It is based on the 2007 Japanese novel of the same name written by Kōtarō Isaka , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] previously filmed by Yoshihiro Nakamura in 2010.
Browne performed live and recorded The Beatles song medley "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight" in 1991 with Jennifer Warnes for the charity album For Our Children to benefit the Pediatrics AIDS Foundation. Browne and Warnes again performed it live for the Tucson, AZ, benefit concert. [52]