The Beatles Song Of The Day is “What Goes On.” “What Goes On” is on The Beatles “Rubber Soul” album. The song was written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. John would say “I wrote it, a very early song of mine. Ringo and Paul wrote a new middle-eight together when we recorded it.” It would be the first song in which Ringo go some of the writing credit. It was the b-side to “Nowhere Man” It was not a Top 40 hit. John Lennon:harmony vocal and rhythm guitar/ Paul McCartney:harmony vocal and bass guitar/ George Harrison: lead guitar/Ringo Starr: vocal and drums. The song was recorded on November 4th,1965 at Abbey Road. Producer: George Martin.

Rating “What Goes On” on a scale of 1 to 5 stars ***

• “What Goes On” did not make Rolling Stone Magazine’s “The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs’ list or Spignesi and Lewis’ “100 Best Beatles Songs” lists.
• Length of song 2:50.
• The highlight of this song is George Harrison’s “Carl Perkins-like” guitar playing.
• The Beatles considered recording and releasing this song as far back as the “Please Please Me” days but better things came along and it was brought back up for “Rubber Soul” for a song for Ringo to sing.

“What Goes On” {Lennon-McCartney-Starr}