The Beatles Song Of The Day is “Baby You’re A Rich Man.” “Baby You’re A Rich Man” is the b-side to “All You Need Is Love.” “Baby You’re A Rich Man” reached #34 on the American Top 40. The song was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It was two different songs put together. John wrote the bit about ‘all the beautiful people” and Paul wrote the title refrain section. The song was originally intended for the Yellow Submarine soundtrack. Some listeners believe that at the end of the song The Beatles sing “Baby You’re A Rich Fag Jew” which they interpret to be a slur on their manager Brian Epstein. John Lennon: double-tracked vocal, harmony vocal clavioline and piano/ Paul McCartney: harmony vocal, piano and  bass guitar/ George Harrison: harmony vocal, guitar and handclaps/ Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine, maracas and handclaps/ Eddie Kramer: vibraphone/ Mick Jaggar: harmony vocal.The song was recorded at Olympic Studios on May 21st,1967. Producer: George Martin.

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• When George Harrison and his wife Patti walked through Golden Gate Park and Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco on August 8th, 1967-George sang this song as he was walking.
• Rolling Stone Magazine ranked “Baby You’re A Rich Man” at #68 on their “The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs’ list. Spignesi and Lewis ranked it at #61 on their “100 Best Beatles Songs’ list.
• Length of song 3:03.

Baby, You’re A Rich Man {Lennon-McCartney}