The Beatles Song Of The Day is “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” from The Beatles “The Beatles” album. The song was written by Paul McCartney. Paul first heard the words “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” from Nigerian conga player Jimmy Scott in London. Scott had phrases he used everyday and this was one of ones he used. He was from the Yoruba tribe in Africa and to them the phrase means ‘life goes on.” Jimmy Scott would get annoyed when Paul used this phrase in the song, wanting a cut of the songwriting. Jimmy Scott did play congas on the session. The characters Paul created were from Jamaica.  Paul wanted this released as a single at the time but wisely John and George voted against it, they thought it trite. John Lennon: backing vocals, piano, handclaps, vocal percussion/ Paul McCartney: vocal, bass guitar, drums, handclaps, vocal percussion/ George Harrison: backing vocals, acoustic guitar, handclaps, vocal percussion/ Ringo Starr: drums, bongos, percussion, handclaps, vocal percussion/ uncredited: 3 saxes. The song was recorded on July 3rd,4th,5th,8th, 11th, 15th, 1968 at Abbey Road. Producer: George Martin.

Rating “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” on a scale of 1 to 5 stars **1/2.

• “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” did not make Rolling Stone Magazine’s “The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs” list or Spignesi and Lewis’s “100 Best Beatles Songs” lists. It shouldn’t have!
• The song was never released as a single.
• Length of song: 3:07

“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” {Lennon-McCartney}