"She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" was written by Paul McCartney. He was inspired by the Apple Scruffs, a term coined by George Harrison for the "dedicated fans who hung around outside the Abbey Road studio and the homes of the Beatles".
One of these fans, generally girls, was Jessica Samuels, who gave her account of the time she and a few others broke into McCartney's home at St John's Wood. McCartney wasn't home at the time, so they propped a ladder up to the bathroom window and Samuels climbed in and let the others in by the front door. They ended up stealing several photographs, but other than that, the break-in seems to have been mostly good-natured.
Of course, this could've been a made-up story; Mike Pinder, the former keyboard player of BirminghamR&B band The Moody Blues, claims the incident actually happened to him and that when he related the story to Paul McCartney, Paul proceeded to strum a tune on his guitar and sing, "She came in through the bathroom window". Wherever the inspiration for the song truly lies, chances are a groupie really did sneak into a musician's home through a bathroom window. :P
I really enjoy this song. The melody is catchy, and the lyrics are interesting and amusing, if somewhat nonsensical at times. Although this song wasn't featured in the film Across the Universe, it was referenced when the character Prudence introduces herself to the other characters by sneaking into their flat. When Sadie asks, "Where'd she come from?", Jude replies, "She came in through the bathroom window."
That's all for today! See you tomorrow. :)
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