"She's Leaving Home" was written by Lennon/McCartney; Paul wrote and sang the verses, while John sang the chorus. As Wikipedia tells us, "This was one of a handful of songs of the Beatles in which the members did not play any instruments."
The background of the lyrics for this one is fascinating, and I encourage you to go check out the full story. I'll shorten it here for the sake of brevity: Paul saw a story in the newspaper about a runaway, a 17-year-old girl named Melanie Coe, and he and John were inspired to write the lyrics.
Although George Martin did not arrange the score (the first time he hadn't done so), the guys found a suitable replacement in Mike Leander. "She's Leaving Home" also features Sheila Bromberg on harp, "the first female musician to appear on a Beatles' record."
I find this song particularly beautiful and poignant. The sustained notes add such amazing depth to the song, despite using so few chords (mostly C), that I don't think it's surprising at all that "composer Ned Rorem described 'She's Leaving Home' as 'equal to any song that Schubert ever wrote.'" Probably a pretty outrageous claim for some people, but this song is pretty good. :P
That's all for now... See you tomorrow!
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Heard It Tally: 24
Songs Completed: 120
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