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"It's All Too Much"
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Song by The Beatles
from the album Yellow Submarine (1968), Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999)
ReleasedJanuary 13 1969 (US)
January 17 1969 (UK)
Recorded25 May-26 May and 2 June 1967
GenrePsychedelic
Length6:28
LabelApple Records
Writer(s)Harrison
Producer(s)George Martin
Yellow Submarine track listing
"Hey Bulldog"
(4)		"It's All Too Much"
(5)		"All You Need Is Love"
(6)
Yellow Submarine Songtrack track listing
"Nowhere Man"
(14)		"It's All Too Much"
(15)
((-))


"It's All Too Much" is a song by The Beatles which first appeared on the 1969 Yellow Submarine film soundtrack album. It was written and sung by George Harrison. It was originally recorded in 1967, shortly before the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and had been slated to appear on the next album, Magical Mystery Tour, but it was pushed back.

The song was recorded at De Lane Lea studios, making it one of only a very few Beatles tracks not recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Harrison and John Lennon played lead guitars on the song, and Harrison played organ. The track had the working title of "Too Much".

A mono mix, over eight minutes long and containing all of the lyrics plus a much longer ending than the eventual released versions, has never been released officially, but has been found on bootleg recordings.

The most well-known version of the song was further edited to over six minutes long and appears on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album. The version of the song that appeared in the film itself is slightly different and contained a lyric that was cut from the album version: "Nice to have the time to take this opportunity/Time for me to look at you and you to look at me."

The song contains several lines taken from other works; the "With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue" line was from The Merseys' "Sorrow", and the trumpets at many points emulate Jeremiah Clarke's "Prince of Denmark's March", also known as Trumpet Voluntary.

Cover versions

"It's All Too Much" has been covered by the Grateful Dead (live), Ratdog (live), The Church, Steve Hillage, Senator Flux, Paul Gilbert, The Violet Burning, and in a heavily rewritten version by Journey.

References

  • Lewisohn, Mark. The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Hamlyn, 1988. ISBN 0-681-03189-1.
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Yellow Submarine
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Yellow Submarine is the tenth official album released by The Beatles. It was the soundtrack to the animated film of the same name.
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Yellow Submarine Songtrack
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Yellow Submarine Songtrack is a 1999 soundtrack album by The Beatles for the film of the same name.
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Yellow Submarine
(1969) Abbey Road
(1969)

Yellow Submarine is the tenth official album released by The Beatles. It was the soundtrack to the animated film of the same name.
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Released 13 January 1969 (US)
17 January 1969 (UK)
Recorded 11 February 1968
Genre Rock
Length 3 min 14 sec
Label Apple Records
Writer(s) Lennon/McCartney
Producer(s) George Martin

Yellow Submarine
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B-side(s) "Baby You're a Rich Man"
Released 7 July 1967 (UK)
17 July 1967 (US)
Format 7"
Recorded Olympic Studios
14 June 1967
Genre Rock
Length 3:47
Label Parlophone R5620 (UK)
Capitol 5964 (US)

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Yellow Submarine Songtrack
(1999) 1
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Yellow Submarine Songtrack is a 1999 soundtrack album by The Beatles for the film of the same name.
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B-side(s) "What Goes On"
Released 15 February 1966 (U.S.)
Format 7"
Recorded Abbey Road Studios
21 October 1965
Genre Rock and roll
Length 2:44
Label Parlophone (UK)
Capitol (U.S.
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The Beatles were an English musical group from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music.
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Animators:
John Challis
Jim Hiltz
Dick Horn
Diane Jackson
Jack Stokes
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) June 6, 1968
Running time 85 min. (USA)
Country U.K.
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George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an influental English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, author and sitarist best known as the lead guitarist of The Beatles.
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