John Lennon said Beatles song put on album against their wishes was 'forced' together

The Beatles' vast back catalogue of songs came together in many different ways. The vast majority were written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon and in the early days they would sit together at Paul's childhood home on Forthlin Road in Allerton and write in tandem.

However, as artistic differences within the band emerged in the later years, John and Paul would increasingly do their own thing - writing alone before bringing a piece of work to the other for tweaks and changes. Every song the two wrote for the band had a joint writing composition credit - even through sometimes they were completely independent efforts.

‌And in some cases, the two would write their own full sections and combine them into one song. This was the case with 'A Day in the Life', which featured on the seminal 1967 album 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.

‌John wrote the first half of the track in January 1967, inspired by a number of articles he had read in newspapers. He then played Paul the song and Paul then added the middle-eight section, which drew on his Liverpool upbringing.

Lyrically, John drew on the news of the death of the Guinness brewery heir Tara Brown and a Daily Mail report about potholes in Blackburn. Paul's section sees the narrator waking up, having a smoke and running for the bus - said to be inspired by taking the 82 bus to school from Speke.

A similar writing approach from Paul and John resulted in the song 'Baby, You're a Rich Man' - also released in 1967. The track was the B-side to the non-album single 'All You Need Is Love', which hit shelves on July 7, 1967.

Source: liverpoolecho.co.uk/Dan Haygarth

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