The Beatles Once Knocked a Monkees Song Off the Top of the Chart

The Monkees‘ songs are often compared to The Beatles’ songs. Notably, the two bands had to battle for chart supremacy simultaneously. For example, one of The Beatles’ songs knocked The Monkees’ final No. 1 single off of its pedestal. John Lennon revealed he wasn’t a big fan of The Beatles song in question.

In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed the meaning of The Beatles’ “Hello, Goodbye.” “‘Hello, Goodbye’ was one of my songs,” he said. “There are Geminian influences here I think the twins. It’s such a deep theme in the universe, duality.” For context, Paul referred to the Gemini, twins from the Western Zodiac.

Paul elaborated on “Hello, Goodbye,” “Man woman, black white, ebony ivory, high low, right wrong, up down, hello goodbye — that it was a very easy song to write,” he recalled. “It’s just a song of duality, with me advocating the more positive. You say goodbye, I say hello. You say stop, I say go. I was advocating the more positive side of the duality, and I still do to this day.”

Source: cheatsheet.com

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