| "Savoy Truffle" | ||
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| Song by The Beatles
from the album The Beatles |
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| Released | 22 November 1968 | |
| Recorded | 3 October 1968 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 2:54 | |
| Label | Apple Records | |
| Writer | George Harrison | |
| Producer | George Martin | |
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"Savoy Truffle" is a song written by George Harrison and performed by The Beatles on their album The Beatles, also known as the "White Album".
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Origin
Harrison wrote the song as a tribute to his friend Eric Clapton's chocolate addiction, and indeed he derived the title and many of the lyrics from a box of Mackintosh's Good News chocolates.[1] Supposedly all of the confectionery names used in the song are authentic, except cherry cream and coconut fudge.[2] The chorus ("But you'll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle") is a reference to the deterioration of one's teeth after eating too many sweets. The line "We all know Obla-di-bla-da" refers to the song "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" which appears earlier on the album.
Recording
The Beatles recorded the first take on 3 October 1968 and the final mixes were finished by 14 October.[3] Six saxophonists (three baritone, three tenor) were brought in and were reportedly displeased when George Harrison decided to distort their appearance on the recording.
Personnel
- George Harrison – double-tracked vocal, lead guitar
- Paul McCartney – bass
- Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine
- Chris Thomas – organ, electric piano
- Art Ellefson – tenor saxophone
- Danny Moss – tenor saxophone
- Derek Collins – tenor saxophone
- Ronnie Ross – baritone saxophone
- Harry Klein – baritone saxophone
- Bernard George – baritone saxophone
- Personnel per Ian MacDonald[1]
Cover versions
They Might Be Giants covered "Savoy Truffle" on the 2003 compilation Songs From the Material World: A Tribute to George Harrison.[4]
Phish covered the song as part of their cover of the entire The Beatles on Halloween 1994, which was released as Live Phish Volume 13.
Ella Fitzgerald covered the song on her 1969 single "I'll Never Fall In Love Again / Savoy Truffle".
Along with a sample of "Glass Onion", the song was mashed with Jay-Z's "Encore". The resulting track was featured on Danger Mouse's The Grey Album.
Notes
- ^ a b MacDonald (2005), p. 321.
- ^ "Savoy Truffle". The Beatles Bible. http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/savoy-truffle/.
- ^ Lewisohn (1988), pp. 158, 162.
- ^ "Songs from the Material World". http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000087DTV.
References
- Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books. ISBN 0-517-57066-1.
- MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). ISBN 1-844-13828-3.
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