It was the sound of the movement of a chain underwater.
Octopus' Garden by the beatles
Octopus's Garden
The Beatles, more specifically, Ringo Starr.
Ringo Starr. It is the second song he solely wrote for The Beatles, the first one being Don't Pass Me By.
The 2006 album "Love" remixed portions of "Good Night" (from the Beatles' White Album) with "Octopus' Garden" (from "Abbey Road"). Both songs were sung by Ringo Starr.
It's from "Abbey Road," the last album recorded by the Beatles before they broke up in 1970. The song, which was written and performed by Ringo Starr, is the fifth track on Side One.
There are many places a person can listen to "Octopus Garden" the song by the Beatles that was written by Ringo. One can find the album Abbey Road which that song is a track. A person can also buy the individual track from iTunes or Amazon.
A phase shifter (aka phaser) was used on the background vocals, to give them an "underwater" effect.
1. "Boys" (from "Please Please Me"). 2. "I Wanna Be Your Man" (from "With the Beatles") 3. "Matchbox" (from the "Long Tall Sally" EP and "Past Masters, Vol. 1"). 4. "Honey Don't" (from "Beatles for Sale"). 5. "Act Naturally" (from "Help!") 6. "What Goes On" (from "Rubber Soul"). 7. "Yellow Submarine" (from "Revolver" and "Yellow Submarine"). 8. "With a Little Help From My Friends" (from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"). 9. "Don't Pass Me By" and "Good Night" (from "The Beatles"). 10. "Octopus' Garden" (from "Abbey Road").
Although he can be heard singing backing on a few Beatles tracks Ringo took lead vocals on a total of ten songs from their original records: Boys, I Wanna Be Your Man, Honey Don't, Matchbox, Act Naturally, What Goes On, Yellow Submarine, With A Little Help From My Friends, Don't Pass Me By and Octopus' Garden. The Beatles Anthology 2 included a previously unreleased track with Ringo singing lead vocals: If You've Got Troubles.
Octopus's Garden was created on 1969-09-26.
Ringo Starr wrote Octopus's Garden. It was featured on the 1969 album Abbey Road.