07. Hello, Goodbye (1967) / Magical Mystery Tour

8/17 votes

 

Next to leave is 'Hello, Goodbye'! This is the second song in a row to drop from the U.S. album version of 'Magical Mystery Tour'. It's just 'Penny Lane' remaining from that record now. 'Hello, Goodbye' was released during the Christmas period with 'I Am The Walrus' as its B-side. John Lennon pushed for 'I Am The Walrus' as the A-side (imagine if that had happened!) but 'Hello, Goodbye' was chosen as the more commercially viable option. It was a wise choice as 'Hello, Goodbye' became their fourth Christmas #1 in the U.K. and spent a whopping 7 weeks at the top of the chart. It was a #1 hit in the U.S. too for 3 weeks. Paul McCartney was the mind behind 'Hello, Goodbye' after getting inspiration from a word association exercise with one of Brian Esptein's assistants, Alistair Taylor. 'Hello Goodbye' ended up being The Beatles' first release after Epstein's death. The song was recorded towards the end of filming for their 'Magical Mystery Tour' film and features in the end credits of the movie. 'Hello Goodbye' contains a lot of simple antonyms appropriate for an international audience, therefore it was considered as an option for the group to play for the 'Our World' television broadcast. However, as mentioned in the commentary for the previous round, it was 'All You Need Is Love' that was chosen in the end. 'Hello, Goodbye' has an accompanying promotional film (uploaded to YouTube in glorious 4k quality!) featuring the band in their Sgt. Pepper's uniforms. They are also joined by hula dancers towards the end of the video.

 

07. Hello, Goodbye | 8/17 votes

08. All You Need Is Love | 6/19 votes

09. Day Tripper | 5/16 votes

10. Help! | 5/18 votes

 

11. I Want To Hold Your Hand | 3/20 votes (original vote) / 6/15 votes (tie-break round)

12. Paperback Writer | 9/22 votes

13. We Can Work It Out | 5/17 votes

14. I Feel Fine | 8/18 votes

15. A Hard Day's Night | 5/20 votes

16. Can't Buy Me Love | 5/22 votes

17. Come Together | 4/19 votes

18. Something | 4/19 votes

19. Love Me Do | 4/18 votes

20. Yellow Submarine | 5/20 votes

 

21. Eight Days A Week | 5/17 votes

22. From Me To You | 4/21 votes (original vote) / 10/16 votes (tie-break round)

23. Get Back | 5/17 votes

24. The Long And Winding Road | 4/20 votes

25. She Loves You | 6/21 votes

26. Lady Madonna | 6/21 votes

27. The Ballad Of John And Yoko | 7/25 votes

 

Please vote for your least favourite single from the 6 above!

'Hello, Goodbye' is such a joyful song :wub: I especially like the experience of watching it with the colourful promotional video.

 

Going for 'Let It Be' again.

Let It Be for me too this time.

Now I'm going for Penny Lane.

Ticket To Ride is probably my least favourite from those remaining but as it's my birthday no.1,I'm leaving it alone. So instead,I voted for Let It Be.

Let It Be to go please!

Penny Lane is definitely my least favourite now so that to go please

I think I can guess the last 2. Anybody else? Don't say though.

Voted for Eleanor Rigby here!

Eleanor Rigby