Reportedly, this mistake was kept in because the other Beatles liked it. When singing the vocals for the song, specifically the last verse of the song when sung the second time, McCartney made a slip and said "Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face", rather than Molly, and had Molly letting "the children lend a hand". He claimed that was how the song should be played, and that is the version they ended up using. Lennon left the studio during a recording of the song (after several days and literally dozens of takes of the song, trying different tempos and styles), then returned while under the influence of marijuana, went immediately to the piano and played the opening chords much louder and faster than before. He had also double-tracked his vocal, which was not perfectly synchronised, creating an echoing effect.Īccording to studio engineer Geoff Emerick, John Lennon openly hated the song, calling it "Paul's granny shit". Paul performed this demo solo, with only an acoustic guitar. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" was one of the twenty-seven demos recorded there. The song is in the key of B flat and written in 4/4.ĭuring May 1968, The Beatles gathered at George Harrison's Esher home, in Surrey, to record demos for their upcoming project. The tag line "ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra" was an expression that Nigerian conga player Jimmy Scott-Emuakpor, an acquaintance of McCartney, used. The song was written, primarily by Paul McCartney, around the time that highlife and reggae were beginning to become popular in Britain.
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