Oh! Darling

"Oh! Darling"
Picture sleeve for the 1970 Japanese single release
Song by the Beatles
from the album Abbey Road
Released26 September 1969 (1969-09-26)
Recorded20 April – 11 August 1969
StudioEMI, London
Genre
Length3:27
LabelApple
Songwriter(s)Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)George Martin

"Oh! Darling" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, appearing as the fourth song on their eleventh studio album Abbey Road (1969). It was written primarily by Paul McCartney[7] and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Its working title was "Oh! Darling (I'll Never Do You No Harm)".[8] Although not issued as a single in either the United Kingdom or the United States, a regional subsidiary of Capitol successfully edited it as a single in Central America, having "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" as its B-side. It was also issued as a single in Portugal. Apple Records released "Oh! Darling" in Japan with "Here Comes the Sun" in June 1970.

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  2. ^ Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition liner notes. The Beatles. 2019.
  3. ^ Kenneth Womack (15 October 2019). Solid State: The Story of "Abbey Road" and the End of the Beatles. Cornell University Press. p. 53. ISBN 9781501746864.
  4. ^ "Oh! Darling" at AllMusic
  5. ^ Perone, James E. The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations. p. 213.
  6. ^ John Shepherd; David Horn (8 March 2012). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8: Genres: North America. A&C Black. p. 470. ISBN 978-1-4411-4874-2. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  7. ^ Sheff 2000, p. 203.
  8. ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 174.