| "Come Together" | ||||
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.jpg) 1989 UK reissue picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by the Beatles | ||||
| from the album Abbey Road | ||||
| A-side | "Something" (double A-side) | |||
| Released | 6 October 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 21–30 July 1969 | |||
| Studio | EMI, London | |||
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| Length | 4:19 | |||
| Label | Apple | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney | |||
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
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| "Come Together" on YouTube | ||||
"Come Together" is a song by the British rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on the band's 1969 album Abbey Road. It was also a double A-side single in the United Kingdom with "Something", reaching No. 4 in the UK charts.
The song has been covered by several other artists, including Ike & Tina Turner, Aerosmith, The Eurythmics, Joe Cocker and Michael Jackson.
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It's a surface-heavy blues-rock tune, flanging and wailing away…
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