10 Hidden Sounds In The Beatles Songs

The Beatles consciously and unconsciously left a lot of mistakes in their recordings. Some consciously and some others unconsciously, but what would you say about all those sounds that are hidden in some songs? Some we've heard for years and other sounds you probably never noticed.
So today, Thanks to remixes and isolated tracks, we will talk about some of the hidden sounds and their stories in beatles songs.
This video would not have been possible without Mark Lewisohn's years of research, What Goes On
The Beatles Anomalies List and You Can't Unhear This.

[@Apo458]

The dog whistle IS audible even on original pressings (both mono and stereo). It just becomes inaudible when you get older

[@dukeoftoast2420]

Yeah, was about to say this. I can hear it pretty well, probably because I am still somewhat young. Gotta enjoy it while I can I guess!

[@davidwood9966]

Totally

[@rtflone]

@@dukeoftoast2420 The solution is simple. Note the time on the record and when you can no longer hear it blow your own dog whistle. Assuming you had the foresight to get one and you can still hear any dog whistle

[@BaccarWozat]

I remember hearing it on CD perhaps 10 years ago, but now I am 53 and it is no longer there. It's like a hum with no sound, if that makes any sense.

[@johna8973]

Or , just for fun and Variety , try a Duck Call 😮‍💨😮‍💨 ​@@rtflone

[@halwiseman9420]

The Backward cymbal during the verses on Strawberry Fields Forever still baffles me

[@willparker9874]

One of my favourites is as the finale chord on day in the life is ringing out you can hear either the piano bench or floorboards creaking

[@frankieecanales8827]

Always was told it is Ringo’s squeaky chair.

[@gregjohnson7270]

Thanks for another excellent video, I wasn't aware of most of the sounds you mentioned, except for a few. All You Need Is Love starts with the French national anthem, which is pretty cool. I knew about Glenn Miller and Green Sleeves, but not the Bach part, pretty clever lads, one and all.

[@petemedium2185]

Way back (before Phil Spector 's interference) on Aussie Sydney Radio 2SM (I think that was the station) they played an occasional track of this 'up coming Beatle album'. This particular track was The Long And Winding Road where Paul vocalised, not singing, what is now the orchestrated section in the middle. I have never heard that, or another couple of tracks that were different back then. Maybe there are 'gems' still stacked away in radio station archives that could be rescued. Remember, the Beatles had a huge Aussies fan base, before the US had even heard of them, and they often 'did us favours' with interviews and musical tit bits.

[@Luke-1296]

What you’re talking about sounds like the take 19 version on the let it be deluxe edition with no orchestra and vocalisation during the instrumental section. Maybe they got sent one of these takes? Give it a listen and let me know if it’s what you’re talking about.

[@petemedium2185]

@@Luke-1296 Yes it could be. It was a very long time ago so if there are variations with Paul singing I wouldn't know.

[@alvillanueva2525]

On "Revolution", when John sings , "you tell me that it's evolution", the vocal doubling says "tution" instead of "lution".

[@BaccarWozat]

The first use of the f-word in a Beatles song, however, was in "Good Day Sunshine". Right after Paul sings "She feels good", on the drum track Ringo can barely be heard saying, "She f'ing does". Then there's the bit at the end of "All You Need Is Love" where John sings "Yesterday" in a passable imitation of Paul. Then Paul sings "She loves you, yeah yeah yeah" and the next line is by naughty John, answering "She'd love to, yeah yeah yeah", still imitating Paul. Presumably a parody lyric that they could very well have sung in some of their concerts when you couldn't hear the lyric for all the screaming. These lines were the subject of intense debate for decades on who sang which line, but this makes the most sense to me.

[@lordkoopus]

in good day sunshine, i believe that is john saying "she feels good" in response to paul, but i dont know of proof of either of our claims being true

[@ginghamt.c.5973]

I think it’s John !

[@ThisBirdHasFlown]

Sounds a lot more like "she feels good" to me. "Fucking" has too many syllables.

[@lordkoopus]

@@ThisBirdHasFlown agreed!

[@richeymeister]

The new mixes have obliterated a hidden or not so hidden sound on A Day In The Life....I first heard this on a reel-to-reel copy I had purchased through a record club. During the transitions Mal Evans can be heard doing the countdown that allowed them to come in at the proper time and pulling the stop on an old alarm clock. Try as I might I can't hear it on the most recent mixes and it saddens me that they might have considered it an error that needed to be buried deeper or eliminated entirely.

[@frankieecanales8827]

Yes, and I disagree with their decisions to do so nowadays.

[@Joanna-il2ur]

The remixed Sgt pepper has it.

[@capitolemiproducer]

If you listen to Girl stereo mix at 1:52 after the last "Girl" you can hear on the right channel a guitar plucked out of the blue.

[@jesserussell7242]

That would be good if you can do a second part of the Beatles hidden sounds that would be fantastic. I love the different guitar solos on let it be which are great and also hearing the yawn and I’m only sleeping which is great.

[@superhet7281]

There’s a sneeze during the feedback at the beginning of “I Feel Fine.” I think it’s only in one channel.

[@brtherjohn]

But only on the stereo mix, I believe...

[@andoros.7017]

look forward to part II

[@ralph929]

yes pls do a 2nd part

[@indigohammer5732]

It was Alan Parsons who cut the tape on I want you

[@dhpbear2]

And, all these years I thought that it was just the Fab Four being 'different'! :)

[@LandondeeL]

John hums the harmonica part which was probably left to be overdubbed later at the fade-out of "There's A Place".

[@zaphodbeebleprox5043]

On the single version of revolution, in the middle of the solo part you can hear the german word "nochmal" (engl. repeat or one more time) and on the song yellow submarin you can hear the german word "Abdeckung" (which teanslates to something like cover).

[@maximobenatti6110]

However, I prefer the recording techniques of those times, they made everything more human and real, rather than the current plastic perfection

[@karaamundson3964]

💯 💶

[@georgegbalzano9239]

Here's another one I think someone referenced already.. In the "Phil Spector" version of "The Long and Winding Road" from the "Let it Be Album, Paul vocalizes "Don't keep me waiting", but it's almost drowned out by Spector's lush arrangement. You can hear it, but just barely. It's more audible on other versions. And Paul clearly says the line in concert on the "Wings Over America" album...

[@CanYouDigItMan]

You miased the most obvious and yet most unkown and overlooked hidden vocal in Beatles history. Won't give it away, except to say you'll find it in 1967. Once you hear it, you'll never unhear it again.

[@leonardkurtz1383]

Cranberry sauce?

[@leonardkurtz1383]

Or “Everybody’s got one”? That might’ve been ‘68

[@frankieecanales8827]

@@leonardkurtz1383 ‘67

[@larrypower8273]

Every Beatles fan should listen to the Esher tapes.

[@Joanna-il2ur]

They are available free on Amazon Music.

[@spencergellsworth]

I always thought the hiss in the Let It Be solo was the hum of the Leslie speaker that George played through. Great video. Amazing how I already knew some of this really deep trivia and can't remember where my keys are.

[@thebigorangecouch6261]

Hey Jude has another one at about 5:36 where you hear John saying something like "Ringo go back to..." not sure entirely what exactly it is but it's there.

[@johnsergei]

& of course Paul F BOMB!

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day from my favorite youtuber ❤😊

[@karaamundson3964]

I definitely enjoyed it

[@margueriteyork7042]

Love these easter eggs!

[@jackneidinger9544]

What about "Do you forgive me?" "Yes, ya bitch" at the beginning of Revolution 9? I once decoded the whole conversation, then I forgot it.

[@thethirdrail8397]

All of this can be heard better or heard in a four track set up! I have known about a lot of these if not all of the Items Mentioned here. There, are a lot of other artifacts left that you will find!

[@karaamundson3964]

I think The Beatles didn't mind too much about these little crap-ups. The mistakes made the tunes more human

[@thethirdrail8397]

@@karaamundson3964 did any one in this industry have a choice though? I think I read/heard about the way things were handled in the studios.

[@mathmusic1490]

I'm not an expert, but as for solos by George Harrison, I am not at all surprised that he recorded more than one solo for various songs. For instance, the recorded solo for "I Saw Her Standing There" is often NOT the same as the one(s) that he played live at concerts back in those days. This is no big deal: These solos are improvised, maybe not on the spot, but I'm sure George tried out numerous solos for songs before going into the studio.

[@jackneidinger9544]

Trivia question: What two Beatle songs contain the word "fucking" and what song contains "goddamn?"

[@PaulFormentos]

Walrus has a "What the Fuck" chant

[@Paul47Tat]

One I've never heard explained is in the latter part of "Hey Jude"- NOT Paul's "fucking hell" moment earlier on. Somebody - it sounds like John - says "Ain't nothin' about you" or something like that during the na-na-na's. I've tried to figure it out for years, and can't get it.

[@ericbgordon1575]

I certainly knew of the ones from "All You Need is Love", as well as some of the ones from *Dgt. Pepper.*

[@vhm14u2c]

Sgt pepper reprise, besides George’s ‘bye’. There is some unheard screaming, later in song, I believe on the drum track.

[@PaulFormentos]

"Paul is dead He's really dead"

[@Panufo]

Why the out-of-sync tracks in the 'I Want You' track breakdown?

[@georgeprice4212]

I knew about John’s quip, as I had the BC13 box set and it was quite clear, albeit a little low in the mix.

[@peterklein9167]

i am interested in another part

[@JuanLopez-ef5pr]

Mistake is not the word

[@RedVynil]

Yeah, what about that rhythmic clattering sound at the beginning of "Revolution I"?

[@20yearsagotoday1]

It’s always bugged me who whispers the word ‘something’ at 1min 22 secs in the song I want to hold your hand. Any ideas? It’s the only time it appears in the song.

[@steveco360]

There's someone talking in the second bar of the middle 8 on Anytime At All. And there's always the dirty bit in the backing vocals on Hello, Goodbye

[@SuperGogetem]

What dirty bit?

[@steveco360]

​Listen carefully to the background vocals after the bridge. It goes; lead vocal "I say yes" background vocal "to lay me" lead vocal "you say no" background vocal "I can stay til it's time to go"

[@cmorales932]

Are you going to also focus on their earlier recordings?

[@dizzypilots2639]

I swear, at the end of Dr. Robert, on the original pressing you can hear John say, “OK Herb”. Never heard it since.

[@rubberswan]

It’s on the SDE. “OK, er, we’ll…”

[@dizzypilots2639]

@@rubberswan is that what he’s saying? We were confused as we couldn’t find anyone named Herb that worked with them. Don’t know what “SDE” is but thanks so much for helping on this rubberswan. Cheers 🥂

[@rubberswan]

@@dizzypilots2639SDE Special Deluxe Edition. Take 7 (an early version before the overdubs were completed) is available on Spotify - can’t find it on KZbin unfortunately.

[@Luke-1296]

30 seconds into one after 909 after the line, ‘I begged her on my bended knee’, Paul can be heard saying F**k yeah! This is quite difficult to hear on the original max but is easier to hear on the 2021 mix, however still hidden and in my opinion makes the long such better as they are just jamming out to one of their old songs on the roof.

[@PeterCamberwick]

Er, did people even say fuck yeah back then?

[@Thomasgene]

"She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah", At the end of The "All Yopu Need is Love" and The Vibrating Wine Bottle at the end of Long Long Long! Don't forget............"I Got Blisters on my fingers!" Not Hidden but.....

[@gregjoly2310]

What about the bench creaking at the end of a day in the life and someone 'shh-ing"? Most obvious

[@dasherf17]

Don't stop now...!

[@maxblatter]

2:36 to 2:41: "... a sound of 15 kHz, inaudible to the human ear"?? Very probably, I would indeed not be able to hear the tone at my age of 70 years. But by any means, this frequency IS audible by young and even middle-aged persons! And it could be reproduced even by a good hi-fi equipment of the vinyl era...

[@stitchgrimly6167]

George's Let It Be solo redo was done with George Martin in Jan 1970, not Phil Spector.

[@fbt25]

On the italian pressing of Abbey Road, I Want You (She's So Heavy) fades out.

[@happydude6713]

Night Nurse is green death flavoured sleep juice. Heavy duty stuff.

[@Joanna-il2ur]

As in the song by Gregory Isaac.

[@jenb8009]

George's son's name is pronounced like Danny. Not Donny

[@Sean_caulfieldlennon]

La Hemeroteca??!

[@muffinman9462]

its Danny not Donny

[@angelomisterioso]

Paperback Writer : Frère Jacques

[@Quiverbow1]

That's audible for all to hear; it's not hidden.

[@arthurclarke6703]

How about 'GIRL' , when they say tit-tit- tit-tit.

[@frankieecanales8827]

tit is not hidden!

[@PaulFormentos]

And Lennon hittin on a MARY joint

[@LaHemeroteca]

primero

[@cuda426hemi]

The Beatles weren't for this generation heck they weren't for the last few generations. If you missed the times, the Beatlemania in context with before (the 50s) and after then too bad but the music was only a part of it and it was mixed for mono old lo fi and "new" stereo systems, period. That makes this examination and vivisection of Beatle songs 60 years later just because you CAN absolutely ridiculous. Nice racket but we that lived it are laughing at you. 🎬

[@matthewhumcke3182]

this narrator is so robotic, I can't tell whether you guys are using an AI program or if it's a lifeless person. if I had to bet, this has been an AI for a while. p.s. the inner groove of sgt. pepper is not hidden. just because it wasn't available in the U.S. upon release doesnt make it hidden. it's also been on the 2009 CD released worldwide (including the audible 15kHz tone). idr about the 1987 cd release

[@musicbox_usa]

Hello, we apologize, for now we cannot have another narrator. We are still looking to improve. Thank you.

[@mattsmoo58]

​@@musicbox_usa That's lame. It wouldn't be hard to find another better sounding AI voice.

[@karaamundson3964]

​@mattsmoo58 💯, the guy's totally flesh & blood--& knowledgeable as hell

[@karaamundson3964]

​@musicbox_usa No apologies, we without tin ears think you're the BAOMB. Keep it up with Part 2--& 3!

[@matthewhumcke3182]

@@karaamundson3964 this voice would only be appealing to people with tin ears.

[@muffinman9462]

hey jude was gay jew...about Brian Epstein...true story as told by john