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“Tomorrow Never Knows” by the Beatles

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“Tomorrow Never Knows” by the Beatles is a classic rock and psychedelic rock song. It was the first song recorded for the “Revolver” album, but the last song in track order on the album.
The song is significant because it contains the first example of a vocal being put through a Leslie speaker cabinet to obtain a vibrato effect (which was normally used as a loudspeaker for a Hammond organ) and the use of an ADT system (Automatic double-tracking) to double the vocal image.

    Song Title: Tomorrow Never Knows
    Artist: the Beatles
    Album: Revolver
    Genre: psychedelic rock, classic rock, progressive rock, experimental rock
    Composer: Copyright © 1966 John Lennon, Paul McCartney
    Lead Vocals: John Lennon (double-tracked)
    Lead Guitar: Paul McCartney (backwards guitar solo)
    Piano: George Martin
    Organ: John Lennon (Hammond organ)
    Bass Guitar: Paul McCartney
    Drums: Ringo Starr
    Tambourine: Ringo Starr
    Other: Tape loops: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
    Sitar: George Harrison
    Tamboura: George Harrison
    Producer: George Martin
    Recorded: 6, 7, and 22 April 1966, EMI Studios, London
    Engineer: Geoff Emerick
    Released: 5 August 1966
    Label: Parlophone
    Number of listens: 13627
    Current rank: 730 (updated weekly)
    Highest rank: 634 (play the video all the way through to register a vote for this song)

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Mackenzie: This is the Beatles’s best song.

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