Because

Because is a song by the English rock band The Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road.

Lyrics
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Because the world is round

It turns me on

Because the world is round

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Because the wind is high

It blows my mind

Because the wind is high

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Love is old, love is new

Love is all, love is new

Because the sky is blue

It makes me cry

Because the sky is blue

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History
The final song to be recorded for the Abbey Road album was John Lennon’s Because. The song was inspired by Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and featured The Beatles’ distinctive three-part vocal harmonies. Yoko Ono was a classically trained pianist whose interests had moved towards the avaunt grade. One day in 1969 however, she played Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2; the Moonlight Sonata. Lying on their sofa listening, John Lennon asked her to play the chords backwards and wrote Because around the result. While not an exact reversal of Beethoven’s piece, it contains a number of musical similarities.

The vocal harmonies are one of the most distinctive aspects of the much-admired Because. Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison sang together and overdubbed their voices twice more, giving the effect of nine voices. The vocal harmonies, isolated from their instrumental backing, can be heard on both Anthology 3 and The Beatles: Love. The Love album however, features the sound of birds twittering in the background.

The instrumentation on Because was simple, with arpeggio accompaniment on harpsichord, guitar and Moog. Paul McCartney later bought the electric harpsichord, played here by George Martin, when EMI were reducing their instrument collection. It remains in his recording studio.