Hello Goodbye

Hello Goodbye is a song by the English rock band The Beatles featured on their 1967 album Magical Mystery Tour.

Lyrics
You say yes, I say no

You say stop and I say go go go, oh no

You say goodbye and I say hello

Hello hello

I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

Hello hello

I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

I say high, you say low

You say why and I say I don't know, oh no

You say goodbye and I say hello

(Hello goodbye hello goodbye) Hello hello

(Hello goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

(Hello goodbye hello goodbye) Hello hello

(Hello goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye

(Hello goodbye) I say hello/goodbye

Why why why why why why do you say goodbye

Bye, bye, bye

Oh no

You say goodbye and I say hello

Hello hello

I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

Hello hello

I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

You say yes (I say yes) I say no (But I may mean no)

You say stop (I can stay) and I say go go go (Till it's time to go), oh

Oh no

You say goodbye and I say hello

Hello hello

I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

Hello hello

I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

Hello hello

I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello hello

Heyla heyla helloa

Heyla heyla helloa, cha cha cha

Heyla heyla helloa, wooo

Heyla heyla helloa, hela

Heyla heyla helloa, cha cha cha

Heyla heyla helloa, wooo

Hela heba helloa, cha cah cah

History
Hello Goodbye, The Beatles’ final single of 1967, was their first release after the death of Brian Epstein. It was backed with I Am The Walrus, to the displeasure of John Lennon, who considered his song to be the superior of the two. Lennon later dismissed Hello Goodbye as “three minutes of contradictions and meaningless juxtapositions”. The song had its genesis at Paul McCartney‘s house in Cavendish Avenue, London. According to Alistair Taylor, Epstein’s former personal assistant and later the general manager of Apple Corps, McCartney first got the idea for Hello Goodbye at his home in Cavendish Avenue, London after Taylor asked him how he wrote songs. The song’s simplicity, much like previous single All You Need Is Love, was tailored to be understood by an international audience. Its childlike lyrics chimed with the times, perhaps a side-effect of the regressive spirit of LSD.

The Beatles began recording Hello Goodbye on October 2, 1967, under the working title ‘Hello Hello’. They recorded 14 takes of the backing track; piano, organ, drums and other percussion instruments including bongos, congas, maracas and tambourine. They returned to it a little over a fortnight later. On October 19, two guitar parts were added, as were McCartney’s occasionally double tracked lead vocals and Lennon and George Harrison’s backing vocals. The following day two violas were added. George Martin scored the instruments, based on notes suggested by McCartney at the piano. McCartney added his first bass guitar part on October 25 and added another on November 2, at which point the song was complete.