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Flying (Beatles instrumental)

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38: 430:, accompanied by McCartney and Harrison (both on guitars, plus a later McCartney bass overdub) and Starr (on maracas and drums). All four Beatles sing the melody without lyrics of any kind, and the track fades in an assortment of tape effects created by Lennon and Starr. This released version is identical to that heard on the soundtrack of the 144: 469:
speculated was "seemingly copied straight from an unidentifiable modern jazz record", was in fact played on a mellotron. (In addition to the familiar samples of instruments playing single notes, mellotrons had entire banks of a pop orchestra playing popular styles of music, with optional
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during the 28 September session. The loops extended the song to 9 minutes 38 seconds, but the track was cut down to only 2 minutes 17 seconds. Part of the loops were used alongside an element of the ending jazz sequence to make "The Bus", an incidental piece used at various points in the
401:, guitar, bass, maracas, drums and tape loop overdubs on 28 September under its original title of "Aerial Tour Instrumental". The end of the recording originally included a fast-paced traditional New Orleans jazz-influenced 382:" in 1965, this was also the first song to be credited as being written by all four members of the band with the writing credits of "Harrison/Lennon–McCartney/Starkey". Like "12-Bar Original", it was based on the classic 465:
and strange whistling noises in the early parts of the track. The jazz-influenced ending is also present on this version, which is slightly shorter, clocking in at around 2:08. This coda, which
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believed that the track, "as instrumental interlude, is more interesting, if only because it is more modest ".
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in the United States). It is one of the few songs credited to all four members of the band:
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jungle movie at just about the point where she feeds the chanting populace to the cobras".
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film; the music is accompanied in the film by colour-altered images of landscape in
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On the track, as recorded and officially released, Lennon plays the main theme on
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taken from an aeroplane, as well as some unused footage from the 1964
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chord progression. The other two Beatles instrumentals are "
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The first instrumental written by The Beatles since "
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Flying (Beatles song)

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Instrumental
The Beatles
Magical Mystery Tour
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Genre
Instrumental rock
psychedelia
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Songwriter(s)
George Harrison
John Lennon
Paul McCartney

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