She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

Infobox Song
Name = She Came in Through the Bathroom Window


Artist = The Beatles
Album = Abbey Road
Released = 26 September 1969
track_no = 13
Recorded = Abbey Road Studios: 25 July-30 July 1969
Genre = Rock
Length = 1:57
Writer = Lennon/McCartney
Label = Apple Records
Producer = George Martin
Misc = Extra musicsample |filename=Beatles bathroomwindow.ogg |format=Ogg
title=She Came in Through the Bathroom Window |Type=songExtra tracklisting
Album = Abbey Road
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
#"Come Together"
#"Something"
#"Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
#"Oh! Darling"
#"Octopus's Garden"
#"I Want You (She's So Heavy)";Side two
#"Here Comes the Sun"
#"Because"
#"You Never Give Me Your Money"
#"Sun King"
#"Mean Mr. Mustard"
#"Polythene Pam"
#"She Came in Through the Bathroom Window"
#"Golden Slumbers"
#"Carry That Weight"
#"The End"
#"Her Majesty"

"She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" is a song written by Paul McCartney (although credited to Lennon/McCartney) and performed by The Beatles on their album "Abbey Road" as part of the "Abbey Road" medley.

This song was performed directly after "Polythene Pam", the song on the preceding track, without pause. Allegedly, McCartney plays lead guitar on this song, while George Harrison plays the bass partFact|date=August 2008.

At the very beginning of the song, John Lennon says, "We'll listen to that now. He he he. Oh, look out!" Someone then says, "You should"Fact|date=August 2008.

In 1976, The Bee Gees covered the song for the ephemeral musical documentary "All This and World War II".

In the 2006 DVD documentary "The Classic Artists Series: The Moody Blues" (DVD UK, released October 2006), Mike Pinder, the former keyboard player of Birmingham R&B band The Moody Blues, states that the inspiration for the song actually rests with an incident that happened to them - a groupie climbing into an open bathroom window in the bands' home and spending the night with band member Ray Thomas. The next day, Pinder and Thomas recounted the story to McCartney, who - guitar in hand - strummed and sang "She came in through the bathroom window..."

Paul McCartney played "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" in his 2005 US Tour in combination with the song "Too Many People" from his solo album "Ram".

A slower, ethereal version of this song can be heard on "Anthology 3".

Covers

Joe Cocker's cover of this song reached #30 on the Billboard top 40 in 1970 [http://www.superseventies.com/ssjoecocker.html] .

Megan Mullally, of Will and Grace fame, has also covered the song in her album, "Big as a Berry".

Matchbox Twenty added their cover of this song to their Exile in America Tour in 2007-2008, as a medley with their hit single "Bright Lights". When playing on Live From Abbey Road, the band performed this medley.

References

* Turner, Steve. "A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles' Song", Harper, New York: 1994, ISBN 0-06-095065-X
* Brewer, Jon (director/producer). The Classic Artists Series: The Moody Blues, DVD UK Ltd, 2006, catalogue number: DVDCASMB002

External links

* [http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/scittbw.shtml Alan W. Pollack's analysis of "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window"]