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This song is believed to have been
originated in a drawing published by the press in which Yoko
was shown as a monkey on John's shoulder dragging his
talent. Initially known as 'Come On, Come On', the song was
built from the line which eventually became it's title.
"That was just a nice line which I made into a song," he
said. "Everybody seemed paranoid except for us two, who were
in the glow of love... everybody was sort of tense around
us."
It hadn't been until his return
form India that the friendship turned into an affair. It was
then that Cynthia discovered what was happening. Yoko
started to attend recording sessions for the new album, much
to the annoyance of the other Beatles. The British press
also found it difficult to accept Yoko and this irked John
and was to play a part in his eventual move to America. "In
England they think I'm someone who has won the pools and
gone off with a Japanese princess," he once said. "In
America, they treat her with respect. They treat her as the
serious artist she is."
One of the most incredible aspects
of the song is George's special talent of making the most
out of a simple firebell (which is not that easy to play).
The song was recorded slower than reproduced, and hence a
3'07'' take turned into 3'24''. This gives the distorted
guitars an even more frantic feeling, accentuated by John's
vocal.
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