Composed primarily by John Lennon, and credited under Lennon/McCartney, "Come Together" is the opening track of the 1969 album, Abbey Road. It stood at a solid fourth ranking in England's charts, and rose to the top of the charts in the United States.
Timothy Leary's failed gubernatorial campaign for governor of California is believed to be Lennon's inspiration for the song. The campaign, titled "Let's Get it Together," ended when Leary was sent to prison.
Speculation has risen as to whether or not each verse cryptically refers to the band members individually; 'he's one holly roller,' to the supposedly spiritual Harrison, 'he got monkey finger, he shoot Coca-Cola,' to the "funny" Ringo, 'he got Ono sideboard, he's one spinal cracker,' to Lennon, and lastly, 'got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see,' to Paul, respectively.
Aerosmith cover of the song, anyone?
Yeah, I didn't know about it either.
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