So I guess around 2009/2010 would have been the first time I heard ‘Lady Madonna’ by The Beatles. I may have written here and there in the past about how that period was when The Beatles entered my life and how they’ve remained a permanent fixture in my life since. There are plenty of other songs by them that I probably prefer to this one but that doesn’t take anything away from the obvious quality it possesses.

It was February 1968 and the four guys were about to partake in Transcendental Meditation in India, and so they wanted to release a single that would be available for the public for the time they were away. ‘Lady Madonna’ was made and chosen for the A-Side. It was mainly written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon helped with some of the lyrics, and was influenced by the voice of rock and roll legend Fats Domino, a blues instrumental by Humphrey Lyttleton and the Virgin Mary.

‘Lady Madonna’ is led by a fantastic piano hook mirrored by the lead vocal initially, then the fuzzy guitars from Lennon and George Harrison and then a saxophone, played by Ronnie Scott, that takes the centre stage for the solo in the middle of the track. It’s a pleasant composition. McCartney sings very well, as he usually did in those times, and Ringo Starr does his thing on the drums (both with brushes and the sticks). I feel like it foreshadows what was to come on the White Album months afterward. It almost feels like a McCartney solo song. Doesn’t stop it from being good though.