I'm the Greatest
I'm the Greatest | |
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Artista | Ringo Starr John Lennon George Harrison Billy Preston Klaus Voorman |
Autore/i | John Lennon |
Genere | Pop rock |
Edito da | EMI |
Pubblicazione originale | |
Incisione | Ringo |
Data | 1973 |
Etichetta | Apple Records |
Durata | 3:21 |
I'm the Greatest è una canzone scritta da John Lennon per Ringo Starr ed apparsa inizialmente sull'album Ringo; in seguito è stata inclusa nelle raccolte Blast from Your Past[1] e Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo.
Il brano
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Il brano venne composto da John Lennon dopo aver visto in TV il film A Hard Day's Night il 28 dicembre 1970. Tra il 28 ed il 29 registrò una demo della canzone; negli stessi giorni venne registrata anche Make Love Not War. Una seconda demo è stata realizzata nell'anno successivo, alla fine della registrazione dell'album Imagine[2]. L'intenzione iniziale di Lennon era di tenerla per sé, ma la regalò a Ringo quando gli chiese brani per il suo nuovo album, Ringo[3].
Sull'album John Lennon Anthology appare una versione della canzone con John come voce solista, e molti bootleg includono una versione del brano con solamente il pianoforte, il basso, la batteria, e la voce solista di Lennon.
Formazione
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- Ringo Starr: voce, batteria
- John Lennon: cori, pianoforte
- George Harrison: chitarra solista
- Billy Preston: organo
- Klaus Voorman: basso elettrico
La formazione che ha eseguito il gruppo venne considerata come The Ladders. John Lennon aveva in mente di un gruppo che comprendesse proprio la formazione, come gruppo successivo ai Beatles. L'idea non venne utilizzata.
Note
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- ^ Rodriguez, Robert (2010). Fab Four FAQ 2.0: The Beatles' Solo Years, 1970–1980 (illustrated ed.). New York: Backbeat Books. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-87930-968-8.
- ^ Miles, Barry; Badman, Keith, ed. (2001). The Beatles Diary After the Break-Up: 1970-2001 (reprint ed.). London: Music Sales Group. ISBN 978-0-7119-8307-6.
- ^ Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.
Collegamenti esterni
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- (EN) I'm the Greatest, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
George Harrison | |
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Album in studio | Electronic Sound · All Things Must Pass · Living in the Material World · Dark Horse · Extra Texture (Read All About It) · Thirty-Three & 1/3 · George Harrison · Somewhere in England · Gone Troppo · Cloud Nine · Brainwashed |
Album dal vivo | The Concert for Bangladesh · Live in Japan |
Raccolte | The Best of George Harrison · Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989 · The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 · Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison · Early Takes: Volume 1 · The Apple Years 1968-75 |
Colonne sonore | Wonderwall Music |
Singoli | My Sweet Lord/Isn't It a Pity · What Is Life · Bangla Desh · Deep Blue · Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) · Ding Dong, Ding Dong · Dark Horse · You · This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying) · This Song ·Crackerbox Palace · It's What You Value · Blow Away · Love Comes to Everyone · Faster · All Those Years Ago · Teardrops · Wake Up My Love · I Really Love You · Dream Away · I Don't Want to Do It · Got My Mind Set on You · When We Was Fab · This Is Love · Cheer Down · Stuck Inside a Cloud · Any Road |
Videografia | The Concert for Bangla Desh · George Harrison - The Dark Horse Years 1976/1992 · George Harrison - The Quiet One · The Beatles Anthology · Concert for George · George Harrison: Living in the Material World |
Voci correlate | All You Need Is Cash · Beware of ABKCO! · Bob Dylan · Concert for George (evento e album) · Dark Horse Records · Dark Horse Tour · Dhani Harrison · Eric Clapton · Frank Crisp · Friar Park · George Harrison e i Beatles · I, Me, Mine · Induismo · Jeff Lynne · Movimento Hare Krishna · Olivia Harrison · Onyricon · Pattie Boyd · Ravi Shankar · The Beatles · Traveling Wilburys |
Discografia |
Ringo | |
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Ringo Starr | |
Lato A | I'm the Greatest · Have You Seen My Baby · Photograph · Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond) · You're Sixteen |
Lato B | Oh My My · Step Lightly · Six O'Clock · Devil Woman · You and Me (Babe) |
Bonus tracks | It Don't Come Easy · Early 1970 · Down and Out |
Voci correlate | Discografia di Ringo Starr · Brani musicali di Ringo Starr · Vini Poncia · Richard Perry |
Sentimental Journey · Beaucoups of Blues · Ringo · Goodnight Vienna · Ringo's Rotogravure · Ringo the 4th · Bad Boy · Stop and Smell the Roses · Old Wave · Time Takes Time · Vertical Man · I Wanna Be Santa Claus · Ringo Rama · Choose Love · Liverpool 8 · Y Not · Ringo 2012 |
The Beatles | |||||||
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Formazione | John Lennon (1960-1970) · Paul McCartney (1960-1970) · George Harrison (1960-1970) · Ringo Starr (1962-1970) · Stuart Sutcliffe (1960-1961) · Pete Best (1960-1962) | ||||||
Album in studio |
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Album dal vivo | The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl · Live at the BBC · On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2 · The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 | ||||||
Raccolte | The Beatles' First · The Beatles in Italy · A Collection of Beatles Oldies (But Goldies!) · Hey Jude · The Beatles' Christmas Album · Very Together · Red Album · Blue Album · Rock 'n' Roll Music · Love Songs · Rarities · Ballads · 20 Greatest Hits · The Number Ones · Past Masters · The Beatles Anthology (1 · 2 · 3) · 1 · Love · Tomorrow Never Knows · I Saw Her Standing There · 1+ | ||||||
Box set | The Beatles Collection · The Beatles Box · The Beatles: The Collection · The Beatles Box Set · The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 · The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 · The Beatles Stereo Box Set · The Beatles in Mono · The U.S. Albums · The Japan Box · The Singles Collection | ||||||
Colonne sonore | Magical Mystery Tour · Reel Music · Yellow Submarine | ||||||
EP | Twist and Shout · The Beatles' Hits · The Beatles (No. 1) · All My Loving · Long Tall Sally · Extracts from the Film "A Hard Day's Night" · Extracts from the Album "A Hard Day's Night" · Beatles for Sale · Beatles for Sale No. 2 · The Beatles' Million Sellers · Yesterday · Nowhere Man · Magical Mystery Tour · Baby It's You · Free as a Bird · Real Love | ||||||
Singoli | Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You · Please Please Me/Ask Me Why · From Me to You/Thank You Girl · She Loves You/I'll Get You · I Want to Hold Your Hand/This Boy · Can't Buy Me Love/You Can't Do That · A Hard Day's Night · I Feel Fine/She's a Woman · Ticket to Ride/Yes It Is · Help! · We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper · Paperback Writer/Rain · Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine · Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane · All You Need Is Love/Baby You're a Rich Man · Hello, Goodbye/I Am the Walrus · Lady Madonna/The Inner Light · Hey Jude/Revolution · Get Back/Don't Let Me Down · The Ballad of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe · Something/Come Together · Let It Be/You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) · Free as a Bird/Christmas Time Is Here Again · Real Love/Baby's In Black · Now and Then | ||||||
Brani musicali | Love Me Do · P.S. I Love You · From Me to You · Thank You Girl · She Loves You · I'll Get You · I Want to Hold Your Hand · This Boy · Can't Buy Me Love · You Can't Do That · I Feel Fine · She's a Woman · Ticket to Ride · Yes It Is · Help! · I'm Down · We Can Work It Out · Day Tripper · Paperback Writer · Rain · Eleanor Rigby · Yellow Submarine · Strawberry Fields Forever · Penny Lane · All You Need Is Love · Baby You're a Rich Man · Hello, Goodbye · I Am the Walrus · Lady Madonna · The Inner Light · Hey Jude · Revolution · Get Back · Don't Let Me Down · The Ballad of John and Yoko · Old Brown Shoe · Let It Be · You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) | ||||||
Bootleg | Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 · The Decca Tapes · The Black Album · Kum Back | ||||||
Film | Tutti per uno (A Hard Day's Night) · Aiuto! (Help!) · Magical Mystery Tour · Yellow Submarine · Let It Be - Un giorno con i Beatles · The Beatles: Get Back | ||||||
Collaboratori | Musicali: Andy White · George Martin · Jimmy Nicol · Geoff Emerick · Eric Clapton · Billy Preston · Phil Spector Non-musicali: Brian Epstein · Neil Aspinall · Alistair Taylor · Derek Taylor · Mal Evans · Allen Klein · Peter Brown · Freda Kelly · Magic Alex | ||||||
Voci correlate | 1964 - Allarme a N.Y. arrivano i Beatles! · Abbey Road Studios · All This and World War II · Apple Corps · Apple Records · Apple scruffs · Astrid Kirchherr · Backbeat - Tutti hanno bisogno di amore · Beatlemania · Beatlesongs! · The Beatles at the Shea Stadium · British invasion · Carnival of Light · Cavern Club · Concerto dei Beatles sul tetto · Cry for a Shadow · Dick James · Etcetera · George Harrison e i Beatles · I Beatles nella cultura di massa · Iain Macmillan · In Spite of All the Danger · John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert · Leave My Kitten Alone · Lee Eastman · Leggenda della morte di Paul McCartney · Linda McCartney · Luoghi beatlesiani · Mark Lewisohn · McLemore Avenue · Murray the K · La nascita dei Beatles · Por Siempre Beatles (Beatles Forever) · The Palace of the King of the Birds · Rare and Unseen: The Beatles · Sessions · Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film) · Soggiorno dei Beatles in India · Tara Browne · Terry Doran · The Beatles: Get Back (libro) · The Beatles: Rock Band · The Beatles Play the Residents and the Residents Play the Beatles · The First U.S. Visit · The Grey Album · The Rutles · The Quarrymen · Tony Sheridan · Yōko Ono · My Bonnie/The Saints · Musica beat · The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away · Los Beatles · The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years · Requests · Due di noi - The Beatles · The Beatles: Sgt Pepper & Beyond · La segretaria dei Beatles · My Bonnie | ||||||
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