Come Together Trivia Questions

'Get Back' is a completely different Beatles song. 'Come Together' was always called that; the confusion may come from the Get Back/Let It Be sessions.

Lennon said most of the lyrics were nonsense, inspired by a list of random phrases. 'Hair down to his knee' was just a playful image, not a real person.

Jackson outbid McCartney for the Beatles' Northern Songs catalog in 1985, which includes 'Come Together.' This famously strained their friendship.

Lennon said 'shoot me' came from a misheard lyric in a Little Richard song—not about violence. He liked the sound and kept it as a nonsensical phrase.

In the US and UK, 'Something' was the A-side and 'Come Together' was the B-side. Despite being a massive hit, it wasn't the lead single track.

Ringo Starr played that distinctive drum intro live in the studio. It was not sampled—sampling was virtually nonexistent in 1969. It's entirely original.

McCartney used a Fender Bass VI, a six-string bass, to get that low, growling opening riff. It's one of the few Beatles tracks where he didn't play his iconic Hofner.

Leary asked Lennon to write a theme for his gubernatorial run against Reagan. Lennon agreed, but Leary was jailed before the song was finished, so Lennon repurposed it for the Beatles.