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| This is about a medical student who kills people. The lyrics are dark comedy. |
| Paul McCartney: "It epitomizes the downfalls in life. Just when everything is going smoothly, Bang! Bang! Down comes Maxwell's Silver Hammer and ruins everything." |
| George Harrison played a Moog synthesizer, Ringo played an anvil. |
| John Lennon was not at the sessions for this because he was recovering from a car accident. |
| McCartney wrote this. He would often make up characters for his songs, while Lennon would base his on real people and events. |
| The recording sessions went on for 3 days as McCartney tried to get it just right. This strained the already tense Beatles, who broke up soon after recording Abbey Road. |
| The Beatles performed this in their movie Let It Be. |
| The cover of the album fueled rumors that Paul McCartney was dead. The cover shows all four Beatles walking in a crosswalk of Abbey Road. John is leading, followed by Ringo, Paul, and finally George. According to the rumor, what they were wearing signified a funeral procession. John was dressed in white as if he was God, Ringo was dressed in a black suit as if he was a Preacher, and George was wearing grungy clothing, as if he was the grave digger. Paul was dressed in a dark-gray suit, was carrying a cigarette, and has his eyes closed. Also, he is the only one walking barefoot. (thanks, Patrick - Conyers, GA) |
| This originally opened with a brief instrumental intro that was edited out. It was the same chords as the ending of the song. (thanks, Barry Kesten - Bellmore, United States) |
