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“Come Together” is the opening track to Abbey Road, written by John Lennon and to be used as a campaign song for famed LSD enthusiast Timothy Leary, who was running for Governor of California at the time.

It’s been suggested that each verse talks about one of the members of The Beatles or a self-portrait of Lennon himself. However, by his own admission, Lennon often simply filled his lyrics with non-sequiturs:

The thing was created in the studio. It’s gobbledygook; Come Together was an expression that Leary had come up with for his attempt at being president or whatever he wanted to be, and he asked me to write a campaign song. I tried and tried, but I couldn’t come up with one. But I came up with this, Come Together, which would’ve been no good to him – you couldn’t have a campaign song like that, right?

– John Lennon (from All We Are Saying by David Sheff)

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Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

What did The Beatles say about "Come Together"?
Genius Answer

Per Paul after the initial intent to use the song for Timothy Leary’s campaign –

I said, ‘Let’s slow it down with a swampy bass-and-drums vibe’. I came up with a bass line, and it all flowed from there.

What does it mean
Genius Answer

“Come Together” started as John Lennon’s attempt to write a song for Timothy Leary’s campaign for governor of California against Ronald Reagan, which ended when Leary was sent to prison for possession of marijuana. Lennon commented:

The thing was created in the studio. It’s gobbledygook; Come Together was an expression that Leary had come up with for his attempt at being president or whatever he wanted to be, and he asked me to write a campaign song. I tried and tried, but I couldn’t come up with one. But I came up with this, Come Together, which would’ve been no good to him – you couldn’t have a campaign song like that, right?'

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Produced By
Background Vocals
Lead guitar
Fender Rhodes Piano
Handclaps
Recorded At
EMI (Abbey Road) Studios, London, UK (21st-23rd, 25th, 29th-30th July 1969)
Release Date
September 26, 1969
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