What Goes On (The Beatles song)

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"What Goes On" is a song by The Beatles, featured as the eighth track on their sixth UK album Rubber Soul. The song was later released as the tenth track on the American-only album Yesterday ... and Today. The song-writing credit is Lennon-McCartney-Starkey. The original form of the song was written by John Lennon for producer George Martin as a possible follow-up to "Please Please Me" in early 1963. The song was not used until 1965 as Ringo Starr's vocal piece for Rubber Soul. A new middle section was written by both Paul McCartney and Starr, Starr's first ever composing credit on a Beatles song. However, when asked what his contribution to the song was in 1966, Starr said, "About five words."

Sufjan Stevens covered the song on the compilation This Bird Has Flown - A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul.

Reference

Turner, Steve. A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles' Song, Harper, New York: 1994, ISBN 006095065X

Ringo Starr performed "What Goes On" live as part of his 2006 All Starr Tour.

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[Lyrics]

The Beatles
Singles
All You Need Is Love \| Baby It's You \| The Ballad of John and Yoko \| Can't Buy Me Love \| Come Together \| Day Tripper \| Do You Want to Know a Secret? \| Eight Days a Week \| Eleanor Rigby \| Free as a Bird \| From Me to You \| Get Back \| Got to Get You into My Life \| A Hard Day's Night \| Hello Goodbye \| Help! \| Hey Jude \| I Feel Fine \| I Want to Hold Your Hand (Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand) \| Lady Madonna \| Let It Be \| The Long and Winding Road \| Love Me Do \| Matchbox \| Beatles Movie Medley \| Nowhere Man \| Paperback Writer \| Penny Lane \| Please Please Me \| Rain \| Real Love \| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band \| She Loves You (Sie Liebt Dich) \| Slow Down \| Something \| Strawberry Fields Forever \| Ticket to Ride \| Twist and Shout \| We Can Work It Out \| Yellow Submarine \| Yesterday
B-sides
Ask Me Why \| Baby You're a Rich Man \| Baby's in Black \| Don't Let Me Down \| For You Blue \| I Am the Walrus \| I Don't Want to Spoil the Party \| I'll Get You \| I'm Down \| Matchbox \| Old Brown Shoe \| P.S. I Love You \| Revolution \| Rock and Roll Music \| She's a Woman \| Thank You Girl \| The Inner Light \| Things We Said Today \| This Boy \| What Goes On \| Yes It Is \| You Can't Do That \| You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
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