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The Word - The Beatles
Album: Rubber Soul (1965)
Difficulty: Challenging (5/6)
"The Word" is a song by English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded with Lennon on lead vocals. It was first released on their 1965 album Rubber Soul.
The Word - The Beatles
Album: Rubber Soul (1965)
Difficulty: Challenging (5/6)
"The Word" is a song by English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded with Lennon on lead vocals. It was first released on their 1965 album Rubber Soul.





![Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles: Rock Band Expert Drums 100% FC
Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles
Album: The Beatles [White Album] (Disc 1) (1968)
Difficulty: Demanding (6/6)
Back in the U.S.S.R. is a song by the English rock band the Beatles and the first track of the 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as the White Album). Written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership, the song is a parody of Chuck Berrys Back in the U.S.A. and the Beach Boys California Girls. The lyrics subvert Berrys patriotic sentiments about the United States, as the narrator expresses relief upon returning home to the Soviet Union, formally the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
The Beatles recorded Back in the U.S.S.R. as a three-piece after Ringo Starr temporarily left the group, in protest at McCartneys criticism of his drumming and the tensions that typified the sessions for the White Album. Instead, the other Beatles created a composite drum track from numerous takes. McCartneys singing was based on Jerry Lee Lewis, while the bridge features a Beach Boys-style celebration of girls from various parts of the USSR. The song opens and closes with a tape loop of an aircraft landing on a runway.
Released six months after the Warsaw Pacts invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Beatles sympathetic portrayal of the USSR prompted condemnation in the West from both the New Left and the political right. In 1976, backed by Twist and Shout, it was issued as a single to promote the compilation album Rock n Roll Music. It peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart and number 11 in Ireland. In 2003, McCartney performed the song in Moscows Red Square. Elton John and Billy Joel have also released versions recorded during concerts in Russia. Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles: Rock Band Expert Drums 100% FC](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/npk1a6M4RYo/mqdefault.jpg)




