Whatever Gets You thru the Night

Whatever Gets You thru the Night

Infobox Single
Name = Whatever Gets You thru the Night


Artist = John Lennon
from Album = Walls and Bridges
B-side = "Beef Jerky"
Released = start date|1974|10|04 (UK)
Format = 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:27
Label = Apple Records
Writer = John Lennon
Producer = John Lennon
Chart position = * #36 (UK Singles Chart)
* #1 (US "Billboard" Hot 100)
Last single = "Mind Games" (1973)
This single = "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (1974)
Next single = "#9 Dream" (1975)

"Whatever Gets You thru the Night" is a song on John Lennon's 1974 album "Walls and Bridges". It was Lennon's only American solo number one song during his lifetime ("(Just Like) Starting Over" would chart posthumously six years later). The recording featured Elton John on backing vocals and piano alongside the Muscle Shoals Horns. While in the studio, Elton bet Lennon that the song would top the charts, and such was Lennon's skepticism that Elton secured from him a promise to appear on stage at one of his performances should the record indeed hit number one. When the record did achieve that feat, Lennon appeared at Elton John's Thanksgiving performance at Madison Square Garden on start date|1974|11|28. It would be his last appearance before a rock audience. Yoko Ono was in the audience, and saw Lennon backstage after the performance. It was the first time in nearly a year and a half that Yoko had seen John in person. Lennon's former bandmates Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr had all enjoyed multiple number one hits in the US prior to this song.

In December, 2005, May Pang told Radio Times: "At night he (John Lennon) loved to channel-surf, and he would pick up phrases from all the shows. One time, he was watching Reverend Ike, a famous black evangelist, who was saying, "Let me tell you guys, it doesn't matter, it's whatever gets you through the night." John loved it and said, "I've got to write it down or I'll forget it." He always kept a pad and pen by the bed. That was the beginning of 'Whatever Gets You thru the Night'."

In 2007, Yoko Ono granted Amnesty International the opportunity to have a number of bands cover John Lennon's solo songbook, which includes this song. Los Lonely Boys and Les Trois Accords performed it as the second single from the "" album.

Personnel

The musicians who performed on the original recording were as follows:cite book |first=John |last=Blaney |title=John Lennon: Listen To This Book |year=2005 |pages=145| publisher=Biddles Ltd. |location=Guildford, Great Britain |isbn=0-9544528-1-X]
*John Lennon - vocals, guitar
*Ken Ascher - clavinet
*Jesse Ed Davis - guitar
*Arthur Jenkins - percussion
*Elton John - piano, organ, vocal harmony
*Jim Keltner - drums
*Bobby Keys - saxophone
*Eddie Mottau - acoustic guitar
*Klaus Voormann - bass

References

External links

* [http://www.jpgr.co.uk/r5998.html John Lennon - Whatever Gets You thru the Night] at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages.


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