| "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" | ||||
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 Cover of the song's sheet music | ||||
| Song bythe Beatles | ||||
| from the albumAbbey Road | ||||
| Released | 26 September 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 25–30 July 1969 | |||
| Studio | EMI, London | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 1:57 | |||
| Label | Apple | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney | |||
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
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"She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" | ||||
"She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" is a song by the English rock bandthe Beatles from their 1969 albumAbbey Road. Written byPaul McCartney and credited toLennon–McCartney, it is the fifth song of the album's climacticmedley, immediately following "Polythene Pam".
McCartney said the song was inspired by one of the fans who hung around outside McCartney'sSt John's Wood home, and who had broken in, later revealed to be Diane Ashley. She said:
We were bored, he was out and so we decided to pay him a visit. We found a ladder in his garden and stuck it up at the bathroom window which he'd left slightly open. I was the one who climbed up and got in.
She then opened the front door to let the others inside. In addition to clothes, the fans also stole a number of photographs.
The rhythm track was recorded by the Beatles for this and "Polythene Pam" as one piece on 25 July 1969. After take 39, they added lead vocals, and re-recorded the drums and bass parts. On 28 July they added more vocals, guitar, percussion and piano. The song was completed two days later with additional guitar and percussion.[1] "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" segues abruptly after "Polythene Pam", the song on the preceding track, without pause. At the very beginning of the song, in anticipation of the change of tempo,John Lennon gives out a laugh and then shouts "Oh, look out!"[2]
A slower version of this song, recorded in late January 1969 during theGet Back sessions, appears on the 1996 compilationAnthology 3, while an in-progress version is featured on the 2021Let It Be 50th Anniversary Edition.[3]
"She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" is one of the most popular sections of the medley.[4] Dennis Jovenetti ofUtah State University'sStudent Life paper cited it and "Because" as an example of the medley's, as well as overall album's, musical diversity. He categorized it ashard rock, with "very fine" guitar fills from Harrison between the lyrics.[5]
Ritchie Yorke of theHouston Post called it "a very good song of Paul's with great lyrics."[6] Jovenetti cited the line "So I quit the police department, and got myself a steady job" as an example of the album's "funky lyrics".[5]
According toWalter Everett,[7] except where noted:
