Savoy Truffle

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“Savoy Truffle”
“Savoy Truffle” cover
Song by The Beatles
Album The Beatles
Released 22 November 1968
Recorded 3 October 1968
Genre Rock
Length 2:56
Label Apple Records
Writer George Harrison
Producer George Martin
The Beatles track listing

Side one

  1. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
  2. "Dear Prudence"
  3. "Glass Onion"
  4. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
  5. "Wild Honey Pie"
  6. "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"
  7. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
  8. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun"

Side two

  1. "Martha My Dear"
  2. "I'm So Tired"
  3. "Blackbird"
  4. "Piggies"
  5. "Rocky Raccoon"
  6. "Don't Pass Me By"
  7. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"
  8. "I Will"
  9. "Julia"

Side three

  1. "Birthday"
  2. "Yer Blues"
  3. "Mother Nature's Son"
  4. "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
  5. "Sexy Sadie"
  6. "Helter Skelter"
  7. "Long, Long, Long"

Side four

  1. "Revolution 1"
  2. "Honey Pie"
  3. "Savoy Truffle"
  4. "Cry Baby Cry"
  5. "Revolution 9"
  6. "Good Night"

"Savoy Truffle" is a song written by George Harrison and performed by The Beatles on their eponymously-titled album (the "White Album"). Harrison wrote the song as a tribute to his friend Eric Clapton's chocolate addiction, and indeed he derived the title and many of the lyrics from a box of Mackintosh Good News chocolates.[1]Supposedly all of the confectionery names used in the song are authentic, except cherry cream and coconut fudge. The chorus ("But you'll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle") is a reference to the deterioration of one's teeth after eating too many sweets. The line "We all know Obla-di-bla-da" refers to the song "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" which appears earlier on the album.

The Beatles recorded the first take on 3 October 1968 and the final mixes were finished by 14 October. Six saxophonists (two baritone, four tenor) were brought in and were reportedly displeased when George Martin decided to distort them. One of the saxophonists was the British jazz musician Harry Klein. The song is on side four, track three of the vinyl release and disc two, track ten of the CD release.

[edit] Cover versions

They Might Be Giants covered "Savoy Truffle" on the compilation Songs From the Material World: A Tribute to George Harrison.[2] Their version is more subdued than the original.

Phish covered the song on their live album Live Phish Volume 13; during this concert they also covered the entire White Album

Producer Terry Manning covered the song on his "Home Sweet Home" album. His "heavy psych" version includes some early Moog effects.

Ella Fitzgerald covered the song on her "I'll Never Fall In Love Again / Savoy Truffle" Format:Stereo 45, Label: Reprise Records ,Rel. Year: 1969.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Songs about Clapton
  2. ^ Songs from the Material World
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