The Meaning Behind The Beatles' “Runaway” Success with “She's Leaving Home”
The Beatles’ landmark 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band has been lauded more than just about any album in rock history. People talk about the concept, about the cover, about the way the album represented a new start for the Fab Four as a studio band who no longer played live. That’s all good stuff, for sure. But without the brilliance of individual songs like “She’s Leaving Home,” it’s impossible to imagine Pepper’s creating the impact that it did.“She’s Leaving Home” stands out as one of the loveliest and saddest songs on that or any other Beatles album, a piercing short story set against a beautiful, classical music-inspired backdrop. Because it wasn’t a hit single (there were no singles released from that record), many fans might not know the story behind it. How did Paul McCartney’s innocent perusal of the morning paper set the song in motion? What counterintuitive role did John Lennon play on the song? And why did it cause some hard feelings with George Martin, the band’s longtime producer? All the answers and more can be found below as we look back to this incredible musical accomplishment.
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