I’ve Got a Feeling

What makes I’ve Got a Feeling such an interesting piece to deconstruct is that it actually originated from two distinct musical ideas that came together. On one hand, there was Paul McCartney's proposal, and on the other, a creation by John Lennon. Both were incomplete songs that found their definitive form upon merging. The main recording of this song took place on January 30, 1969, no less than during the famous rooftop concert at Apple Studio. In that session, it featured the participation of Billy Preston, who added his touch on the electric piano, contributing a distinctive sonic layer.

This track, which is part of the album Let It Be released in 1970, has a recording history that extends a bit further. There is a studio take, made approximately a week before the rooftop concert, which was later included in the compilation Anthology 3 in 1996. Later, in 2003, a remixed version appeared on Let It Be... Naked. This particular edition is a combination of the rooftop concert performance and a second take from the same event. John Lennon's idea, prior to the Let It Be sessions, consisted of a kind of litany where each phrase began with "everybody". In fact, there are records of him performing this part of the song in December 1968, once on a cassette tape at his home and another, filmed in the garden, which was even used in a film by Yoko Ono.