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The Beatles — Your Mother Should Know
Album: Magical Mystery Tour
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Released: 1967
Length: 2:24
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(Oo-oo-oo-ooh)

Let's all get up and dance to a song
That was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should know (know)

Sing it again

Let's all get up and dance to a song
That was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should know (know)

Lift up your hearts and sing me a song
That was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should know (kno-ow)
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should know (kno-ow)

Sing it again

Daa-da da-daa da-daa-daa-da-da
Da-daa-da daa da-daa daa daa-da-da-daa
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should know (yeah)
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should know (yeah)
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should know (yeah)
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 shawshank wrote:
I agree with John Lennon on this being, "Paul's granny crap...". {#Mrgreen}


John can stuff it. He had some crap songs too. Not every song has to be a profound statement on the human condition, a dirge, lament etc. There's room for sentimental music that calls back to an earlier period
Posted 3 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
So much hype over this band. Black Sabbath was superior in every way
Posted 4 years ago by stewliscious    [ Reply ]
Recently I've been listening to the RP Mellow Mix in addition to the Main Mix.  Have heard several songs, including this one, that I have never heard in the Main Mix.

It's like discovering a new RP!  Or nirvana, i.e. the state of being, not the group.

Long live the multiple streams of RP!

PS I love this song.
Posted 4 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
I like the music of the Beatles, just don't care too much for this particular one
Posted 8 years ago by artesius    [ Reply ]
 Canlistener wrote:
Another piece of Beatles rubbish
 
From another whiner who rates everything sucko-barfo.
Posted 8 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Another piece of Beatles rubbish
Posted 8 years ago by Canlistener    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}..(((10))).. {#Dancingbanana}     
Posted 8 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted 8 years ago by daigoro    [ Reply ]
fab 4  was,,,,,,,,,,,is,,,,,,,,, and wil,,,,,,,,,,,,,,l be fabulous
Posted 8 years ago by baylees    [ Reply ]
I changed my number to 10 (if I could go higher, I would), remember my mom was offended by the reference to kinda old and your mother should know!! She usually liked new Beatles albums.........this one......not so much.
Posted 9 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
 
yup - but what dj? David Hamilton?


goozer321 wrote:

The intro music for a quiz, I recall

 


Posted 10 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
My dead best friend's younger brother took this picture recently at Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square—

My dead best friend's younger brother saw this at Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square... photo HardRockCafeinTimesSquare_zps97b196e7.jpg

we be dancing...  love this song...  love this marvelous album...
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
{#Jump} {#Sunny} get up and dance {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 10 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
i love paul songs  they are just fun  i think paul and john balanced each other out perfectly  john kept paul from getting too silly and paul brought a certain lightness and musicality to johns work  given the dynamic of two strong artistic personalities the break was inevitable 
Posted 10 years ago by PopKombo    [ Reply ]
Happy International Women's Day!
Posted 10 years ago by goturtlego    [ Reply ]
as another RP listener so succinctly put it: "there are paul songs and there are john songs"
Posted 11 years ago by gjr    [ Reply ]
 apd wrote:
I think any Radio 1 listeners from the 70's will know this as a dj jingle and, are you, like me, always surprised to hear it lasting longer than 30 seconds?

 
The intro music for a quiz, I recall
Posted 11 years ago by goozer321    [ Reply ]
 Sasha2001 wrote:
It's the Paul stuff that gets us interested in the Beatles when we're children. But it's the John stuff that turns us on to serious music when we're adolescents and adults. Finally, when we're old, Paul's stuff makes us nostalgic for our youth. A band for all seasons.


 
And somewhere in there, we learn to appreciate George. I know I have.
Posted 11 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
I think any Radio 1 listeners from the 70's will know this as a dj jingle and, are you, like me, always surprised to hear it lasting longer than 30 seconds?
Posted 13 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
these guys DEFINE timeless...
Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
Will always love Paul...{#Daisy}
Posted 13 years ago by lshinkawa    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Some of their weakest output by far. This whole album is somewhat of a stretch.
 

Yah, what a bunch of stinkers  {#Drunk} . . .

Magical Mystery Tour
The Fool on the Hill
I Am the Walrus
Hello Goodbye
Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane
Baby You're a Rich Man
All You Need Is Love
Posted 13 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Some of their weakest output by far. This whole album is somewhat of a stretch.
 
i agree
Posted 13 years ago by Snoopy2    [ Reply ]
 michaelc wrote:
Hay ringo is that a penis on your face or are you just happy to see me.
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Beatles "Magical Mystery" by ~JSaurer
©2008-2010 ~JSaurer

the "magical mystery" Beatles,
first scetches I've done in 1996, this final version is from 1999
 
 
pretty awesome
Posted 13 years ago by Snoopy2    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:

Very creative response! So...in other words...one must have a CD of music of their own to compare when offering an opinion that doesn't attack anyone? Hmmm...interesting. Amoreena must have tons of CD's for all of us to compare to...for the comments she has left.
 
it never gets old with the beatles!!
Posted 13 years ago by Snoopy2    [ Reply ]
 amoreena wrote:


Can I hear something off your latest CD so I can compare?
 
Very creative response! So...in other words...one must have a CD of music of their own to compare when offering an opinion that doesn't attack anyone? Hmmm...interesting. Amoreena must have tons of CD's for all of us to compare to...for the comments she has left.

Posted 13 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Some of their weakest output by far. This whole album is somewhat of a stretch.
 

Can I hear something off your latest CD so I can compare?
Posted 13 years ago by amoreena    [ Reply ]
It's the Paul stuff that gets us interested in the Beatles when we're children. But it's the John stuff that turns us on to serious music when we're adolescents and adults. Finally, when we're old, Paul's stuff makes us nostalgic for our youth. A band for all seasons.

Posted 13 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Hay ringo is that a penis on your face or are you just happy to see me.
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Beatles "Magical Mystery" by ~JSaurer
©2008-2010 ~JSaurer

the "magical mystery" Beatles,
first scetches I've done in 1996, this final version is from 1999

 


Posted 13 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
Granny crap - snark snark
Posted 13 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
I like Paul and his cutesy stuff.  I also like his other stuff.
I can't imagine to be creatively intense your whole life
through, and never want to fluff things up a little.
I like this song.  I used to sing it to my mother and
she laughed, which is a good thing.  A nine baby, a nine.


Posted 14 years ago by Rooney    [ Reply ]
 CamLwalk wrote:

Obviously, the Beatles were a mighty band with many, many great songs.  They lose me on the cutesy Paul stuff like this.  Too fluffy, too catchy.  I like their more substantial songs (the more John or George centered stuff).  I know I'm in the minority.
 
In the minority maybe, but not alone. Certainly not alone.
Posted 14 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
I agree with John Lennon on this being, "Paul's granny crap...". {#Mrgreen}
Posted 14 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]

Beatles "Magical Mystery" by ~JSaurer
©2008-2010 ~JSaurer

the "magical mystery" Beatles,
first scetches I've done in 1996, this final version is from 1999

Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
My baby was born 3 days ago. Listening to this song on RP, I just realized that if I sing

Let's all get up and dance to a song that was a hit before your mother was born...

It becomes recursive ! :)

{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by valtouf    [ Reply ]
Happy Birthday Paul!!
Posted 14 years ago by nini    [ Reply ]
Oh, the memories!
Posted 14 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Some of their weakest output by far. This whole album is somewhat of a stretch.
 

Oh, I agree, that is why I only gave them a 10, normally I will give them a 10.{#Lol}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Yadda Yadda Yadda, Blah, Blah, Beatles, Yadda, Blah............... 10!{#Notworthy}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Some of their weakest output by far. This whole album is somewhat of a stretch.
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
daigoro wrote:
Decent little tune, but I don't see how some people give it a 9 or 10 (or 1 or 2). Kind of catchy and non-threatening, like something they would use in an iPhone commerical.
John Lennon referred to this type of writing by Paul as his "granny shit". A real miracle of cooperation that those two were able to collaborate at all, and to such wonderful result.

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 dmax wrote:
There's something hopeful about my 13 yr old going into Borders with me, and immediately picking up the Magical Mystery Tour album and proclaiming "This is my favorite album."

and then I give him a little look and he says

"yes, I know it's not an album, but a collection of their singles! But STILL! Look at all these songs!!!..."

My work here, it might be done. 
 

You did well in passing the torch!
Posted 14 years ago by jimbaca    [ Reply ]
I'm getting the impression that your mother is quite old!
Posted 14 years ago by zair99    [ Reply ]
Love the video bit from the show.


Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 ghcollins86 wrote:
How could someone rate this a 2 or a 3??
 
Obviously, the Beatles were a mighty band with many, many great songs.  They lose me on the cutesy Paul stuff like this.  Too fluffy, too catchy.  I like their more substantial songs (the more John or George centered stuff).  I know I'm in the minority.

Posted 15 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
Interesting that Bill just got around to adding most of the tracks from this record in 2009.
Posted 15 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
Your mother should go...
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 daigoro wrote:
Decent little tune, but I don't see how some people give it a 9 or 10 (or 1 or 2). Kind of catchy and non-threatening, like something they would use in an iPhone commerical.
 
Judging by your comment, I'd guess you were born a substantial amount of time after this song was released, especially if you "don't see how some people give it a 9 or 10 (or 1 or 2)".  The anachronistic use of a 21st-century product as a point of reference for a song that was released in 1967 is also somewhat telling.  The song, however, is a "catchy and non-threatening" tune, like the majority of Paul McCartney's work could be said to be.  I guess in response to your wondering why there are such high ratings: I think it's because a lot of the listeners here have heard and enjoyed this song since they were young and the song was "new".  Anyhow, I am not trying to engage in any sort of "age-discrimination" attacks, I was just making a less-than-astute observation. 


Posted 15 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Decent little tune, but I don't see how some people give it a 9 or 10 (or 1 or 2). Kind of catchy and non-threatening, like something they would use in an iPhone commerical.
Posted 15 years ago by daigoro    [ Reply ]
How could someone rate this a 2 or a 3??
Posted 15 years ago by ghcollins86    [ Reply ]
holy cats.  i need to pull this album out more often.
Posted 15 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Was this song ever released in true stereo?
Posted 15 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
My mother DID know! That's why I grew up listening to the Beatles! Good on ya mom!! {#Good-vibes}
Posted 15 years ago by akmegan    [ Reply ]
I'm shocked this is the 1st time this song has been played on RP.  A personal favorite of mine from MMT.
Posted 15 years ago by erichb    [ Reply ]
First time? What a great song, a worthy addition to the ever expanding RP playlist. Thanks.
Posted 15 years ago by palexis    [ Reply ]
First!
Posted 15 years ago by djblitz    [ Reply ]