Her Majesty
Her Majesty is the name of a song written by Paul McCartney (although credited to Lennon-McCartney) that appears on The Beatles' album Abbey Road. "Her Majesty" appears at the very end of the album, however, it was originally meant to sit in between "Mean Mr. Mustard" and "Polythene Pam". When Paul heard this sequence, he was displeased, so it was edited out and recycled to the end of the tape so that it wouldn't be destroyed. It would remain here, probably because of its seemingly random effect.
On the album, there are twenty seconds of silence between "The End" and "Her Majesty". After the pause, a loud burst, the last chord of "Mean Mr. Mustard", introduces the song. "Her Majesty" ends abruptly (on an A natural, the 5th from the song's tonic) because its own final note was left at the beginning of "Polythene Pam".
References
- Turner, Steve. A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles' Song, Harper, New York: 1994, ISBN 006095065X
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