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| - %22All Together Now%22 is a song by the Beatles written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song was recorded during the band's Magical Mystery Tour period, but remained unreleased until it was included on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack. It was released as a single in 1972 in several European countries, including France and Germany, backed by %22Hey Bulldog.%22McCartney described the song as a children's sing-along with the title phrase inspired by the music hall tradition of asking the audience to join in. He also described a %22subcurrent%22 in the song, a dual-meaning where %22we are all together now.%22 According to music critic Tom Maginnis of Allmusic, McCartney created the song %22to match the same light-hearted spirit%22 of %22Yellow Submarine%22. %22Yellow Submarine%22, the song, was from the prior year, 1966.%22All Together Now%22 appears in an animated sequence in the film Yellow Submarine, and is also introduced by the Beatles themselves in a final live-action scene of the film, during which translations of %22All Together Now%22 into various languages appear written on-screen (likely a nod to its inception as part of the aforementioned international show segment).
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