Rain (Beatles song) Rain (Beatles song) "Rain" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was first released in May 1966 as the B-side of their "Paperback Writer" single. Both songs were recorded during the sessions for the album "Revolver" although neither appears on that album. The song was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It is noted for its slowed-down rhythm track, an example of the tape-manipulation techniques the band embraced at this time, and backwards vocals over the song's coda. The single's release marked the first time that reversed sounds had appeared in a pop song,
Blackbird (Beatles song) said the same in The Beatles' Anthology documentary. Emerick recalls as being mic'd up separately. Footage included in the bonus content on disc two of the 2009 remaster of the album shows McCartney tapping both his feet alternately while performing the song. The mono version contains bird sounds different from the stereo recording, and was originally issued on a mono incarnation of "The Beatles" (it has since been issued worldwide as part of "The Beatles in Mono" CD box set). The song appears on "Love" with "Yesterday", billed as "Blackbird/Yesterday". "Blackbird" provides an introduction to "Yesterday". In 1973, McCartney included