"Come Together" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on the band's 1969 album Abbey Road and was also released as a double A-side single with "Something". The song reached the top of the charts in the United States and Australia but peaked at No. 4 in the United Kingdom.
1989 UK reissue picture sleeve
French picture sleeve
Come Together
Timothy Leary (centre) with John Lennon and Yoko Ono (centre left and centre right) during the Montreal Bed-in for Peace, 1 June 1969
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969. It is the last album the group recorded, although Let It Be was the last album completed before the band's break-up in April 1970. It was mostly recorded in April, July, and August 1969, and topped the record charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom. A double A-side single from the album, "Something" / "Come Together", was released in October, which also topped the charts in the US.
Abbey Road
An EMI TG mixing desk, similar to this one, was used in the production of Abbey Road.
John Lennon played the Moog synthesiser's white noise generator to create the "wind" sounds at the end of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".
The medley of songs on side two finished with "The End"