<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Mother Nature's Son" is a song written primarily by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon--McCartney) and released by the Beatles on The Beatles ("the White Album"). It was inspired by a lecture given by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi while the Beatles were in India . The same lecture inspired Lennon's unreleased song "Child of Nature", the tune of which he later re-used for "Jealous Guy". </P> <P> McCartney recorded the song during the height of the tensions that marred the sessions for the White Album . On 9 August 1968, he recorded 25 takes singing and playing acoustic guitar simultaneously . Take 24 was perceived to be the best (take 2 later appeared on Anthology 3). McCartney recorded overdubs of timpani, another guitar, and drums on 20 August, when George Martin's orchestral contributions were also added . The drums were put halfway down an uncarpeted corridor with the microphones at the far end, resulting in a bongo - like staccato sound . Lennon did not play on the recording, but McCartney said he contributed some words to the song in India . When Lennon and Ringo Starr walked into the studio after McCartney had finished, "you could have cut the atmosphere with a knife", recalled engineer Ken Scott . </P>

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