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==== "Here, There and Everywhere" ==== "[[Here, There and Everywhere]]" is a ballad that McCartney wrote towards the end of the ''Revolver'' sessions.{{sfn|Everett|1999|pp=59β60}} His inspiration for the song was the Beach Boys' ''Pet Sounds'' track "[[God Only Knows]]",{{sfn|Womack|2007|p=140}} which, in turn, [[Brian Wilson]] had been inspired to write after repeatedly listening to ''Rubber Soul''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/brian-wilson-holds-out-hope-for-new-beach-boys-music-20120919 |first=Steve|last=Baltin|title=Brian Wilson Holds Out Hope for New Beach Boys Music|publisher=[[Rolling Stone|rollingstone.com]]|date=9 September 2012|access-date=24 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2015/07/02/how-brian-wilson-heard-rubber-soul-got-baked-and-wrote-god-only-knows/ |author=Denver Post staff|title=How Brian Wilson heard 'Rubber Soul,' got baked and wrote 'God Only Knows'|newspaper=[[The Denver Post]]|date=2 July 2015|access-date=24 June 2017}}</ref> McCartney's double-tracked vocal{{sfn|Riley|2002|p=186}} was treated with varispeeding, resulting in a higher pitch at playback.{{sfn|Womack|2007|p=140}} The song's opening lines are sung in free time before its 4/4 [[time signature]] is established;{{sfn|Womack|2007|p=140}} according to Everett, "nowhere else does a Beatles introduction so well prepare a listener for the most striking and expressive tonal events that lie ahead."{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=60}} Womack characterises the song as a romantic ballad "about living in the here and now" and "fully experiencing the conscious moment".{{sfn|Womack|2007|p=140}} He notes that, with the preceding track, "Love You To", the album expresses "corresponding examinations of the human experience of physical and romantic love".{{sfn|Womack|2007|p=140}}{{refn|group=nb|In Riley's opinion, the track "domesticates" the "eroticisms" of "Love You To", drawing comparison with the concise writing of [[Rodgers and Hart]].{{sfn|Riley|2002|p=186}}}}
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