prezley - How Do You Sleep

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Aug 22, 2025 06:44pm

<p>The song makes scathing&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_attacks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(48, 86, 169);">personal attacks</a>&nbsp;aimed at his former&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Beatles</a>&nbsp;bandmate and songwriting partner&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Paul McCartney</a>. Lennon wrote the song in response to what he perceived as personal slights by McCartney on the latter's&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Ram</em></a>&nbsp;album, particularly the song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Many_People" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Too Many People</a>".</p><p>The track includes a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_guitar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">slide guitar</a>&nbsp;solo by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">George Harrison</a>, and was co-produced by Lennon,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Phil Spector</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Ono" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Yoko Ono</a>.</p>