prezley - How Do You Sleep

prezley
Aug 22, 2025 06:44pm
<p>The song makes scathing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_attacks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(48, 86, 169);">personal attacks</a> aimed at his former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Beatles</a> bandmate and songwriting partner <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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Ram</em></a> 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_guitar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">slide guitar</a> solo by <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, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Phil Spector</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Ono" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Yoko Ono</a>.</p>