Talk:Don't Pass Me By

"Don't pass me by" can scarcely have been a hit in "Scandinavia", since there is no Scandinavia-wide chart. It was a number one hit on the Polish chart that appeared in Billboard (or so I read in Goldmine magazine), but the "Scandinavia" story seems highly dubious. Juryen 20:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Perhaps it was a number one hit in multiple Scandanavian countries, and whoever added that was just saving keystrokes. Danthemankhan 16:27, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * It cannot possibly have been a number one hit in Norway, since our most reliable (only?) chart was based on single sales, and the song wasn't released as a single in Norway. Could it be a DJ or airplay number one? I don't think so; I've never heard that Norway had either a radio or a club chart in the sixties. Juryen 21:58, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Since no one has come up with the chart this information could possibly have been based on, I'm striking that part, and since I don't know how reliable the Polish charts were (or, indeed, my how reliable memories of an article in Goldmine that I read two years ago or more), I'm putting that the song was "apparently" a Polish number one. Juryen 10:31, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

BBC transcript
I was under the impression that having extended quotes like the one in this article was not smiled upon in Wikiland. It is certainly a fascinating fact, but I think it would be better summarized, with the full transcript being linked to. As it is it takes up too much of the article, methinks. Danthemankhan 16:27, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

A Beginning in Yellow Submarine
Why is the citation needed tag after the statement that A Beginning was used in Yellow Submarine? A couple seconds of it are clearly there between the Yellow Submarine and Eleanor Rigby sequences, in the shot of the sun rising over Liverpool. 71.192.64.235 01:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


 * It's needed because, as it says on the edit page, "Encyclopedic content must be attributable to a reliable source." You may say that there are a lot of unsourced statements in WP. My reaction? We need to fix that. &mdash; John Cardinal 04:19, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

What about the song?

 * I shall leave the copyright/citation discussion to you more oval-headed Wikians. I simply cherish the refreshing difference in the few songs Ringo sang from the childish sing-song of early Beatles fair.  I first heard this song after I got back from New Zealand, and it reminded me, (and still does), of typical British Country Pub entertainment--(whotever).--W8IMP 01:57, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Most Beatle songs elicit some emotion in me and I love them for that, but that's not something I (or any other editor) should add to WP. Describing how the songs move a particular editor is not the job of an encyclopedia. Such descriptions fall in the category of original research and Wikipedia disallows it (see WP:OR). There are sites that welcome listener comments/opinions, including Amazon.com and Songfacts.com and probably hundreds of others, and they serve a useful purpose, but they aren't encyclopedias. John Cardinal 03:05, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:The White Album.jpg
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Top Gear?
Do you mean Top of the Pops?

It can't have been Top Gear, since that didn't start until '77, and is a motoring program - not a music one.

I haven't changed it because I don't know what program is really meant. If anyone knows, please change this. Den dodge  Talk Contribs 18:10, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

It is likely talking about the radio show: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_(radio_show)
 * Ah - that makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up. Den dodge  Talk Contribs 15:40, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Song length
The wikibox mentions four different versions of length, based on the speed of the song, and there are definitely versions of the song that sound like they're sped up. However, the actual prose of the article doesn't address the situation at all, and no sources are given for any of the lengths. Could someone clear this up? &mdash;Gordon P. Hemsley&rarr; &#x2709; 21:23, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Give More Love
Is Ringo's version of the song on his new album Give More Love a cover? I think so, but Kellymoat disagrees. Starr wrote and sang the song as a member of the Beatles, and therefore if he records it under his own name it is a cover. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zabboo (talk • contribs) 06:18, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Melody by Ringo or Paul?
In the studio chatter about the song on the June ’64 Top Gear appearance (mentioned in the article), when Ringo is insisting that Paul should record the song, McCartney says, "…I was doing the tune for you [Ringo] to sing it”, which is why he then sings it back. Is it really a case of Paul having ghosted a melody for Ringo’s lyrics, or at least taken something that Ringo started, and worked on it? Jock123 (talk) 16:27, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

8-Bar Count…
Is there a source for it having been made by Ringo, as it sounds like Paul to me (although there is a slight “mmh” which follows it that sounds like Ringo saying something, but being cut off)? This counting was also present on the 1980 US “Beatles Rarities” album, although less clear in the mix. Jock123 (talk) 16:48, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Kevin Howlett's claims
Kevin Howlett claimed in his liner notes for the Deluxe Edition of the White Album that Ringo was on piano and Paul was on drums.

How is that possible? To me, it's highly unlikely that Ringo would've relinquished drumming duties to Paul, since he did write Don't Pass Me By.

No other sources verify Kevin's claim and I don't know if it was a typo or not. 203.220.125.211 (talk) 11:46, 11 July 2019 (UTC)


 * It doesn't seem to be a typo. Check out the discussion at the link below.
 * https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/discussion-the-beatles-old-brown-shoe-paul-or-ringo-on-drums.889603/page-13#post-22775182
 * Jules TH 16 (talk) 21:41, 7 April 2022 (UTC)