Michelle is a song that came about after Paul McCartney attended a party in Paris. Seems he made a mock of a French-sounding growl and then John Lennon asked him to purify and rework it into a song for Rubber Soul. However, in his collaboration with various people for the final version, McCartney stuck to the ‘frenchness’ of the tune. Interestingly enough, when Lennon got it he based it on Nina Simone’s recording of I Put a Spell on You, which shares resemblance to the “sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensembe”. It seems he had been influenced by the latter which he was listening to the previous night. Two mythical songs.
Tags: I Put a Spell on You, Last.fm, Lennon, Lyrics, McCartney, Michelle, Nina Simone
