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{{Infobox song
| name     = Getting Better
| cover    =
| alt      =
| type     =
| artist   = [[The Beatles]]
| album    = [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]
| released = 1 June 1967
| format   =
| recorded = 9 March 1967
| studio   =
| venue    =
| genre    = [[Psychedelic rock]]{{sfn|Pollack|1995}}
| length   = 2:47
| label    = [[Parlophone]], [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[EMI]]
| writer   = [[Lennon/McCartney]]
| producer = [[George Martin]]
| tracks   = {{Sgt Pepper tracks}}
}}

"'''Getting Better'''" is a song written by [[Paul McCartney]] and [[John Lennon]], based on an original idea by McCartney.{{sfn|Miles|1997|pp=312–313}} It was recorded by [[The Beatles]] for the 1967 album ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''.
== Lennon on the roof ==
One of the recording sessions for "Getting Better" is famous for an incident involving Lennon. During the 21 March 1967 session in which producer [[George Martin]] added a piano solo, Lennon complained that he did not feel well and could not focus.{{sfn|Spitz|2005|pp=670–671}}{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=104}} He had accidentally taken [[LSD]] when he meant to take an [[stimulant|upper]].{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=382}} Unaware of the mistake, Martin took him up to the roof of [[Abbey Road Studio]] for some fresh air, and returned to Studio Two where McCartney and Harrison were waiting. They knew why Lennon was not well, and upon hearing where Lennon was, rushed to the roof to retrieve him and prevent a possible accident.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=104}}{{sfn|The Beatles|2000|p=242}}{{sfn|Emerick|2006|p=172–173}}
== Personnel ==
* [[Paul McCartney]] – [[double-tracking|double-tracked]] [[lead vocalist|vocal]], [[bass guitar|bass]]
* [[John Lennon]] – [[backing vocalist|backing vocal]], [[lead guitar]]
* [[George Harrison]] – [[backing vocalist|backing vocals]], [[lead guitar]], [[tambura]]
* [[Ringo Starr]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], [[congas]]
* [[George Martin]] – [[piano]], pianette
:Personnel per [[Ian MacDonald]]{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=241}}
== Notes ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=22em}}
== Other websites ==
{{Refbegin|2}}
* {{cite book
| author=The Beatles
| year=2000
| authorlink=The Beatles
| title=The Beatles Anthology
| url=https://archive.org/details/beatlesanthology0000unse
| publisher=Chronicle Books
| location=San Francisco
| isbn=0-8118-2684-8
}}
* {{cite book
| last=Emerick
| first=Geoff
| year=2006
| authorlink=Geoff Emerick
| author2=Massey, Howard
| title=Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles
| publisher=Penguin Books
| location=New York
| isbn=1-592-40179-1
}}
* {{cite book
| last=Lewisohn
| first=Mark
| year=1988
| authorlink=Mark Lewisohn
| title=The Beatles Recording Sessions
| publisher=Harmony Books
| location=New York
| isbn=0-517-57066-1
}}
* {{cite book
| last=MacDonald
| first=Ian
| year=2005
| authorlink=Ian MacDonald
| title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties
| publisher=Pimlico (Rand)
| location=London
| edition=Second Revised
| isbn=1-844-13828-3
}}
* {{cite book
| last=Miles
| first=Barry
| year=1997
| authorlink=Barry Miles
| title=Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now
| url=https://archive.org/details/paulmccartneyman00mile_0
| publisher=Henry Holt & Company
| location=New York
| isbn=0-8050-5249-6
}}
* {{cite web
| last=Pollack
| first=Alan W.
| authorlink=Alan W. Pollack
| title=Notes on "Getting Better"
| date=31 December 1995
| work="Notes on" Series
| url=http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/gb.shtml
}}
* {{cite book
| last=Sheff
| first=David
| year=2000
| authorlink=David Sheff
| title=All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
| url=https://archive.org/details/allwearesayingla00lenn
| publisher=St. Martin's Press
| location=New York
| isbn=0-312-25464-4
}}
* {{cite book
| last=Spitz
| first=Bob
| year=2005
| authorlink=Bob Spitz
| title=The Beatles: The Biography
| url=https://archive.org/details/beatlesbiography00spitz
| publisher=Little, Brown
| location=Boston
| isbn=0-316-80352-9
}}
* {{cite web
| last=Unterberger
| first=Richie
| year=2009
| authorlink=Richie Unterberger
| title=Review of "Getting Better"
| website=[[AllMusic]]
| url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/t23441
| accessdate=9 December 2009
}}
{{Refend}}

[[Category:The Beatles songs]]
[[Category:1967 songs]]