Single:
Carry That Weight entered the Australian singles chart* on 25 September 1972 and peaked at #29.
Album:
The song is on Colleen Hewett which entered the Australian albums chart* on 27 November 1972 and peaked at #28.
Songwriters:
John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Producer:
Johnny Young
Record label of Australian release:
Festival
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Carry That Weight was written by Paul McCartney and was originally released by The Beatles on Abbey Road.
Music critic Ian MacDonald interpreted the lyric as an acknowledgement by the group that nothing they would do as individual artists would equal what they had achieved together, and they would always carry the weight of their Beatles past.
Colleen Hewett’s interpretation of Carry That Weight, produced by Johnny Young, incorporated sections of the song Golden Slumbers, which preceded Carry That Weight on side 2 of Abbey Road.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_That_Weight
Lyrics:
Golden Slumbers:
Once, there was a way to get back homeward
Once, there was a way to get back home
Sleep, my darling, do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep, pretty darling, do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
Carry That Weight:
Boy, you gotta carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Golden Slumbers:
Once, there was a way to get back homeward
Once, there was a way to get back home
Sleep, my darling, do not cry
And I will sing your lullaby
Carry That Weight:
Boy, you gotta carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you gotta carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
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