The song includes two bridges and two middle verses, with the bridge closer in style to a refrain. In a beginning reminiscent of the Beatles' cover of Barrett Strong's " Money (That's What I Want)", the song's opening piano riff is played in octaves before being doubled in a higher register by two guitars and a lower bass register. Commentators have variously described the song as hard rock, blues-based rock, psychedelic rock, pop rock, acid rock or a simple rock number. The finished composition of "Hey Bulldog" is in common time (4/4) and employs a shifting key, changing between B major, A major and B minor. Demo recordings made in the winter of 1967–68 at his Kenwood estate in Weybridge include the melody that later became the song's chorus, as well as a section working out the "she can talk to me" passage. John Lennon began composing "Hey Bulldog", originally "Hey Bullfrog", after United Artists requested another song by the Beatles for Yellow Submarine, the upcoming soundtrack album for their animated film of the same name. For many years, "Hey Bulldog" was a relatively obscure and overlooked song in the Beatles' catalogue it has since been reappraised by fans and a number of critics and musicians as one of the band's best rock songs. It had a working title of "She Can Talk To Me". The song was recorded during the filming of the " Lady Madonna" promotional film, and, with "Lady Madonna", is one of the few Beatles songs based on a piano riff. Credited to Lennon–McCartney, but written primarily by John Lennon, it was finished in the recording studio by both Lennon and Paul McCartney. " Hey Bulldog" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles released on their 1969 soundtrack album Yellow Submarine.
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