Come And Get It - Remastered 2010

Paul McCartney wrote this for the 1969 movie The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr. Much like the Beatles song "You Never Give Me Your Money," it's a stomp on the business partners who made his life miserable, particularly those at the label the group set up, Apple Records, which had become a financial sinkhole. As the song goes: Did I hear you say that there must be a catch? Will you walk away from a fool and his money?

This was the group's first single as Badfinger. Under the name The Iveys (they were re-named by Apple executive Neil Aspinall after "Bad Finger Boogie," the working title of the Beatles song "With A Little Help From My Friends") they released the singles "Maybe Tomorrow" and "Dear Angie" earlier in 1969; they had high hopes for "Maybe Tomorrow," but it went nowhere in the UK and stalled at #67 in America. These songs were released on Apple Records; they signed to the label after The Beatles heard their demo and were suitably impressed. "Come And Get It" they recorded at the behest of Paul McCartney, who was asked to do the soundtrack for the film The Magic Christian but ended up writing just the one song for the project. McCartney also produced the song along with two others that Badfinger members wrote for the film: "Carry on Till Tomorrow" and "Rock of All Ages." These songs were combined some earlier Iveys tracks to form Badfinger's first album, Magic Christian Music.

Paul McCartney recorded the demo of this song prior to a Beatles recording session at Abbey Road studios. He played all the instruments on the demo and had a clear vision for how it should sound. In The Beatles Anthology book, he explained that Badfinger wanted to do the song more in their own style, but he insisted they do it the same as on his demo, because he knew it would be a hit if done his way. He was right: the song was the breakout single for Badfinger.