Paul McCartney wrote this while he was on vacation in The Bahamas and away from his girlfriend. Along with McCartney on the yacht voyage were Ringo Starr and his girlfriend and future wife Maureen. McCartney told interviewer Barry Miles: "I got away from the main party but it was a bit queasy downstairs; you could smell the oil and the boat was rocking a bit and I'm not the best sailor in the world, so I wrote a little bit of it downstairs and then the rest of it on the back deck where you couldn't smell the engine." Kind of accounts for the dour mood if you're seasick.
"Things We Said Today" was recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, home to The Beatles for most of their career together and given its tribute in the Abbey Road album. Abbey Road started out as a nine-bedroom townhouse built in 1930 before being converted into apartments. Gramophone bought the property in 1930 and converted it into a studio. The first European rock and roll song recorded there was Cliff Richard's "Move It," released 1958.
Maureen McGovern recorded this and "For No One" as a 2-song medley for her 1992 album Baby I'm Yours. Other acts to cover this song include Dick Rivers, Mary McCaslin, Jackie DeShannon, Dwight Yoakam, and one pastiche version by Beatles-parody act The Rutles.
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