“John and I were particular fans of songs with little Cole Porter-era preambles, and we put them into a few of our own. ‘Girl Of My Dreams’, one of John’s favourite songs from early on, had a long preamble before it got into the song. So ‘Here, There And Everywhere’ was going to have a preamble; in fact, it’s only a short one [‘to lead a better life…’], but it’s nice to have those little bits that don’t happen anywhere else in the song.When people have asked what my favourite song is I’ve often listed ‘Here, There And Everywhere’. There are some nice chord changes and clever little ideas. It ends on a major chord that you don’t expect, and there’s a real nice key change that George Martin suggested in the middle, to go into the solo. I think that’s why jazz people picked up on it. I like the words, too”.
