Dear Prudence
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Sheet music for "Dear Prudence"
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| Song by the Beatles from the album The Beatles | |
| Published | Northern Songs |
| Released | 22 November 1968 |
| Recorded | 28–30 August 1968 at Trident Studios, London |
| Genre | Psychedelic rock |
| Length | 3:56 |
| Label | Apple |
| Writer(s) | Lennon–McCartney |
| Producer(s) | George Martin |
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| Single by Siouxsie and the Banshees | ||||
| from the album Hyæna | ||||
| B-side | "Tattoo", "There's a Planet in my Kitchen" | |||
| Released | 23 September 1983 | |||
| Format | 7" and 12" vinyl | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, neo-psychedelia | |||
| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Writer(s) | Lennon–McCartney | |||
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"Dear Prudence" is a song by the English rock group the Beatles from their 1968 album The Beatles (also known as "the White Album"). The song was written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Written in India, it was inspired by Prudence Farrow, a sister of actress Mia Farrow, who became obsessive about meditating while practising with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
The song has been covered by many artists, including Siouxsie and the Banshees, whose rendition became a top five hit for the band.
The subject of the song is Prudence Farrow, a sister of actress Mia Farrow, who was present when the Beatles went to India to study with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Farrow became so serious about her meditation that she "turned into a near recluse" and "rarely came out" of the cottage she was living in. John Lennon was asked to "contact her and make sure she came out more often to socialize". As a result, Lennon wrote the song "Dear Prudence". In the song Lennon asks Farrow to "open up your eyes" and "see the sunny skies" reminding her that she is "part of everything". The song was said to be "a simple plea to a friend to 'snap out of it'". Lennon said later that "She'd been locked in for three weeks and was trying to reach God quicker than anyone else."
Dear Prudence is me. Written in India. A song about Mia Farrow's sister, who seemed to go slightly barmy, meditating too long, and couldn't come out of the little hut that we were livin' in. They selected me and George to try and bring her out because she would trust us. If she'd been in the West, they would have put her away. We got her out of the house. She'd been locked in for three weeks and wouldn't come out, trying to reach God quicker than anybody else. That was the competition in Maharishi's camp: who was going to get cosmic first. What I didn't know was I was already cosmic.
According to Farrow: "I would always rush straight back to my room after lectures and meals so I could meditate. John, George and Paul would all want to sit around jamming and having a good time and I'd be flying into my room. They were all serious about what they were doing, but they just weren't as fanatical as me."
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