a hit single for the band, peaking at number 7 in the United States, and number 4 in the United Kingdom. It was the opening theme for the film The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr (it was also repeated during the movie's closing credits, with an additional string arrangement added). The UK picture sleeve for the single shows a kaleidoscopic montage of all four members of Badfinger that appear on the song, although bassist Ron Griffiths left the band before the single was released. In 1978 a re-formed version of Badfinger re-recorded "Come and Get It" for K-tel Records, with Evans again singing lead. This served to provide a demo recording to give to Elektra Records, and resulted in the Airwaves album in 1979. Personnel The Beatles (Paul McCartney) version Paul McCartney – double-tracked lead vocals, piano, maracas, drums, bass Badfinger version Tom Evans – lead vocals, maracas Pete Ham – backing vocals, piano Ron Griffiths – backing vocals, bass guitar Mike Gibbins – drums Paul McCartney – tambourine, production Tony Clark – engineer Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts References 1969 songs 1969 singles The Beatles songs Apple Records singles Badfinger songs Number-one singles in New Zealand Songs written by Paul McCartney Song recordings produced by Paul McCartney Songs written for films es:Come and Get It