the fuck do you think you are?/Oh, you cunt." The song's instrumental fadeout was originally 39 seconds longer and featured a breakdown based around the middle eight. This was edited out before mixing. In a 1968 Rolling Stone interview, Lennon complimented the song "I've Been Good to You" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. The Miracles song begins with the lines "Look what you've done/You made a fool out of someone", echoing "Sexy Sadie"'s "What have you done?/You made a fool of everyone". Legacy Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of its release, Jacob Stolworthy of The Independent listed "Sexy Sadie" at number six in his ranking of the White Album's 30 tracks. He wrote of the song: "To this day 'Sexy Sadie' drips with bittersweet disdain, its moody final minute—inspiring Radiohead's 'Karma Police' and 'Four Out of Five' by Arctic Monkeys—managing to spring hairs on end, however many times you've heard it." Also in 2018, Time Out London ranked "Sexy Sadie" at number 14 on its list of the best Beatles songs. George Harrison commented years later, "Now, historically, there's the story that something went on that shouldn't have done – but nothing did." In 1992, Harrison gave a benefit concert for the Maharishi-associated Natural Law Party, and later apologised for the way the Maharishi had been treated by saying, "We were very young" and "It's probably in the history books that Maharishi 'tried to attack Mia Farrow' – but it's bullshit, total bullshit." Cynthia Lennon wrote in 2006 that she "hated leaving on a note of discord and mistrust, when we had enjoyed so much kindness from the Maharishi". Asked if he forgave the Beatles, the Maharishi replied, "I could never be upset with angels." McCartney took his daughter, Stella, to visit the Maharishi in the Netherlands in 2007, which renewed their friendship. Personnel John Lennon – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar Paul McCartney – backing vocals, piano, bass guitar, Hammond organ, guitar George Harrison – backing vocals, lead guitar, tambourine Ringo Starr – drums Influence Various members of the Manson Family took the title of this song as a reference to Manson Family member Susan Atkins, who was nicknamed Sadie Mae Glutz, before the release of the "White Album". Ringo Starr referenced the song in the lyrics of both "Devil Woman" (from 1973's Ringo) and "Drumming Is My Madness" (from 1981's Stop and Smell the Roses). George