"conjunction of melodic immediacy and acid-fueled mind games" in "She Said She Said". The song was much admired by American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. In his 1967 television special Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution, he described it as a "remarkable song" and demonstrated its shift in time signature as an example of the Beatles' talent for inventive and unexpected musical devices in their work. Starr's drumming on "She Said She Said" is often included among his best performances. Author and critic Ian MacDonald rated the drumming as "technically finer than that of [Starr's] other tour-de-force, 'Rain'". In 1988, home recordings of Lennon developing the song were broadcast on the Westwood One radio show The Lost Lennon Tapes. A cassette containing 25 minutes of these recordings, which Lennon had given to Tony Cox, the former husband of his second wife, Yoko Ono, in January 1970, was auctioned at Christie's in London in April 2002. "She Said She Said" was included on the Beatles' 2012 iTunes compilation Tomorrow Never Knows, which the band's website described as a collection of "the Beatles' most influential rock songs". It has been covered by the following acts, among others: Lone Star, Ween, the Black Keys, Matthew Sweet, Gov't Mule, the Feelies, Tom Newman, the Chords, Snake River Conspiracy, Mark Mulcahy, the Walking Seeds and Yeah Yeah Noh. Cheap Trick performed it as part of The Howard Stern Shows tribute to Revolver in 2016. In 2018, the music staff of Time Out London ranked "She Said She Said" at number 19 on their list of the best Beatles songs. Personnel According to Ian MacDonald, Walter Everett and Robert Rodriguez: John Lennon – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, Hammond organ George Harrison – backing vocal, bass guitar, lead guitar Ringo Starr – drums, shaker Kevin Howlett and John C. Winn write that McCartney played bass on the rhythm track before leaving the studio. According to Howlett and Winn, the line-up is as follows: John Lennon – lead and harmony vocals, rhythm guitar, Hammond organ Paul McCartney – bass guitar George Harrison – harmony vocal, lead guitar Ringo Starr – drums Notes References Sources External links Full lyrics for the song at the Beatles' official website Handwritten partial draft manuscript of She Said She Said by John Lennon at the British Library 1966 songs The Beatles songs Songs written by Lennon–McCartney Song recordings produced by George Martin