 McCartney mentioned in the 1989 radio series "McCartney on McCartney" that the vocals were meant to have a Beach Boys sound; he has also said that he was trying to sing it in the style of Marianne Faithfull.McCartney's lead vocal on the recording is multi-tracked.In his book "Revolution in the Head", Ian MacDonald also comments on Harrison's lead guitar part being given a mandolin-like tone via a Leslie speaker effect, before it adopts a "horn-like timbre" for the song's ending.