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We Can Work It Out
{{{Type}}} by Deep Purple
Album The Book of Taliesyn
Released December 1968
Recorded August 1968
Genre(s) Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock
Length 07:06
Label(s) Harvest Records (UK)
Tetragrammation (US)
Written Beethoven, Ritchie Blackmore, Nick Simper, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s) Derek Lawrence

We Can Work It Out is a song recorded by English rock band Deep Purple.

Background[]

Deep Purple covered it on their second album The Book of Taliesyn, from 1968. The band drastically reworked it, as they always did with covers. The first three minutes of the song is a fast, progressive instrumental jam incorporating themes from classical music (notably Tchaicowsky's Romeo and Juliet) called "Exposition," which seamlessly drifts over into the actual Beatles song. Such overblown arrangements and attempts at making a rather simple song sound epic, was normal for Deep Purple in this period, and they had already followed the same structure on their covers on the debut album (such as The Leaves' "Hey Joe"). Reportedly, the band recorded their version of the song because Paul McCartney himself had stated that he was really fond of their previous Beatles cover, "Help!", which was featured on Shades of Deep Purple. It was never performed live again after 1969.

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