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George Harrison wrote this and sang lead. He said it is "About the ego, the eternal problem."

This uses a 3/4 time signature like a waltz, rather than the standard 4/4.

The Beatles recorded this without John Lennon. Around this time, a lot of The Beatles songs were recorded without all members present.

This almost didn't make the album. Let It Be was going to be a live album, and film footage of their rehearsals in the studio were going to made into a TV special. When the live album idea was killed, Glyn Johns, who engineered the rehearsals, was asked to put the album together from those recordings. He left this off, but when The Beatles decided to turn the rehearsal footage into the movie Let It Be, he was told to include it because the song would appear in the movie. After further delays, The Beatles broke up and Phil Spector was brought in to produce the album from the tapes.

The first version The Beatles recorded was about 90 seconds long, but this was their best take. Phil Specter copied parts of that recording to double its length.

In the movie Let It Be, this was used in a scene where John Lennon does a waltz with Yoko while the other Beatles perform.

Harrison's 1980 autobiography is titled "I Me Mine." The book was reissued in 2002.

When the album was re-released in 2003 as Let It Be... Naked, the songs were remixed to eliminate most of Phil Spector's lush production. His edit to make this longer was one of the few things he did that was left alone.

Comments:

My English teacher always says not to use "I, me, my, mine" when she talks about our assignments. I actually listen to it a lot when I write.
- K, nowhere, ON

When George auditioned the song for the rest of the band, John, who was out of his mind high on heroin at the time, said something like "Get out of here with your waltzes. Haven't you heard? We're a rock group!" John proceded to waltz around the studio with Yoko. This pissed off George so much he left for about a week.
- Bob, Schenectady, NY

Ken from Louisville is correct in the fact that this was the last song recorded by the Beatles on Jan 3, 1970. John had already given his notice. Listen to the Anthology III version of this song and George gives reference to this at beginning of song. Paul, George, and Ringo also were in the studio together the next day (Jan 4) to put overdubs onto "Let it Be" including what I feel is one of George's best solos ever
- Perry, Portsmouth, NH

In the 2009 remaster (and perhaps in the earlier versions) the bass waves through the stereo, creating an awesome grooving sensation in the brain.
- Ari, Philadelphia, PA

i love george's vocals in this. some people think its too high for him- i think the strain in his voice adds a lot to it.
- chloe, st. louis, MO

I love the waltz tune to this song!
- Phillip, Indianapolis, IN

I definitely noticed that part of this song is repeated twice.
- Peter Griffin, Quahog, RI

"I Me Mine" is a line from the Bhagavad Gita, a religious text of Hinduism that George was no doubt familiar with. The line is used by Krishna, who compels Arjuna to break free from the cage of selfishness he calls "thinking of 'I, me, and mine'"
- Max, Brooklyn, NY

Yeah, I'm going to say 6/8 for the "chorus" and 2/4 for the refrain. Anyway, at the beginning of the song, he says "Yall will have read that Dave D.'s no longer with us." and something else that slips my mind. What's that about?
- Colten, Longview, WA

I Love this song it's so good! i could listen to it all day!!
- Bianca, Albuquerque, NM

I like this song, but I wonder why George wrote it in a key that seems too high for his voice. It sounds like he's really straining. But in a way, it fits with the song, almost like he's mocking the I-ME-MINE attitude with the whining words. I sure have grown to appreciate George's music over the years.
- Cannie, San Antonio, TX

This is my favorite song on the Let It Be album and one of my favorite Beatles songs.
- Robert, Turku, Finland

This song makes as much sence now as it did back then. george is talking about everyone being so self centered, and just caring about number one. what happened to all the love in the world? Love you George! <3
- jill, dumfries, VA

3/4 time signature is not uncommon. that is a lame fact. who cares? this song is awesome. GEORGE is awesome.
- Rebekah :), Knoxville, TN

One of the most amazing things about this song is how Ringo complements George on this song with his drum beat. That's what I call "synergy". Clever. George wrote some very great songs while with the Beatles, but Something will always be my favorite.
- Tiffany, San Diego, CA

This was recorded after the Abbey Rd songs. Paul, George, and Ringo recorded the song in early January 1970. John was off in Denmark on vacation. The recording on the Abbey Rd. songs were complete in late summer 1969.
- Steve, Fenton, MO

The song is a hard rock waltz with a very distorted guitar played through a wah wah pedal. Sal, Bardonia, NY
- sal, bardonia , NY

I beleive "The End" from Abbey Road was the last song recorded by the Beatles.
- Edward, Portland, ME

I love this song to death. But I hate the Let it Be...Naked version. I think that the strings and choirs really add to this song. Actually I hate all of Let it Be...Naked.
- Griffin, New York, NY

Chris. Thanks. I didn'nt think about that with the time signature. I have heard of 12/8, not 12/16.
- Stefanie, Rock Hill, SC

I think i , me, mine, and long , long, long, are def. overlooked Beatles songs. its a shame so many people seem to miss out on them. Yes, George is my fav., Beatle, but he wrote some of the greatest, and most beautiful songs. To me, it is obvious that, i, me, mine, is about the egotistical selfishness of Paul and John. the funniest and most clever part of it, is how George got Paul (and Ringo) to sing the "i, me, mine" part. John was too smart be made a subtle fool out of by coming in and singing that part. Paul was too blind to catch it. Some of the Genius of George... Rob T., Leland, MS.
- Rob, Leland, MS

George has such a "lonesome" quality to his voice in this song. I love any and all Harrison compositions and this is one my favorites.
- Mike, Newark, ND

What matters in the time signature is how notes are grouped and where the beat falls... according to the score, the verses are in 6/8 and the chorus is in 12/16 with 3 16th notes per beat (listen to the snare drum).
- Chris, Ithaca, NY

Our host failed to mention the most significant fact of all about I Me Mine. It was the last Beatles recording session. (Not counting P,G & Ringo returning to work on Free as a Bird and Real Love in the 1990s.) I Me Mine was the last time the Beatles--as "The Beatles"--sat down to record a Beatles song.
- dirk, Nashville, TN

I read that Ringo and George were the only Beatles on this song.
- Luna, London, England

I shouldn't have posted that they are kind of the ssame. In fact, 3/4 and 6/8 are very different from each other.
- Stefanie magura, Rock Hill, SC

I realize that 3/4 and 6/8 are kind of the same, but they definitely sound different, and you can tell when it changes.
- Stefanie magura, Rock Hill, SC

I want to try to clear the time signatre stuff up. The verses if I remember correctly are in 3/4, while the cchoruses are in 6/8.
- Stefanie magura, Rock Hill, SC

First his work is edited out, then he goes on trial for kiling his wife, this is not Spector's decade.
- Nathan, Defiance, OH

this is my second favorite george harrison song behind "here comes the sun".
- Arman, San Diego, CA

I love his song, and am not reaally sure why. It's one of my five favorite beatles songs, and one of two favorite George songs. George is my favorite
- Laura, Lakeville, MN

Ben I see all your comments are how you dont like Beatles music. If you dont like them why are you so obsessed with commenting on them?
- Kevin, San Antonio, TX

just the opening sounds of this songs brought me to love it, harrsions guitar work is just great. another one of my favorties.
- adam, rochester, NY

This was the last song the Beatles recorded together until "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love". Phil Spector wasn't happy with the versions on the "Get Back/Let It Be" tapes he was given to re-mix, so he asked the band to come in to the studio to re-record it in January 1970. George, Paul and Ringo did, but John wasn't available.
- Ken, Louisville, KY

I'd never thought of this before, and it may not be right, but George could have written this song about the attitudes of John and Paul at the time. Looking at the White Album, with songs like "Wild Honey Pie," and "Revolution 9" (if you consider it a song), you can see that it was "I Me Mine" for the most part.
- Spencer, Fixing A Hole

You strange people wake up!!! This song is brilliant!! Harrison wrote a few songs, but those few songs are the best beatles ever recorded!! long long long is also great and so underrated... Something and while my guitar gently weeps are awesome too, but they are very known in public... in the other hand, longx3 and I me mine are not well known...
- dino, athens, Greece

Awesome song...it defiently portrays the average, self-centered person. George definetly got a good, clear message through. :)
- Sarah, Santa Rosa, CA

yea, it is in 6/8. you can tell by listening to it, but it also says so in the "complete scores". i think it confuses people, because 6/8 can be felt as a duple meter or triple meter.
- Rick de Hartog, Springfield, United States

ACTUALLY, it's in 6/8 time.
- rudi, melbourne, Australia

Actually, it uses 3/4 time for the verses then for the bluesy "I I Me Me Mine" refrain it switches to 4/4.
- Marvin, East Brady, PA