Published at 12:58 AM on January 9, 2009

By Steve LaBate

The Coolest Beatles Songs You Might Have Missed, Vol. 6

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"The Inner Light" 
One of George Harrison’s raga-inspired tunes, the music for "The Inner Light" was recorded while Harrison was in India in 1968 recording the soundtrack album Wonderwall Music. It was the B-side to "Lady Madonna" single, and features master musicians playing Eastern instruments like the shenai, the sarod, the tabla and pakhavaj, as well as flute and harmonium. After Harrison returned from his journey with the track’s foundation, he, John and Paul laid the vocals on top. Ringo does not play on the song.
 
 

"Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?" 
One might expect this kind of naughtiness from John Lennon, but from the future Sir Paul McCartney? An ode to copulating in the middle of a public thoroughfare? I don’t believe it. Of course, McCartney never explicitly states what the “it” he and whomever will be doing is, but it was 1968—just one short year after the Summer of Love—and nobody was watching them. You do the math. 



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*For more great Beatles songs you might have missed, check next Friday's List of the Day blog. Next week's list will be the final one.

Here's a recap of the songs we've covered so far in this series:

• "Act Naturally"
• "And Your Bird Can Sing"
• "Baby You're a Rich Man"
• "Baby's in Black"
• "Bésame Mucho"
• "Cry For A Shadow"
• "Happiness is a Warm Gun"
• "Hey Bulldog"
• "I Need You"
• "I Will"
• "I'll Be Back"
• "I'll Get You
• "I'm Looking Through You"
• "I'm a Loser"
• "I'm Only Sleeping"
• "I'm So Tired"
• "It's All too Much"
• "I've Just Seen a Face"
• "No Reply"
• "Rain"
• "Run for Your Life"
• "The Inner Light"
• "The Night Before"
• "Things We Said Today"
• "Think For Yourself"
• "Three Cool Cats"
• "Wait"
• "What Goes On"
• "What You're Doing"
• "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?"

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