Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Paul McCartney lends his gorgeously maudlin vocals and unrivalled storytelling skills to this Beatles classic about loneliness. The second track on the group's seminal 1966 album Revolver, "Eleanor Rigby" is a character sketch centred around the titular old lady, and takes its namesake partly from the English actor Eleanor Bron, who appeared in the 1965 Beatles film Help! "Eleanor Rigby" steered The Beatles' romantic pop missives off in a new direction, guided by the legendary George Martin and his future-facing, experimental recording techniques; notably his idea to close-mike the strings. The gold-certified song, which went to number one in Australia, Belgium, Canada, and New Zealand, is infused with an additional layer of gothic creepiness. Years after "Eleanor Rigby" came into the world, a gravestone was found in the same church graveyard John Lennon and Paul McCartney met as teenagers. The name on the gravestone? Eleanor Rigby.