I'm the Greatest

I'm the Greatest
Artista	Ringo Starr John Lennon George Harrison Billy Preston Klaus Voorman
Autore/i	John Lennon
Genere	Pop rock
Edito da	EMI
Pubblicazione originale
Incisione	Ringo
Data	1973
Etichetta	Apple Records
Durata	3:21

I'm the Greatest è una canzone scritta da John Lennon per Ringo Starr ed apparsa inizialmente sull'album Ringo; in seguito è stata inclusa nelle raccolte Blast from Your Past^[1] e Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo.

Il brano[modifica | modifica wikitesto]

Il brano venne composto da John Lennon dopo aver visto in TV il film A Hard Day's Night il 28 dicembre 1970. Tra il 28 ed il 29 registrò una demo della canzone; negli stessi giorni venne registrata anche Make Love Not War. Una seconda demo è stata realizzata nell'anno successivo, alla fine della registrazione dell'album Imagine^[2]. L'intenzione iniziale di Lennon era di tenerla per sé, ma la regalò a Ringo quando gli chiese brani per il suo nuovo album, Ringo^[3].

Sull'album John Lennon Anthology appare una versione della canzone con John come voce solista, e molti bootleg includono una versione del brano con solamente il pianoforte, il basso, la batteria, e la voce solista di Lennon.

Formazione[modifica | modifica wikitesto]

La formazione che ha eseguito il gruppo venne considerata come The Ladders. John Lennon aveva in mente di un gruppo che comprendesse proprio la formazione, come gruppo successivo ai Beatles. L'idea non venne utilizzata.

Note[modifica | modifica wikitesto]

^ Rodriguez, Robert (2010). Fab Four FAQ 2.0: The Beatles' Solo Years, 1970–1980 (illustrated ed.). New York: Backbeat Books. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-87930-968-8.
^ Miles, Barry; Badman, Keith, ed. (2001). The Beatles Diary After the Break-Up: 1970-2001 (reprint ed.). London: Music Sales Group. ISBN 978-0-7119-8307-6.
^ Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.

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V · D · M Ringo Starr
Album studio	Sentimental Journey (1970) · Beaucoups of Blues (1970) · Ringo (1973) · Goodnight Vienna (1974) · Ringo's Rotogravure (1976) · Ringo the 4th (1977) · Bad Boy (1978) · Stop and Smell the Roses (1981) · Old Wave (1983) (pubblicato solo in Canada e Germania) · Time Takes Time (1992) · Vertical Man (1998) · I Wanna Be Santa Claus (1999) · Ringo Rama (2003) · Choose Love (2005) · Liverpool 8 (2008) · Y Not (2010) · Ringo 2012 (2012) · Postcards from Paradise (2015) · Give More Love (2017) · What's My Name (2019)
Raccolte	Blast from Your Past · A Collection of Hits 1970-1978 · Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol.2 · The Anthology...So Far · Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo · Ringo 5.1: The Surround Sound Collection · Icon
Album live	Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band... · Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux · Ringo Starr and His Third All-Starr Band-Volume 1 · VH1 Storytellers · King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band · Extended Versions · Tour 2003 · Ringo Starr and Friends · Ringo Starr: Live at Soundstage · Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006 · Live at the Greek Theatre 2008
Colonne sonore	Scouse the Mouse (1977)
Singoli	Beaucoups of Blues/Coochy Coochy · It Don't Come Easy/Early 1970 · Back Off Boogaloo/Blindman · Photograph/Down and Out · You're Sixteen/Devil Woman · \|Oh My My/Step Lightly · Only You (And You Alone) · No No Song/Snookeroo · Snookeroo/Oo-Wee · (It's All Down to) Goodnight Vienna/Oo-Wee · A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll · You Don't Know Me at All · Hey! Baby · Las Brisas · Drowning in the Sea of Love/Just a Dream · Wings/Just a Dream · Sneaking Sally Through the Alley/Tango All Night · Tango All Night · Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) · Tonight/Heart on My Sleeve · Heart on My Sleeve ·Wrack My Brain · Private Property · In My Car · I Keep Forgettin'/She's About a Mover · You Know It Makes Sense · When You Wish Upon a Star · Act Naturally (con Buck Owens) · You Never Know · Weight of the World/After All These Years/Don't Be Cruel · Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go · La De Da · King of Broken Hearts · Mr. Double-It-Up ·One · Come on Christmas, Come on · Never Without You · Imagine Me There · Fading In Fading Out · Liverpool 8 · The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (con la Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band) · Walk with You (con Paul McCartney) · Wings · Postcards from Paradise · Give More Love · We're on the Road Again · So Wrong for So Long · Standing Still · What's My Name · Grow Old With Me · Here's to the Nights · Zoom In Zoom Out · Let's Change the World · Rock Around the Clock · World Go Round
EP	Beaucoups of Blues · Back Off Boogaloo · Fotografia (Photograph) · Old Wave/Stop and Smell the Roses - Selections from the Deluxe Collector Editions Reissues · 4-Starr Collection · Zoom In · Change the World · EP3 · Rewind Forward
Filmografia	Candy e il suo pazzo mondo (1968) · Le incredibili avventure del signor Grand col complesso del miliardo e il pallino della truffa (1969) · Music! (1971) · 200 Motels (1971) · Blindman (1971) · La storia di Oblio nel paese degli uomini con la testa a punta (1971) · Did Somebody Drop His Mouse? (1972) · The Concert for Bangladesh (1972) · Born to Boogie (anche regia) (1972) · That'll Be the Day (1973) · Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973) · Il figlio di Dracula (1974) · Lisztomania (1975) · The Day the Music Died (1977) · The Beatles and Beyond (1977) · Sextette (1978) · L'ultimo valzer (1978) · Ringo (1978) · Uragano Who (1979) · Il cavernicolo (1981) · The Cooler (1982) · Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984) · Acqua in bocca (1985) · Alice in Wonderland (1985) · To the North of Katmandu (1986) · Sun City/The Making of Sun City (1986) · Queen: The Magic Years (1987) · Walking After Midnight (1988) · The Return of Bruno (1988) · The Beatles Anthology (1995) · Concert for George (2001)
Voci correlate	Discografia di Ringo Starr · The Beatles · Rory Storm and the Hurricanes · Maureen Cox · Barbara Bach · Nancy Lee Andrews · Zak Starkey · All-Starr Band · Lee Starkey · Ring-O-Records · Brani musicali di Ringo Starr

V · D · M

John Lennon

Discografia

Album	Unfinished Music No.1 - Two Virgins (1968) · Unfinished Music No.2 - Life with the Lions (1969) · Wedding Album (1969) · John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970) · Imagine (1971) · Some Time in New York City (1972) · Mind Games (1973) · Walls and Bridges (1974) · John Lennon - Rock 'n' Roll (1975) · Double Fantasy (1980) · Milk and Honey (1984) (postumo) · Menlove Ave. (1986) (postumo) · Double Fantasy "Stripped Down" (2010) (postumo)
Compilation	Shaved Fish · The John Lennon Collection · Wonsaponatime · Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon · Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon · Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits · Acoustic · Peace, Love & Truth · Power to the People: The Hits · Icon · Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes
Colonne sonore	Imagine: John Lennon (1988) · The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
Box-set	Lennon (1990) · John Lennon Anthology (1998) · Gimme Some Truth (2010) · John Lennon Signature Box (2010)
Live	Live Peace in Toronto 1969 (1969) · Live in New York City (1986) (postumo)
Singoli	Give Peace a Chance/Remember Love · Cold Turkey/Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for a Hand in the Snow) · Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)/Who Has Seen the Wind? · Mother/Why · Power to the People · Imagine · Happy Xmas (War Is Over)/Listen the Snow Is Falling · Woman is the Nigger of the World/Sisters O Sisters · Mind Games/Meat City · Whatever Gets You Thru the Night/Beef Jerky ·#9 Dream/What You Got · Stand by Me · (Just Like) Starting Over · Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) · Woman · Watching the Wheels · Love · Nobody Told Me · Borrowed Time · I'm Stepping Out · Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him · Jealous Guy
Album tributo	Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon (1995) · Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (2007) · The 30th Annual John Lennon Tribute: Live from the Beacon Theatre, NYC (2011) · Lennon Bermuda (2013)

Filmografia

Come ho vinto la guerra · Two Virgins · No. 5/Smile · Honeymoon · Rape · Self-Portrait ·Up Your Legs Forever · Freedom · Fly · Apotheosis · Erection · Clock · Sweet Toronto · Imagine · Ten for Two · Oh Calcutta! · One to One · John and Yoko: A Love Story · Imagine: John Lennon · Gimme Some Truth · Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music · La vera storia di John Lennon · Due di noi - The Beatles · U.S.A. contro John Lennon · Chapter 27 - L'assassinio di John Lennon · The Killing of John Lennon · I Met the Walrus · Nowhere Boy · Lennon Naked - Essere John Lennon · LennoNYC · The Lennon Report · Looking for Lennon · John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky

Voci correlate

The Beatles · The Dirty Mac · Lennon-McCartney · Bed-In · Bagism · Elephant's Memory Band · Mark David Chapman · Cynthia Lennon · Yōko Ono · Julian Lennon · Sean Lennon · Julia Lennon · Alfred Lennon · Mimi Smith · Dakota Building · Rosaura Lopez · Plastic Ono Band · Skywriting by Word of Mouth · In His Own Write · A Spaniard in the Works · Harry Nilsson · Pussy Cats · A Toot and a Snore in '74 · Strawberry Fields Memorial · Liverpool John Lennon Airport · Parco John Lennon · The Lost Lennon Tapes · S.I.R. John Winston Ono Lennon · Marx & Lennon · The Immigrant · All Those Years Ago · Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) · Here Today · I Call Your Name · Roll On John · Life Is Real (Song for Lennon) · Peace and Love · That's My Life (My Love and My Home) · Peace Dream · The Late Great Johnny Ace · I Just Shot John Lennon · Omicidio di John Lennon · Discografia di John Lennon

V · D · M George Harrison
Album in studio	Electronic Sound · All Things Must Pass · Living in the Material World · Dark Horse · Extra Texture (Read All About It) · Thirty-Three & 1/3 · George Harrison · Somewhere in England · Gone Troppo · Cloud Nine · Brainwashed
Album dal vivo	The Concert for Bangladesh · Live in Japan
Raccolte	The Best of George Harrison · Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989 · The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 · Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison · Early Takes: Volume 1 · The Apple Years 1968-75
Colonne sonore	Wonderwall Music
Singoli	My Sweet Lord/Isn't It a Pity · What Is Life · Bangla Desh · Deep Blue · Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) · Ding Dong, Ding Dong · Dark Horse · You · This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying) · This Song ·Crackerbox Palace · It's What You Value · Blow Away · Love Comes to Everyone · Faster · All Those Years Ago · Teardrops · Wake Up My Love · I Really Love You · Dream Away · I Don't Want to Do It · Got My Mind Set on You · When We Was Fab · This Is Love · Cheer Down · Stuck Inside a Cloud · Any Road
Videografia	The Concert for Bangla Desh · George Harrison - The Dark Horse Years 1976/1992 · George Harrison - The Quiet One · The Beatles Anthology · Concert for George · George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Voci correlate	All You Need Is Cash · Beware of ABKCO! · Bob Dylan · Concert for George (evento e album) · Dark Horse Records · Dark Horse Tour · Dhani Harrison · Eric Clapton · Frank Crisp · Friar Park · George Harrison e i Beatles · I, Me, Mine · Induismo · Jeff Lynne · Movimento Hare Krishna · Olivia Harrison · Onyricon · Pattie Boyd · Ravi Shankar · The Beatles · Traveling Wilburys
Discografia

V · D · M Ringo
Ringo Starr
Lato A	I'm the Greatest · Have You Seen My Baby · Photograph · Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond) · You're Sixteen
Lato B	Oh My My · Step Lightly · Six O'Clock · Devil Woman · You and Me (Babe)
Bonus tracks	It Don't Come Easy · Early 1970 · Down and Out
Voci correlate	Discografia di Ringo Starr · Brani musicali di Ringo Starr · Vini Poncia · Richard Perry
Sentimental Journey · Beaucoups of Blues · Ringo · Goodnight Vienna · Ringo's Rotogravure · Ringo the 4th · Bad Boy · Stop and Smell the Roses · Old Wave · Time Takes Time · Vertical Man · I Wanna Be Santa Claus · Ringo Rama · Choose Love · Liverpool 8 · Y Not · Ringo 2012

V · D · M

The Beatles

John Lennon · Paul McCartney · George Harrison · Ringo Starr

Album in studio

Regno Unito	Please Please Me · With the Beatles · A Hard Day's Night · Beatles for Sale · Help! · Rubber Soul · Revolver · Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band · The Beatles (White Album) · Abbey Road · Let It Be · Let It Be... Naked
Stati Uniti	Introducing... The Beatles · Meet the Beatles! · The Beatles' Second Album · Something New · The Beatles' Story · Beatles '65 · The Early Beatles · Beatles VI · Help! · Rubber Soul · Yesterday and Today · Revolver · Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band · Magical Mystery Tour · The Beatles (White Album) · Abbey Road · Let It Be
Canada	Twist and Shout · The Beatles' Long Tall Sally

Album dal vivo

The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl · Live at the BBC · On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2 · The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963

Raccolte

The Beatles' First · The Beatles in Italy · A Collection of Beatles Oldies (But Goldies!) · Hey Jude · The Beatles' Christmas Album · Very Together · Red Album · Blue Album · Rock 'n' Roll Music · Love Songs · Rarities · Ballads · 20 Greatest Hits · The Number Ones · Past Masters · The Beatles Anthology (1 · 2 · 3) · 1 · Love · Tomorrow Never Knows · I Saw Her Standing There · 1+

Box set

The Beatles Collection · The Beatles Box · The Beatles: The Collection · The Beatles Box Set · The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 · The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 · The Beatles Stereo Box Set · The Beatles in Mono · The U.S. Albums · The Japan Box · The Singles Collection

Colonne sonore

Magical Mystery Tour · Reel Music · Yellow Submarine

Twist and Shout · The Beatles' Hits · The Beatles (No. 1) · All My Loving · Long Tall Sally · Extracts from the Film "A Hard Day's Night" · Extracts from the Album "A Hard Day's Night" · Beatles for Sale · Beatles for Sale No. 2 · The Beatles' Million Sellers · Yesterday · Nowhere Man · Magical Mystery Tour · Baby It's You · Free as a Bird · Real Love

Singoli

Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You · Please Please Me/Ask Me Why · From Me to You/Thank You Girl · She Loves You/I'll Get You · I Want to Hold Your Hand/This Boy · Can't Buy Me Love/You Can't Do That · A Hard Day's Night · I Feel Fine/She's a Woman · Ticket to Ride/Yes It Is · Help! · We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper · Paperback Writer/Rain · Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine · Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane · All You Need Is Love/Baby You're a Rich Man · Hello, Goodbye/I Am the Walrus · Lady Madonna/The Inner Light · Hey Jude/Revolution · Get Back/Don't Let Me Down · The Ballad of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe · Something/Come Together · Let It Be/You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) · Free as a Bird/Christmas Time Is Here Again · Real Love/Baby's In Black · Now and Then

Brani musicali

Love Me Do · P.S. I Love You · From Me to You · Thank You Girl · She Loves You · I'll Get You · I Want to Hold Your Hand · This Boy · Can't Buy Me Love · You Can't Do That · I Feel Fine · She's a Woman · Ticket to Ride · Yes It Is · Help! · I'm Down · We Can Work It Out · Day Tripper · Paperback Writer · Rain · Eleanor Rigby · Yellow Submarine · Strawberry Fields Forever · Penny Lane · All You Need Is Love · Baby You're a Rich Man · Hello, Goodbye · I Am the Walrus · Lady Madonna · The Inner Light · Hey Jude · Revolution · Get Back · Don't Let Me Down · The Ballad of John and Yoko · Old Brown Shoe · Let It Be · You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

Bootleg

Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 · The Decca Tapes · The Black Album · Kum Back

Film

Tutti per uno (A Hard Day's Night) · Aiuto! (Help!) · Magical Mystery Tour · Yellow Submarine · Let It Be - Un giorno con i Beatles · The Beatles: Get Back

Altri componenti

Stuart Sutcliffe · Pete Best

Collaboratori

Musicali: Andy White · George Martin · Jimmy Nicol · Geoff Emerick · Eric Clapton · Billy Preston · Phil Spector
Non-musicali: Brian Epstein · Neil Aspinall · Alistair Taylor · Derek Taylor · Mal Evans · Allen Klein · Peter Brown · Freda Kelly · Magic Alex

Voci correlate

1964 - Allarme a N.Y. arrivano i Beatles! · Abbey Road Studios · All This and World War II · Apple Corps · Apple Records · Apple scruffs · Astrid Kirchherr · Backbeat - Tutti hanno bisogno di amore · Beatlemania · Beatlesongs! · The Beatles at the Shea Stadium · British invasion · Carnival of Light · Cavern Club · Concerto dei Beatles sul tetto · Cry for a Shadow · Dick James · Etcetera · George Harrison e i Beatles · I Beatles nella cultura di massa · Iain Macmillan · In Spite of All the Danger · John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert · Leave My Kitten Alone · Lee Eastman · Leggenda della morte di Paul McCartney · Linda McCartney · Luoghi beatlesiani · Mark Lewisohn · McLemore Avenue · Murray the K · La nascita dei Beatles · Por Siempre Beatles (Beatles Forever) · The Palace of the King of the Birds · Rare and Unseen: The Beatles · Sessions · Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film) · Soggiorno dei Beatles in India · Tara Browne · Terry Doran · The Beatles: Get Back (libro) · The Beatles: Rock Band · The Beatles Play the Residents and the Residents Play the Beatles · The First U.S. Visit · The Grey Album · The Rutles · The Quarrymen · Tony Sheridan · Yōko Ono · My Bonnie/The Saints · Musica beat · The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away · Los Beatles · The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years · Requests · Due di noi - The Beatles · The Beatles: Sgt Pepper & Beyond · La segretaria dei Beatles

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