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‘Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey’: The Story Behind The Song

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George Harrison would later recall how “come on is such a joy” and “everybody has something to hide” were both favorite phrases of the Maharishi, and so the seeds of John Lennon’s “Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey” were sown by their guru in Rishikesh – “apart from that bit about the monkey.” The meaning of the song Quite who or what the monkey was has been the subject of much debate ever since. For John, the answer was …
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uDiscover Music broke the news in on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
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