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* [[Rock music|Rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Unterberger|first1=Richie|title=The Beatles ''Abbey Road''|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/abbey-road-mw0000192938|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=1 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529232715/https://www.allmusic.com/album/abbey-road-mw0000192938|archive-date=29 May 2012}}</ref>
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"'''The End'''" is a song by the English rock band [[the Beatles]] from their 1969 album ''[[Abbey Road]]''. It was composed by [[Paul McCartney]] and credited to [[Lennon–McCartney]]. It was the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles,{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=361}} and is the final song of the [[Abbey Road#Medley|medley]] that constitutes the majority of side two of the album. The song features
==Composition and recording==
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Recording began on 23 July 1969, when the Beatles recorded a one-minute, thirty-second master take that was extended via [[overdubbing|overdubs]] to two minutes and five seconds. At this point, the song was called "Ending".{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=181}} The first vocals for the song were added on 5 August, additional vocals and guitar overdubs were added on 7 August, and bass and drums on 8 August, the day the ''Abbey Road'' cover picture was taken.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=185–186}} Orchestral overdubs were added on 15 August, and the closing piano and accompanying vocal on 18 August.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=190}}{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=317}}
[[File:The Beatles The End final lyrics plaque.jpg|alt=|thumb|upright=0.8|left|The closing lyrics of "The End" inspired this plaque.]]
All four Beatles have a solo in "The End", including a [[Ringo Starr]] [[drum solo]]. Starr disliked solos, preferring to cater drum work to whoever sang in a particular performance
McCartney, [[George Harrison]] and Lennon perform a rotating sequence of three, two-bar guitar solos.{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=361}}{{sfn|The Beatles|2000|p=337}} The idea for a guitar instrumental over this section was Harrison's, and Lennon suggested that the three of them each play a section.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919/abbey-road-medley-19691231|title=100 Greatest Beatles Songs: 23. 'Abbey Road Medley'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=19 September 2011|access-date=10 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122184759/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919/abbey-road-medley-19691231|archive-date=22 January 2014}}</ref> The solos begin approximately 53 seconds into the song. [[Geoff Emerick]], the Beatles' recording engineer, later recalled: "John, Paul and George looked like they had gone back in time, like they were kids again, playing together for the sheer enjoyment of it. More than anything, they reminded me of gunslingers, with their guitars strapped on, looks of steely-eyed resolve, determined to outdo one another. Yet there was no animosity, no tension at all – you could tell they were simply having fun."{{sfn|Womack|2014|pp=258–59}}
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The first two bars are played by McCartney, the second two by Harrison, the third two by Lennon, and then the sequence repeats twice.{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=361}}{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=316}} Each has a distinctive style which McCartney felt reflected their personalities. Immediately after Lennon's third solo, the piano chords of the final line "And in the end ..." begin. Then the orchestration arrangement takes over with a humming chorus and Harrison playing a final guitar solo that ends the song.
"The End" was initially intended to be the final track on ''Abbey Road'', but it ended up being followed by "[[Her Majesty (song)|Her Majesty]]". Although "The End" stands as the last known new recording involving all four members of the Beatles during the band's existence, one additional song, "[[I Me Mine]]", was recorded by three members of the group (Lennon being absent due to having privately left in September 1969) in January 1970 for the album ''[[Let It Be (
The 1996 compilation album ''[[Anthology 3]]'' contains a remixed version of "The End", restoring tambourine and guitar overdubs mixed out of the original, and edited to emphasise the guitar solos and orchestral overdub.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=317}} The track is followed by a variant on the long piano chord that ends "[[A Day in the Life]]", concluding the compilation.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=317}} The drum solo was later used at the beginning of "[[Get Back#Love version|Get Back]]" on the 2006 album ''[[Love (The Beatles album)|Love]]''.
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==Cover versions==
*[[Phil Collins]] covered the full medley on [[George Martin]]'s 1998 album [[In My Life (George Martin album)|''In My Life'']] (which also included "[[Golden Slumbers]]" & "[[Carry That Weight]]").
* [[Comedy rock]] duo [[Tenacious D]] released a mashup of "[[You Never Give Me Your Money]]" and "The End" on 1 July 2021. The proceeds
==Personnel==
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