Trivia
Walter Ulbricht, father of the socialist German Democratic Republic, referenced the song in a famous speech about copying culture from the western world using the term "monotony of the yeah yeah yeah and whatever it is called".
British Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home made a gaffe in February 1964: his speechwriters, trying to make him appear in-touch with popular culture, wrote him the line, "I'm too modest to claim the country loves us, but you know that can't be bad." However, he appeared not to understand the reference, and actually said, "but you know, err, that can't be too bad."
On 10 December 1980, following the murder of John Lennon in Manhattan two nights previously, British tabloid newspaper The Sun printed the front page headline "They Loved Him Yeah Yeah Yeah".
On 27 July 2012 during The Summer Olympics in London, this song was briefly played during the opening number.
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