Other Versions
The song has also been played and recorded by Junior Parker, Les Claypool, Black Oak Arkansas, Bill Wyman, The Music Machine, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Nickel Creek, Les Fradkin, Rootjoose, Garrison Starr, Rockwell, Mutual Admiration Society, Pat Travers, Franz Ferdinand, Power Station, and Saga.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers played the song in tribute to Harrison at 2002's Concert For George.
"Weird Al" Yankovic recorded a parody of this song in late 1981 called "Pac-Man", during the height of the game's popularity. It was released on the compilation Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 4.
Beatallica recorded a parody called "Sandman", which also was a parody of a popular Metallica song, "Enter Sandman".
The Jam in 1980's "Start!" wrote a new song around the McCartney bassline and guitar solos.
Ride's song "Seagull", from the album Nowhere, borrows McCartney's bassline.
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