Songs Mentioning the Beatles: It’s Alright

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Two things you’re learning this month, if nothing else, as we celebrate Paul McCartney’s 84th birthday. One, you probably had no idea there were this many references to the Beatles in songs. Two, you probably had no idea there were this many references to the Beatles in country songs. Happy to oblige! Here’s today’s “Linda? NO!” song for you. It’s Alright - Waylon Jennings Ol’ Waylon dropped a lot of names in this song. It’s kind of cute, too, that he started this album off with a J.J. Cale song (“Clyde”), then the first line in this song, which follows it, is, “J.J. Cale’s my hero, the best I ever heard.” He also dropped George Jones’ name in there, along with a lot of truth (“George might show up flyin’ high if George shows up at all”… “if we all sounded like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones”). And, of course, he had to mention his wife, Jessi Colter. Amid all of that, he mentioned the Beatles. Yes, they sound out of place in the content of the song praising Cale and Jones, but like the title says, it’s all right! It’s Alright Written by Waylon Jennings Recorded by Waylon Jennings From Music Man, 1980 BEATLE REFERENCE LYRICS: From the Beatles and me in Nashville