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"I'm the Greatest" is a song written by English musician John Lennon, released in 1973 on the album ''Ringo'' by Ringo Starr, his former bandmate in the Beatles. With Starr, Lennon and George Harrison appearing on the track, the song marks the only time that more than two ex-Beatles recorded together between the band's break-up in 1970 and Lennon's death in 1980. Lennon wrote "I'm the Greatest" in December 1970 as a wry comment on his past as a Beatle, and later tailored the composition for Starr to sing. Recording for the song took place in Los Angeles in March 1973 during a time when tensions among all the former members of the Beatles had eased, after Starr, Lennon and Harrison had severed ties with their manager, Allen Klein. News of the Richard Perry-produced session led to speculation that the Beatles might re-form. The presence on the recording of bassist Klaus Voormann and keyboard player Billy Preston, as supposed stand-ins for Paul McCartney, created a line-up that the press had dubbed the Ladders since 1971. "I'm the Greatest" appeared as the opening track on the well-received ''Ringo'' album and was later included on Starr's compilations ''Blast from Your Past'' (1975) and ''Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr'' (2007). Starr has performed the song in concert with his All-Starr Band, whose second album, ''Live from Montreux'' (1993), opens with the track. A version with Lennon on lead vocals appeared on the 1998 box set ''John Lennon Anthology''. ==Background and composition== John Lennon began writing "I'm the Greatest" after watching the first TV airing of the Beatles' 1964 film ''A Hard Day's Night'', on BBC1 on 28 December 1970.〔Badman, p. 19.〕 Working at his home studio at Tittenhurst Park, Lennon then made demos of the new composition and "Make Love Not War", the latter of which he would re-record as "Mind Games" in 1973.〔 Towards the end of recording sessions for his ''Imagine'' album in July 1971, Lennon recorded another demo of "I'm the Greatest".〔Badman, pp. 37–38.〕 Lennon's lyrics to the song are autobiographical, referring to his past as a member of the Beatles:〔Urish & Bielen, p. 46.〕 :"I was in the greatest show on Earth, :For what it was worth. :Now I'm only thirty-two; :And all I wanna do, is boogaloo :Yes, my name is Billy Shears, :You know it has been for so many years. :Now I'm only thirty-two; :And all I wanna do, is boogaloo for ever" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I'm the Greatest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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