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{{short description|1969 single by the Beatles}}
{{About|the Beatles song}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Come Together
| cover      = Come Together-Something (single cover).jpg
| alt        = Two men peering outside of windows while two others stand in front of doors
| caption    = 1989 UK reissue picture sleeve
| type       = single
| artist     = [[the Beatles]]
| album      = [[Abbey Road]]
| A-side     = "[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]" (double A-side)
| released   = {{Start date|1969|10|06|df=y}}
| recorded   = 21–30 July 1969
| studio     = [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI]], London
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Blues rock]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Freeman|first=Phil|title=Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs|date=2007|publisher=[[Da Capo Press]]|isbn=978-0-306-81485-3|url={{Google books|id=FhGhMWOQk-MC|page=145|text=|plainurl=yes}}|quote=It's a surface-heavy blues-rock tune, flanging and wailing away…}}</ref>|[[swamp rock]]{{sfn|Courrier|2008|p=248}}|[[rock and roll]]<ref name="RSguide">{{cite book|last1=Considine|first1=J.D.|last2=Coleman|first2=Mark|last3=Evans|first3=Paul|last4=McGee|first4=David|chapter= The Beatles|editor1-last=DeCurtis|editor1-first=Anthony|editor2-last=Henke|editor2-first=James|editor3-last=George-Warren|editor-first3=Holly|date=1992|title=Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=[[Random House]]|location=New York|pages= 23–25}}</ref>}}
| length     = {{duration|m=4|s=19}}
| label      = [[Apple Records|Apple]]
| writer     = [[Lennon–McCartney]]
| producer   = [[George Martin]]
| prev_title = [[The Ballad of John and Yoko]]
| prev_year  = 1969
| concurrent_title = [[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]
| year       = 1969
| next_title = [[Let It Be (song)#Single version|Let It Be]]
| next_year  = 1970
| misc       = {{Audio sample
 | type        = single
 | file        = Beatles cometogether.ogg
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"'''Come Together'''" is a song by the English rock band [[the Beatles]], written by [[John Lennon]] and credited to [[Lennon–McCartney]]. The song is the opening track on the band's 1969 studio album ''[[Abbey Road]]''. It was also a [[double A-side]] in the United Kingdom with "[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]", reaching  No. 4 in the UK charts, as well as No. 1 in the [[Billboard Hot 100]].

The song has been covered by several other artists, including [[Ike & Tina Turner]], [[Aerosmith]], [[Eurythmics]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[Joe Cocker]], [[Arctic Monkeys]], and [[Gary Clark Jr.]]

== Background and inspiration ==
[[File:John Lennon performing Give Peace a Chance 1969.jpg|thumb|left|[[Timothy Leary]] (centre) with [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] (centre left and centre right) during the [[Bed-ins for Peace|Montreal Bed-in for Peace]], 1 June 1969]]

In early 1969, [[John Lennon]] and his wife, [[Yoko Ono]], held nonviolent protests against the [[Vietnam War]], dubbed the [[Bed-ins for Peace]]. In May, during the [[Montreal]] portion of the bed-in, [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] figures from across North America visited Lennon. Among the visitors was the American psychologist [[Timothy Leary]], an early advocate of [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]] whom Lennon admired.{{sfn|Doggett|2005|p=162}} Leary intended to run for [[Governor of California]] in the [[1970 California gubernatorial election|following year's election]], and he asked Lennon to write him a [[campaign song]] based on the campaign's slogan, "Come Together – Join the Party!"{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=194}} The resulting chant was only a line long: "Come together and join the party".{{sfn|Doggett|2005|p=162}} Lennon promised to finish and record the song,{{sfn|Doggett|2005|p=162}} and Leary later recalled Lennon giving him a tape of the piece, but the two did not interact again.{{sfn|Marquis|2020|pp=64–65}}

In July 1969, during sessions for [[the Beatles]]' album ''[[Abbey Road]]'', Lennon used the phrase "come together" from the Leary campaign song to compose a new song for the album.{{sfn|Gould|2007|p=562}} Based on the 1956 single "[[You Can't Catch Me]]" by the American guitarist [[Chuck Berry]],{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=246}} Lennon's composition began as an up-tempo [[blues]] number,{{sfn|Gould|2007|pp=574–575}} only slightly altering Berry's original lyric of "Here come a flattop / He was movin' up with me" to "Here come ol' flattop / He come groovin' up slowly".{{sfn|Womack|2019|p=126}}{{sfn|Doggett|2005|p=167}} Lennon further incorporated the phrase "shoot me" from his unfinished and unreleased January 1969 song "[[Watching Rainbows]]".{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=246}} The author [[Peter Doggett]] wrote that "each phrase [passes] too quickly to be understood at first hearing, the sound as important as the meaning".{{sfn|Doggett|2005|p=167}}

In a December 1987 interview by [[Selina Scott]] on the television show ''[[West 57th (TV series)|West 57th Street]]'', [[George Harrison]] stated that he wrote two lines of the song.{{sfn|Badman|2001|pp=397–398}}

== Production ==
=== Recording ===
The Beatles taped the basic track for "Come Together" at EMI Studios (now [[Abbey Road Studios]]) in Studio Three on 21 July 1969, during the sessions for ''Abbey Road''. [[George Martin]] produced the session, assisted by the [[Mixing engineer|balance engineers]] [[Geoff Emerick]] and [[Phil McDonald]].{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=181}} At McCartney's request, the session marked Emerick's first with the group since July 1968; Emerick had quit working with the group during sessions for their 1968 album, ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]'' (also known as "the White Album"), due to what he found to be a tense and negative atmosphere.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=143, 181}}{{refn|group=note|The session on 21{{nbsp}}July marked the first time a [[Freelancer|freelance]] engineer worked for the studio, since Emerick had quit EMI a week earlier.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=181}}}} The song was Lennon's first new composition for the band in three months, after he and McCartney recorded "[[The Ballad of John and Yoko]]" on 14 April.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=181}}{{refn|group=note|In the intervening time, Lennon and his wife, [[Yoko Ono]], released "[[Give Peace a Chance]]" as the [[Plastic Ono Band]],{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=181}} recorded on 1 June 1969 and released in the beginning of July 1969.{{sfn|Winn|2009|pp=240, 298}}}}

The group taped eight takes of "Come Together", with take six marked "best".{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=181}}{{sfn|Howlett|2019|p=26}} The line-up consisted of Lennon singing lead vocal, McCartney on bass, [[George Harrison]] on rhythm guitar and [[Ringo Starr]] on drums.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=181}}{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=307}} Starr placed [[tea towel]]s over his [[Tom-tom drum|tom drums]] to further dampen their sound.{{sfn|Howlett|2019|p=26}} Without needing to use his hands to play guitar, Lennon added handclaps each time he sang "Shoot me!",{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=181}} also adding [[tambourine]] over both the solo and [[Coda (music)|coda]].{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=307}} Taped on [[Multitrack recording|4-track recording]] equipment,{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=307}} at the end of the session, take six was copied over to 8-track tape in Studio Two,{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=181}} allowing for both [[overdubbing]] and the easy manipulation of [[Equalization (audio)|EQ]].{{sfn|Womack|2019|p=129}}

=== Overdubbing and mixing ===
[[File:Fender Rhodes Suitcase 88 electric piano, CMHF (hide reflections).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|A [[Fender Rhodes]] electric piano, similar to the one McCartney plays on the recording]]

Overdubbing for "Come Together" took place in the week following the recording of the basic track.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=181–183}} On 22 July, Lennon sang a new lead vocal and again added handclaps, both being treated to a [[Delay (audio effect)|tape delay]],{{sfn|Howlett|2019|p=26}} with [[automatic double tracking]] added during the choruses.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=310}} At Lennon's request, McCartney played a [[Rhodes piano|Fender Rhodes]] [[electric piano]],{{sfn|Womack|2019|pp=129–130}} with McCartney later recalling that Lennon "wanted a piano lick to be very swampy and smokey, and I played it that way and he liked that a lot".{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=246}}{{refn|group=note|McCartney recalled being happy at Lennon's praise, further stating: "Whenever [John] did praise any of us, it was great praise, indeed, because he didn't dish it out much. If ever you got a speck of it, a crumb of it, you were quite grateful".<ref>{{harvnb|Dowlding|1989|p=277}}, quoted in {{harvnb|Womack|2019|pp=129–130}}.</ref>}} Harrison added a heavily distorted guitar during the refrains,<ref>{{harvnb|Everett|1999|p=246}}: distorted, refrains; {{harvnb|Womack|2019|p=129}}: Harrison.</ref> while Starr added a [[maraca]].{{sfn|Howlett|2019|pp=24, 26}} Work on the track continued the next day,{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=181}} with more vocals added.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=310}} On 25 July, McCartney contributed a harmony vocal sung below Lennon's part,<ref>{{harvnb|Winn|2009|p=310}}: McCartney's harmony vocal on 25 July; {{harvnb|Everett|1999|pp=246–247}}: McCartney's harmony below Lennon's lead.</ref> and on 29 July, Lennon overdubbed a guitar during the song's middle climax.{{sfn|Womack|2019|p=150}} Work on the song finished the next day,{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=183}} with Harrison playing a lead guitar solo with a [[Gibson Les Paul]] during the song's coda.<ref>{{harvnb|Winn|2009|p=310}}: ending lead guitar added 30 July; {{harvnb|Everett|1999|p=247}}: Harrison's played a Les Paul during the coda's solo.</ref>

Mixing on "Come Together" was completed on 7 August in Studio Two.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=310}}{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=185}} Done on EMI's new [[Solid-state electronics|solid state]] [[mixing console]], the [[EMI TG12345]], Emerick later suggested that the console's "softer and rounder" [[Texture (music)|sonic texture]] influenced the band's performances, with "the rhythm tracks{{nbsp}}... coming back off tape a little less forcefully", the overdubs were subsequently "performed with less attitude".<ref>{{harvnb|Emerick|Massey|2006|pp=277–278}}, quoted in {{harvnb|Womack|2019|p=129}}.</ref> He also suggests that, because McCartney's bass hits on the "me" of Lennon's line "Shoot me!", only "Shoot" is easily audible on the finished recording.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=181}} Ten [[Stereophonic sound|stereo]] mixes were made during the process, with the first attempt marked "best".{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=185}} Like the rest of ''Abbey Road'', the song was never mixed for [[monoaural|mono]].{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=247}}

==Commentary by band members and George Martin==
Lennon later referred to "Come Together" as "one of my favourite Beatles tracks. It's funky, it's bluesy, and I'm singing it pretty well."<ref name=RollingStone100 /> Martin said of the song:
<blockquote>If I had to pick one song that showed the four disparate talents of the boys and the ways they combined to make a great sound, I would choose 'Come Together'. The original song is good, and with John's voice it's better. Then Paul has this idea for this great little riff. And Ringo hears that and does a drum thing that fits in, and that establishes a pattern that John leapt upon and did the ['shoot me'] part. And then there's George's guitar at the end. The four of them became much, much better than the individual components.<ref name=RollingStone100 /></blockquote>

In May 2021, [[Ringo Starr]] said it was his favourite Beatles song in an interview on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ringo Starr Takes The Colbert Questionert| date=May 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZKZY2pyt4c|language=en|access-date=11 June 2021|via=[[YouTube]]|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503020327/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZKZY2pyt4c|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Release and legacy==
[[Apple Records]], the Beatles' [[EMI]]-distributed record label, released ''Abbey Road'' on 26{{nbsp}}September 1969,{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=354}} with "Come Together" sequenced as the opening track.{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=81}} The song was issued as a double A-side single (as Apple 2654) with Harrison's "[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]" on 6{{nbsp}}October in America.{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=81}}{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=193, 200}} Commercially, the single was a massive success, staying on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot&nbsp;100]] chart for 16&nbsp;weeks, and reaching No.&nbsp;1.{{sfn|Wallgren|1982|p=57}} It was released on 31&nbsp;October 1969 in the UK (as Apple R5814) and reached No.&nbsp;4.

The first take of the song, recorded on 21{{nbsp}}July 1969, with slightly different lyrics, was released in 1996 on the outtake compilation ''[[Anthology&nbsp;3]]'',{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=307}} and take five of the song was released on the ''Abbey Road'' 50th Anniversary release.

===Contemporary reviews===
[[Tony Barrow]], reviewing ''Abbey Road'' for the ''[[Liverpool Echo]]'', referred to "Come Together" as "magnificently funky" and highlighted "its intriguing lyrics".<ref>{{cite news|last=Barrow|first=Tony|author-link=Tony Barrow|date=27 September 1969|title=Beatles by-passed?|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/liverpool-echo/153287003/|newspaper=[[Liverpool Echo]]|location=Liverpool, Merseyside, England|page=6|access-date=14 August 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> A reviewer for the ''[[Western Daily Press]]'' named "Come Together" as one of the album's best tracks,<ref>{{cite news|date=16 October 1969|title=Disc dialogue|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/western-daily-press/153287619/|newspaper=[[Western Daily Press]]|location=Bristol, Avon, England|page=6|access-date=14 August 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> and Jack Batten of ''[[The Toronto Star]]'' noted the song's "eminently hummable little melodic riff".<ref>{{cite news|last=Batten|first=Jack|date=4 October 1969|title=The Beatles produce their own rock 'n' roll revival|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star/153286214/|newspaper=[[The Toronto Star]]|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|page=53|access-date=14 August 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

===Retrospective assessments===
"Come Together" has frequently appeared on numerous publications' lists of the Beatles' best songs. In 2006, ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine placed it at No. 13 in their list of the Beatles' 101 best songs.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Beatles 101 Greatest Songs |journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=July 2006 |issue=152}}</ref> Four years later, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked it No.&nbsp;9 on their list of the band's 100 greatest songs.<ref name=RollingStone100>{{cite magazine |title=100 Greatest Beatles Songs: 9. Come Together |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919/come-together-19691231 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=21 May 2013 |date=19 September 2011 |archive-date=9 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609004355/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919/come-together-19691231 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| year=2010| title=The Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Beatles Songs| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-154008/| access-date=2 June 2021| archive-date=7 December 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207223720/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-154008/| url-status=live}}</ref> Meanwhile, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' and ''[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]'' ranked it at No. 44 and No. 20, respectively.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Beatles' 50 Best songs |url=http://ew.com/article/2009/09/04/beatles-50-best-songs/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815023204/http://ew.com/article/2009/09/04/beatles-50-best-songs/ |archive-date=15 August 2015 |date=4 September 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gallucci |first1=Michael |title=Top 50 Beatles Songs |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-top-50/ |website=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |access-date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813134717/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-top-50/ |archive-date=13 August 2021 |date=7 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, ''[[NME]]''{{CN|date=December 2023}} and ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' placed it at No. 20 and No. 23 in their respective lists of the band's best songs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saunders |first1=Hilary |title=The 50 Best Beatles Songs |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/50-best-beatles-songs/ |website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |access-date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308110008/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/50-best-beatles-songs/ |archive-date=8 March 2021 |date=28 August 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

''Rolling Stone'' ranked "Come Together" at No.&nbsp;202 on their list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]] in 2004,<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| year=2007| title=The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060815105453/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs| url-status=dead| archive-date=15 August 2006| access-date=5 October 2007}}</ref> re-ranking it No. 205 in the 2010 revised list.{{CN|date=December 2023}} In 2024, ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' ranked the song's bassline as the best of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2024/04/greatest-basslines-of-all-time/|title=50 Greatest Basslines of All Time|date=4 April 2024|work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]|access-date=14 April 2024}}</ref>

==Lawsuit==
{{Further|Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits}}

In late 1969, "Come Together" was the subject of a [[copyright infringement]] claim brought against Lennon by Big Seven Music, the publisher of [[Chuck Berry]]'s "[[You Can't Catch Me]]".{{sfn|Doggett|2011|pp=106, 210}} [[Morris Levy]], the owner of Big Seven Music, contended that it sounded similar musically to Berry's original and shared some lyrics (Lennon sang: "Here come ol' flattop, he come groovin' up slowly", and Berry's had sung: "Here come a flattop, he was movin' up with me"). Before recording, Lennon and McCartney deliberately slowed the song down and added a heavy bass riff in order to make the song more original.{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=553}} The case was settled out of court in 1973, with Levy's lawyers agreeing that Lennon would compensate by recording three Big Seven songs for his next album.{{sfn|Doggett|2011|p=210}} A brief version of "[[Ya Ya (Lee Dorsey song)|Ya Ya]]" with Lennon and his son [[Julian Lennon|Julian]] was released on the album ''[[Walls and Bridges]]'' in 1974. "You Can't Catch Me" and another version of "Ya Ya" were released on Lennon's 1975 album ''[[Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album)|Rock 'n' Roll]]'', but the third, "[[Angel Baby (Rosie and the Originals song)|Angel Baby]]", remained unreleased until after Lennon's death. Levy again sued Lennon for breach of contract, and was eventually awarded $6,795.00. Lennon countersued after Levy released an album of Lennon material using tapes that were in his possession and was eventually awarded $84,912.96. The album was called ''[[Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits]]''.{{sfn|Self|1992}}

== Personnel ==
According to Kevin Howlett:{{sfn|Howlett|2019|p=24}}
* [[John Lennon]] – lead and backing vocals, guitar, handclaps, [[tambourine]]
* [[Paul McCartney]] – backing vocal, bass, [[Rhodes piano]]{{sfn|Womack|2019|pp=129–130}}
* [[George Harrison]] – lead and rhythm guitars
* [[Ringo Starr]] – drums, [[maraca]]

== Charts ==
=== Weekly charts ===
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|+1969–70 weekly chart performance
!align="left"|Chart (1969–1970)
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|scope="row"|Australia ''[[Go-Set]]'' National Top 40 Singles<ref name="GoSet">{{cite web|url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1969/19691220.html|title=Go-Set Australian Charts – 20 December 1969|publisher=poparchives.com.au|access-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328000951/http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1969/19691220.html|archive-date=28 March 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
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|{{single chart|Austria|2|artist=The Beatles|song=Come Together|access-date=29 September 2021}}
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|{{single chart|Flanders|2|artist=The Beatles|song=Come Together|access-date=29 September 2021|rowheader=true}}
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|{{single chart|Wallonia|1|artist=The Beatles|song=Come Together|access-date=29 September 2021|rowheader=true}}
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|Finland ([[Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref name=Finland>{{cite book|first=Jake|last=Nyman|year=2005|title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja|edition=1st|publisher=Tammi|location=Helsinki|isbn=951-31-2503-3|language=fi}}</ref>
|align="center"|12
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|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e dischi]]|language=it|access-date=31 May 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Come together".</ref>
|align="center"|4
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|{{single chart|Dutch100|2|artist=The Beatles|song=Come Together|access-date=29 September 2021}}
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|New Zealand ([[New Zealand Listener|Listener]])<ref>https://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=8#n_view_location seacrh Listener</ref>
|align="center"|1
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|{{single chart|Spain|96|artist=The Beatles|song=Come Together|access-date=29 September 2021}}
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|{{single chart|Sweden|41|artist=The Beatles|song=Come Together|access-date=29 September 2021}}
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|{{single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=The Beatles|song=Come Together|access-date=29 September 2021}}
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|scope="row"|UK ''[[Record Retailer]]''<ref name=UKRR>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/69chart.htm#top100|title=Sixties City – Pop Music Charts – Every Week Of The Sixties|website=www.sixtiescity.net|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=10 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610103446/http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/69chart.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{single chart|UK|4|date=19691116|access-date=29 September 2021|refname=UK69}}
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|{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=The Beatles|access-date=29 September 2021|rowheader=true}}
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|scope="row"|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles: November 22, 1969 |url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19691122.html |website=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] |access-date=29 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228192817/https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19691122.html |archive-date=28 February 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
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|{{singlechart|West Germany|1|artist=The Beatles|song=Come Together|songid=115|access-date=29 September 2021}}
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| scope="row"|West Germany [[Musikmarkt|''Musikmarkt'' Hit-Parade]]<ref name="MediaControl">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/The+Beatles/2278/?type=single |title=The Beatles Single-Chartverfolgung ''(in German)'' |publisher=musicline.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213203848/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/The%2BBeatles/2278/?type=single |archive-date=13 December 2013 |access-date=20 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|+1989 weekly chart performance
!align="left"|Chart (1989)
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|{{singlechart|UK|84|date=19891111|access-date=29 September 2021|refname=UK89}}
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|+2010 weekly chart performance
!align="left"|Chart (2010)
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|Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Beatles Chart History (Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-beatles/chart-history/cns/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|40
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|{{singlechart|UK|81|date=20101127|access-date=29 September 2021|refname=UK10}}
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|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100 Recurrents]]<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Beatles Chart History (Hot 100 Recurrents) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-beatles/chart-history/bbr/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|15
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|{{single chart|Billboarddigitalsongs|43|artist=The Beatles|access-date=29 September 2021}}
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|+2016 weekly chart performance
!align="left"|Chart (2016)
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|US Rock Streaming Songs (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Beatles Chart History (Rock Streaming Songs) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-beatles/chart-history/ros/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|18
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|+2019 weekly chart performance
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!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|US [[Hot Rock & Alternative Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Rock Songs]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-beatles/chart-history/ark/ |title=The Beatles Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Chart History|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|billboard.com]]| access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|US Rock Digital Song Sales (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Beatles Chart History (Rock Digital Song Sales) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-beatles/chart-history/rkt/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
|}
{{col-end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

=== Year-end charts ===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+1969 year-end chart performance
!align="left"|Chart (1969)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1969|title=Jaaroverzichten 1969|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417053235/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1969|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|25
|-
|scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1969|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1969|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=23 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623152422/https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1969|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|70
|-
|scope="row"|UK ''[[Record Retailer]]''<ref name=UKRR />
| style="text-align:center;"|67
|-
|scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name=USBB>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1969.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1969/Top 100 Songs of 1969 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=29 September 2021 |archive-date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211105352/https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1969.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|85
|-
|US ''Cash Box''<ref name="cashbox-year-end">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1969YESP.html|title=The Cash box Year-End Charts: 1969|date=27 December 1969|publisher=Cash Box Magazine|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=9 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609185800/https://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1969YESP.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|63
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

== Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=The Beatles|title=Come Together|award=Gold|relyear=1969|certyear=2024|type=single|access-date=19 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=The Beatles|title=Come Together|award=Gold|relyear=1969|certyear=2023|type=single|id=13308|access-date=30 December 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=The Beatles|title=Come Together|award=Platinum|relyear=1969|certyear=2021|type=single|note=sales since 2009|access-date=18 October 2021|id=9176}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=The Beatles|title=Come Together|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2023|accessdate=22 September 2025|source=radioscope}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=Spain|type=single|artist=The Beatles|title=Come Together|award=Platinum|relyear=1969|certyear=2024|id=the-beatles-come-together|accessdate=18 February 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Beatles|title=Come Together|award=Platinum|relyear=2010|certyear=2021|type=single|id=14842-1786-1|note=sales since 2010|access-date=9 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=The Beatles|title=Get Back|nocert=true|salesamount=1,750,000|relyear=1969|salesref=<ref name="sales">{{cite book|title=Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL120558W/Million_selling_records_from_the_1900s_to_the_1980s|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1985|publisher=Arco Pub.|quote=U.S.A sales went to around 1,750,0000. The global tally around 2,500,000|isbn=0668064595|page=276}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|artist=The Beatles|title=Get Back|nocert=true|salesamount=2,500,000|relyear=1969|salesref=<ref name="sales"/>|note=original release}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|streaming=true|nosales=true}}

==Cover versions==
===Ike & Tina Turner version===
{{Infobox song
| name          = Come Together
| cover         = Ike-Tina-Turner-Come-Together-Single.jpg
| caption       = French picture sleeve
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Ike & Tina Turner]] & [[the Ikettes]]
| album         = [[Come Together (Ike & Tina Turner album)|Come Together]]
| B-side        = [[Honky Tonk Women]]
| released      = {{Start date|1969|12}}
| studio        = 
| genre         = 
| length        = {{duration|m=3|s=37}}
| label         = *[[Minit Records|Minit]]
*[[Liberty Records|Liberty]]
| writer        = [[Lennon–McCartney]]
| producer      = [[Ike Turner]]
| chronology    = [[Ike & Tina Turner]]
| prev_title    = I Wanna Jump
| prev_year     = 1969
| next_title    = [[I Want to Take You Higher]]
| next_year     = 1970
| misc          = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[The Ikettes]]
 | type       = single
 | prev_title = Make 'Em Wait
 | prev_year  = 1968
 | title      = Come Together
 | year       = 1969
 | next_title = [[I Want to Take You Higher]]
 | next_year  = 1970
 }}
}}

A month after the original version by the Beatles was released, [[Ike & Tina Turner]] began performing their rendition of "Come Together," most notably at [[Madison Square Garden]] in November 1969.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=6 December 1969|title=Turner Revue Stages Soul Show That Grabs Audience|magazine=Billboard|page=22|via=worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1969/Billboard%201969-12-06.pdf World Radio History]}}</ref> Due to the public response to their live performances, [[Minit Records]] rushed the release of a studio version.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=December 20, 1969 |title=New Ike & Tina Single Rushed Out" |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/69/RW-1969-12-20.pdf |journal=Record World |pages=44}}</ref> The single, also credited to [[the Ikettes]], was released in December 1969.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 3, 1970 |title=Single Picks of the Week |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/70/RW-1970-01-03.pdf |journal=Record World |pages=1}}</ref> It reached number 57 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 21 on the [[Billboard R&B Singles|''Billboard'' R&B Singles]] chart.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Come Together (song by Ike & Tina Turner) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts |url=https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Come+Together+by+Ike+&+Tina+Turner&id=19835 |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=www.musicvf.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=14 March 1970|title=Best Selling Soul Singles|magazine=Billboard|page=36|via=worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1970/Billboard%201970-03-14.pdf World Radio History]}}</ref> The B-side features another soul-infused rock cover, "[[Honky Tonk Women]]" by [[the Rolling Stones]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 10, 1970 |title=Record Reviews |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1970/CB-1970-01-10.pdf |journal=Cash Box |pages=18}}</ref>

"Come Together" is the lead single from Ike & Tina Turner's 1970 album [[Come Together (Ike & Tina Turner album)|of the same name]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=4 July 1970|title=Best Selling Soul LP's|magazine=Billboard|page=52|via=worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1970/Billboard%201970-07-04.pdf World Radio History]}}</ref> The song has been released on various compilations, including ''[[Greatest Hits (Ike & Tina Turner album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (1976), ''[[Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner]]'' (1991), and ''[[The Ike & Tina Turner Story: 1960–1975]]'' (2007). A live version was recorded at [[Olympia (Paris)|L'Olympia]] in Paris on 30 January 1971, and released later that year on their live album ''[[Live in Paris – Olympia 1971|Live in Paris]]''.

===John Lennon solo version===
"Come Together" was the only Beatles song Lennon sang during his 1972 Madison Square Garden concerts. It was Lennon's only full-length concert performance after leaving the Beatles.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Fricke |first=David |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnlennon/albums/album/134866/review/5945312/live_in_new_york_city |title=John Lennon: Live in New York City: Music Reviews |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=10 April 1986 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713145038/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnlennon/albums/album/134866/review/5945312/live_in_new_york_city |archive-date=13 July 2007 }}</ref> He was backed by the band [[Elephant's Memory]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Edmonson|first=Jacqueline|title=John Lennon: A Biography|year=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-37938-3|page=149}}</ref> This version of the song appears on the concert album ''[[Live in New York City (John Lennon album)|Live in New York City]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Ginell |first=Richard S. |title=''Live in New York City'' – John Lennon |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-new-york-city-mw0000650407?1619984794751 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2 May 2021 |archive-date=2 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502194732/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-new-york-city-mw0000650407?1619984794751 |url-status=live }}</ref> recorded on 30 August 1972 and released in 1986.

===Aerosmith version===
{{Infobox song
| name       = Come Together
| cover      = Cometogetheraero.JPG
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Aerosmith]]
| album      = [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (soundtrack)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]
| B-side     = [[Kings and Queens (Aerosmith song)|Kings and Queens]]
| released   = {{Start date|1978|07|31|df=y}}
| recorded   = 1978
| studio     =
| genre      = 
| length     = {{duration|m=3|s=46}}
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer     = [[Lennon–McCartney]]
| producer   = [[Jack Douglas (record producer)|Jack Douglas]]
| prev_title = [[Get It Up (Aerosmith song)|Get It Up]]
| prev_year  = 1978
| next_title = [[Chip Away the Stone]]
| next_year  = 1978
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|BjoN2yXwmoc|"Come Together" (audio)}}}}
}}
American [[hard rock]] band [[Aerosmith]] recorded one of the most successful cover versions of "Come Together" in 1978. The band performed the song in the 1978 film ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''; their recording appeared on its accompanying [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (soundtrack)|soundtrack album]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0000035805 |first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|title=Peter Frampton / Bee Gees ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]''|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=17 March 2017}}</ref> Released as a single in July 1978, Aerosmith's version was an immediate success, reaching number 23 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100,<ref name="Rutherford">{{cite magazine |last1=Rutherford |first1=Kevin |title=The Beatles, Aerosmith & Godsmack: A History of 'Come Together' on the Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-beatles-come-together-chart-history-aerosmith-godsmack/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=21 October 2021 |date=30 March 2017}}</ref> following on the heels of a string of [[Top 40]] hits for the band in the mid-1970s. However, it would be the last Top 40 hit for the band for nearly a decade.

Another recording of the song was released several months later on Aerosmith's live album ''[[Live! Bootleg (Aerosmith album)|Live! Bootleg]]''. The song also featured on ''[[Greatest Hits (Aerosmith album)|Aerosmith's Greatest Hits]]'', the band's first [[single (music)|singles]] compilation released in 1980. Their live performance from the [[33rd Annual Grammy Awards]] ceremony was released in a Grammy compilation CD. The song has also surfaced on a number of Aerosmith compilations and live albums since then, as well as on the [[Armageddon: The Album|soundtrack]] for the film ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)#Soundtracks|Armageddon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/armageddon-mw0000038887 |title=''Armageddon [Original Soundtrack]'' – Original Soundtrack| publisher=[[AllMusic]] | first=Stephen Thomas | last=Erlewine | access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>

===Godsmack version===
[[Godsmack]] released "Come Together" in 2012 on the ''Live & Inspired'' album.  An official music video was released and the single entered the Hard Rock Charts at number 11, then in 2017 resurfaced to land at position No. 1 on Billboard's Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart.

===Gary Clark Jr. and Junkie XL version===
{{Infobox song
| name       = Come Together
| cover      = Cometogethergaryclarkjr.jpg
| caption    =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Gary Clark Jr.]] & [[Junkie XL]]
| album      = [[Justice League (soundtrack)|Justice League: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]
| B-side     =
| released   = {{Start date|2017|09|08|df=y}}
| studio     =
| genre      = 
| length     = {{duration|m=3|s=13}}
| label      = *[[Warner Records|Warner]]
*[[WaterTower Music|WaterTower]]
| writer     = [[Lennon–McCartney]]
| producer   = [[Junkie XL]]
| chronology = [[Gary Clark Jr.]]
| prev_title = [[Ride (ZZ Ward song)|Ride]]
| prev_year  = 2017
| next_title = I'm On 3.0
| next_year  = 2017
| misc       = {{Extra chronology 
| artist = [[Junkie XL]]
| type = single
| title = Come Together
| year = 2017
| prev_title = [[Cities in Dust#Cover versions|Cities in Dust]]
| prev_year = 2008
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|r7imYeuAfkg|"Come Together" (Official Music Video)}}}}
}}
American musician [[Gary Clark Jr.]] and Dutch composer [[Junkie XL]] released a cover version of "Come Together" as the first single from the [[Justice League (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] of the 2017 superhero film ''[[Justice League (film)|Justice League]]'' on 8 September.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/come-together-single/1279718975|title=Come Together – Single|access-date=23 November 2020|website=[[Apple Music]]|date=8 September 2017|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|archive-date=29 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929125854/https://music.apple.com/us/album/come-together-single/1279718975|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/gary-clark-jr-on-come-together-cover-i-hope-paul-and-ringo-dig-it-203987/|title=Gary Clark Jr. on 'Come Together' Cover: 'I Hope Paul and Ringo Dig It'|date=3 November 2017|access-date=23 November 2020|last=Grow|first=Kory|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109013355/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/gary-clark-jr-on-come-together-cover-i-hope-paul-and-ringo-dig-it-203987/|url-status=live}}</ref> A music video featuring Gary Clark Jr. on guitar and vocals interspersed with cuts of footage from the film was released on 27 October.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/gary-clark-jr-come-together-justice-league-music-video/|title=Gary Clark Jr.'s Come Together Cover Gets a Justice League Music Video|date=28 October 2017|access-date=23 November 2020|last=Williams|first=Taylor|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|archive-date=29 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929125854/https://www.cbr.com/gary-clark-jr-come-together-justice-league-music-video/|url-status=live}}</ref> The single reached No. 27 on the ''Billboard'' [[Digital Songs|Digital Songs Sales]] and No. 7 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Rock & Alternative Songs]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gary-clark-jr-2/chart-history/hds/|title=Gary Clark Jr. Chart History – HDS|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=23 November 2020|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303092744/https://www.billboard.com/music/gary-clark-jr-2/chart-history/HDS|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gary-clark-jr-2/chart-history/ark/|title=Gary Clark Jr. Chart History – ARK|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=23 November 2020|archive-date=15 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915102034/https://www.billboard.com/music/gary-clark-jr-2/chart-history/ARK|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Weekly charts'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia Tip|17|artist=Gary Clark Jr.|song=Come Together|rowheader=true|access-date=23 November 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|39|artist=Gary Clark Jr.|song=Come Together|rowheader=true|access-date=23 November 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboarddigitalsongs|27|artist=Gary Clark Jr.|song=Come Together|rowheader=true|access-date=23 November 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|7|artist=Gary Clark Jr.|song=Come Together|rowheader=true|access-date=23 November 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|15|artist=Gary Clark Jr.|song=Come Together|rowheader=true|access-date=23 November 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrockairplay|31|artist=Gary Clark Jr.|song=Come Together|rowheader=true|access-date=23 November 2020}}
|}

===Other versions===
McCartney recorded an updated version of "Come Together" with [[Noel Gallagher]] and [[Paul Weller]] for the 1995 charity album ''[[The Help Album|Help]]'', under the name the Smokin' Mojo Filters (derived from a line in the song).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=''Help: A Charity Project for the Children of Bosnia'' – Various Artists |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/help-a-charity-project-for-the-children-of-bosnia-mw0000178205 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> Weller performed the lead vocal duties, with McCartney and Gallagher providing backing vocals, harmonies and bass and guitar. Their rendition reached No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/639/smokin-mojo-filters/|title=Smokin' Mojo Filters|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=16 July 2020|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728182246/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/639/smokin-mojo-filters/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Michael Jackson]] also covered the song in 1986. The song was recorded for ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'' (1987), but was scrapped and instead put on ''[[HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I]]'' (1995). It was also included as a B-side on Jackson's "[[Remember the Time]]" CD single. It was featured at the end of the 1988 film ''[[Moonwalker]]'' and also had an official video. Notably, it was the only Beatles song covered by Jackson on an official release. Jackson had [[Sony/ATV Music Publishing|purchased the publishing rights]] to the Beatles' catalogue in 1985 and thus owned the rights to "Come Together" at the time he covered the song.

[[Arctic Monkeys]] covered the song for the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]], it was released on the album ''[[Isles of Wonder (album)|Isles of Wonder]]'' and reached No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arctic Monkeys {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17120/arctic-monkeys/|access-date=2021-10-05|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dukes |first1=Billy |title=Arctic Monkeys, 'Come Together' (Beatles cover) – Song Review |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/arctic-monkeys-come-together-beatles-cover-song-review/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=20 October 2021 |date=30 July 2012}}</ref>

[[Foo Fighters]], [[Liam Gallagher]] and Aerosmith's Joe Perry covered "Come Together" at the CalJam Festival in San Bernardino, California in 2017. Gallagher forgot the words during the performance, later explaining that he thought they were performing "[[I Am the Walrus]]".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Britton |first1=Luke Morgan |title=Liam Gallagher explains how he forgot The Beatles' 'Come Together' lyrics while performing with Foo Fighters |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/liam-gallagher-explains-forgetting-lyrics-beatles-come-together-2151417 |website=NME |access-date=20 October 2021 |date=18 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Arcand |first1=Rob |title=Watch Foo Fighters Cover The Beatles' 'Come Together' With Liam Gallagher And Aerosmith's Joe Perry |url=https://www.spin.com/2017/10/foo-fighters-cover-the-beatles-liam-gallagher-aerosmith-joe-perry-watch/ |website=Spin |access-date=20 October 2021 |date=8 October 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
*''[[Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music]]''
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== Notes ==
{{notelist|group=note}}

== References ==
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* {{cite book|last=Miles|first=Barry|title=The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years|publisher= Omnibus Press|location=London|year=2001|isbn=0-7119-8308-9}}
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* {{cite book| last=Sheff| first=David| year=2000| author-link=David Sheff| title=All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono| publisher=St. Martin's Press| location=New York| isbn=0-312-25464-4| url=https://archive.org/details/allwearesayingla00lenn}}
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* {{cite book |last1=Winn |first1=John C. |title=That Magic Feeling: The Beatles' Recorded Legacy, Volume Two, 1966–1970 |date=2009 |publisher=[[Three Rivers Press]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-307-45239-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JcdvDwAAQBAJ}}
* {{cite book |last1=Womack |first1=Kenneth |author1-link=Kenneth Womack |title=Solid State: The Story of ''Abbey Road'' and the End of the Beatles |date=2019 |publisher=[[Cornell University Press]] |location=Ithaca |isbn=978-1-5017-4685-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yU2WDwAAQBAJ}}
* {{cite book |last=Womack |first=Kenneth |title=The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four |year=2014 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |location=Santa Barbara |isbn= 978-0-313-39171-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xWRyBAAAQBAJ}}
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==External links==
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* {{noteson|http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/ct.shtml|Come Together}}
* [https://www.thebeatles.com/come-together Full lyrics for the song at the Beatles' official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721233053/http://www.songcoleta.info/song/Come_Together Lyrics and video of Come Together]
* [http://www.upvenue.com/article/1640-top-come-together-covers.html The 15 Best Come Together Covers]
*{{YouTube|1Gh9Wt_dXvs|"Come Together"}}

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