Sabrina Carpenter Said Drugs Inspired Her Favorite Beatles Song
Everyone has a favorite Beatles song. Sabrina Carpenter was shocked by a Beatles song while her father was getting an unnecessary haircut. She included the song in question on a playlist of the tunes that defined her life.
Sabrina Carpenter loves the story of 1 Beatles song
During a 2018 interview with Teen Vogue, Carpenter discussed listening to The Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon.” “I specifically remember driving with my dad to get his haircut,” she said. “I don’t know why, he didn’t really have hair. Don’t show him that. Don’t tell him I, ugh, he’s gonna see that. Anyways, we’re driving to get his hair cut, and I remember him turning on this song. And immediately I was like, this is music?”
The “Espresso” singer recalled how she reacted to the Fab Four’s Western folk ditty. “This song, I think to a lot of people, they were probably just thinking, ‘Oh, The Beatles were high when they wrote this.’ I mean, they were high, but also, there’s such a story behind it, and they kinda did that with all their songs. And it made me really want to be a songwriter.”
Sabrina Carpenter named some of the other songs that meant a lot to her
The “Nonsense” singer put The Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon” on a playlist of the songs that defined her life. Other tunes on that playlist were Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful,” Etta James’ “At Last,” ABBA’s “Dancing Queen,” Skeeter Davis’ “The End of the World,” The Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun,” and Rihanna and SZA’s “Consideration.” She seemed to love songs from an array of different genres, including pop, dance music, folk, soul, and rock.
“All these songs kinda represent a different period in my life in the past, my life in the present, probably in the future,” she said. “Hope you guys like my playlist. Hope you listen to it.”
How the world reacted to The Beatles’ ‘Rocky Raccoon’
“Rocky Raccoon” was one of many famous Beatles songs that was never a single and did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The tune appeared on The White Album. That record topped the Billboard 200 for nine weeks, staying on the chart for 215 weeks in total. The White Album remains one of the Fab Four’s most popular records in the U.S.
According to The Official Charts Company, “Rocky Racoon” did not chart in the United Kingdom either. In the U.K., The White Album was No. 1 for eight weeks, lasting on the chart for 37 weeks altogether.
“Rocky Raccoon” is one of the more juvenile tracks on The White Album. The record also includes explorations of ska, rock ‘n’ roll, vaudeville, avant-garde music, pop, heavy metal, and blues. The musical diversity of The White Album is similar to the mix of styles in Carpenter’s playlist. While “Rocky Raccoon” might be one of the less impressive tracks on the record, it helped give The White Album a feeling of glorious chaos, where The Beatles might make any style of music at any time. That energy is a big part of why The White Album is such a classic.
The Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon” is a lot of fun, and Carpenter loves it.
