Creative discovery begins with Scrambled Eggs

25 Dec

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The song that MTV and Rolling Stone magazine deemed the number 1 pop song of all time was originally titled “Scrambled Eggs.”

It was months after Sir Paul McCartney wrote the melody, that he replaced the working title “Scrambled Eggs” for the name of the song we all know so well. After landing on the name, McCartney said, the lyrics fell quickly into place.

The creative path rarely follows a straight line. Whether you’re writing a song, creating a new work flow system or designing an advertisement, sometimes you need to start with “Scrambled eggs/Oh my baby how I love your legs.” before you get to “Yesterday/All my troubles seemed so far away.”

2 Responses to “Creative discovery begins with Scrambled Eggs”

  1. Traveling Ted (@travelingted)'s avatar
    Traveling Ted (@travelingted) January 1, 2014 at 6:02 pm #

    Mini pancakes, how you fill me up. Then I ate too much and threw it up, oh I believe, in mini pancakes. How is that ?

    • Kerry O'Reilly's avatar
      Kerry O'Reilly March 20, 2025 at 9:28 pm #

      Genius! (Sorry for the slow reply. I spent a lot of time thinking of my response.)

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