How The Beatles won a Grammy Award for a nearly 60-year-old song

from Gold Radio UK

The Beatles have an interesting history at the Grammy Awards.

That's partly because in its earliest days the industry bash was very much an anti-rock 'n' roll affair, with more traditional crooners dominating proceedings.

The track that picked up a bauble on Sunday night was 'I'm Only Sleeping', released way back in 1966 on the band's classic Revolver.

Only one double-A-side single was released from the album at the time, the seriousface/silly double-header of 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'Yellow Submarine'.

So why is a 58-year-old album track winning awards in the 2024 Grammys?

Well, back on October 28, 2022 – just inside the eligibility period for this year's awards – Revolver was re-released in a bunch of newly-mixed and expanded Special Edition package, including a massive 5CD version.

To accompany the release, the band commissioned a new music video for 'I'm Only Sleeping, directed by Em Cooper, and released the following month.

For the remarkable film, Cooper painted over 1,300 film cells individually.

"Literally, I paint and then I shoot that individual frame straight away, and then I move on to the next one," she told Animation World.

"It's like paint and shoot it, and then repaint. I might wipe it and repaint it or keep it wet and morph it like it's painted on glass. Each photograph shows an entirely new painting. It's kind of a stop-motion process."

Gold Radio UK