‘Lady Madonna’ was recorded on two separate days at the beginning of February 1968 - the session had been somewhat hastily arranged. ⁠ ⁠ The band were about to embark on their trip to Rishikesh in India to study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram: ⁠ ⁠ “I was writing the words out to learn it for an American TV show and I realised I missed out Saturday; I did every other day of the week, but I missed out Saturday. So I figured it must have been a real night out.” - Paul | The Beatles