“Come Together” opens Abbey Road with one of the most distinctive grooves in The Beatles’ catalog. Written primarily by John Lennon and built around Paul McCartney’s sliding, syncopated bassline, the track blends blues, psychedelic rock, and laid-back funk influences. Its cryptic, surreal lyrics sketch fragmented portraits of different characters — part satire, part stream-of-consciousness — layered over a dark, atmospheric arrangement. Ringo Starr’s swung drum pattern, the whispered vocal delivery, and the electric piano accents contribute to a hypnotic, slow-burn tension that became an iconic sound signature of late-period Beatles. The song reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and remains one of the band’s most influential grooves, widely covered and referenced across rock, funk, and pop.