"Piggies" is a Beatles song from double-disc album The Beatles (also known as The White Album). It was written by George Harrison as social commentary on class and corporate greed. Production Instrumentation Piggies features a Baroque-style harpsichord and string quartet ? which take an unexpected turn at one point playing a blues riff. Chris Thomas (producing in George Martin's absence on some of the 'White Album' sessions) played the harpsichord part. Lyrical Input Harrison's mother provided the line "What they need's a damn good whacking",Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison; Joshua M. Greene; Bantam Books; 2006 and Lennon contributed with the line "clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon"[LINK: http://www.geocities.com/~beatleboy1/dba09white.html] [1].

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