What’s The New Mary Jane  Anthology 3 album artworkWritten by:
Lennon-McCartney Recorded: 14 August 1968, 29 November 1969
Producers: George Martin, Geoff Emerick, John Lennon Engineers:
Ken Scott, Mike Sheady  Released: 28 October 1996  John Lennon:
vocals, piano, effects George Harrison: vocals, acoustic guitar,
effects Yoko Ono: vocals, effects Mal Evans: handbell, effects
Available on: Anthology 3  Written by John Lennon in 1968,
What's The New Mary Jane was one of The Beatles' strangest
recordings. It was considered for inclusion on the The Beatles
(White Album), though remained unreleased until Anthology 3 in
1996.  Download on iTunes  The lyrical playfulness of the song
suggests it was written in India or shortly afterwards. Based on
the phrase "What a shame Mary Jane had a pain at the party", it
was, along with Revolution 9, one of Lennon's first forays into
the world of the avant garde.  This was a thing I wrote half
with our electronic genius Alex [Mardas]. It was called What A
Shame Mary Jane Had