Cika wannan magana: A mayar da martani ga abubuwan da suka faru na siyasa da kuma yanayi mai rikici na 1968, Beatles sun saki " juyin juya hali ", a cikin kalmomin da Lennon ya yi amfani da shirin zaman lafiya a kan rikici mai tsanani. Waƙar ta haifar da muhawara mai zurfi ta farko game da alaƙar da ke tsakanin kiɗan dutsen da siyasa, inda a baya 'yan jaridar kiɗa da' yan siyasa masu tsattsauran ra'ayi a Amurka galibi suna kallon fannonin su daban. Matsayin Lennon ya jawo mummunan zargi daga marubutan New Left yayin da aka sake sakin waƙar tare da tashin hankali na masu zanga-zangar yaƙin Vietnam a yankin.
Babban taron kasa na Demokradiyya a Chicago, da la'anta a Yammacin mamayewar da Soviet ta jagoranta na Czechoslovakia da murkushe ƙoƙarinta na gabatar da gyare-gyaren dimokiradiyya a can. Tare da sakonsa na duniya, McCartney's "Hey Jude", A-gefen guda, an karbe shi a matsayin taken da 'yan kasar Czech suka yi a gwagwarmayarsu. "The Beatles" sun kai irin wannan hari ta hannun hagu. Duk da yake counterculture ya karbi "Piggies" a matsayin anti-kafa take, da yawa yan tsattsauran ra'ayi gani band ta amfani da parody da satire a ko'ina cikin album a matsayin hujja da su disengagement da latsa siyasa al'amurran da suka shafi.