Love contains elements from 130 individual commercially released and demo recordings of the Beatles, and is a complex remix and polymix of multiple songs known as a
mashup. As described by
Alexis Petridis, mashups were popular earlier in the 2000s, with the Beatles serving as popular material; examples included
Danger Mouse The Grey Album (2004), on which the producer fuses
Jay-Z's rapping with music from the Beatles'
White Album (1968), and
Go Home Productions' "Paperback Believer", which used the Beatles' "
Paperback Writer" and
the Monkees' "
Daydream Believer".
Love has also been described as a
sound collage.
Track element notes • "
Because" – According to an interview with the Martins in
Entertainment Weekly, the opening track includes the bird sounds used in the
World Wildlife Fund version of "
Across the Universe", as well as "
Free as a Bird". In addition, a new recording of a
wood pigeon was implemented "to make it more British", according to George Martin. • "
I Want to Hold Your Hand" – George and Giles Martin stated that elements from both the studio recording and the
Hollywood Bowl live performance were used in the
5.1 surround sound mix. The Martins said they also remixed keyboards from "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and backing vocals from "Helter Skelter" into the track. • "Gnik Nus" – The track contains the vocal arrangement of "
Sun King" played in reverse • "
Strawberry Fields Forever" – This version builds from an acoustic
demo to incorporate sections of take 1 of the song (including harmony vocals that were cut from the edit of take 1 issued on the 1996
Anthology 2 compilation) and take 26. At the end of the track, it includes the orchestral section from "
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", the piano solo from "
In My Life", the brass included in "Penny Lane", the cello and harpsichord from "Piggies", and the coda of "Hello, Goodbye". • "
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – The track includes horns and guitars from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band",
clavioline from "
Baby, You're a Rich Man", and sound effects from "Tomorrow Never Knows". • "
Octopus's Garden" – This track contains the string arrangement from "
Good Night", sound effects and vocal elements from "
Yellow Submarine", and elements from "
Lovely Rita", "Helter Skelter" and ends with the beginning guitar riff from "Sun King". • "
Here Comes the Sun" (with "
The Inner Light" transition) – As mentioned by Giles Martin, the track includes
tabla and dilruba from "Within You Without You", • "
Come Together/
Dear Prudence" (with "Cry Baby Cry" transition) – The track contains nearly all of "Come Together", which transitions into "Dear Prudence". It concludes with the vocal part from the end of "Cry Baby Cry", strings from "Eleanor Rigby", and what Giles Martin referred to as the "climax" from "A Day in the Life". • "
All You Need Is Love" – The track includes the guitar from "
Ticket to Ride", elements from "Baby You're a Rich Man", "
Rain" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", and ends with orchestration from "Good Night" and the sign-off from
The Beatles Third Christmas Record. ==Release and reception==