Backmasking began with The Beatles. John Lennon, while under the influence of cannabis, played the tapes for "Tomorrow Never Knows", a song from Revolver, in reverse. Lennon enjoyed the sound of the song being played backwards, and shared the results with the other Beatles the following day.[2] He then wrote "Rain", intending the song to be recorded entirely backwards; but George Martin (who claims he discovered the backwards effect) rejected this, and only the final verse was played backwards.