📌George Harrison helped Ringo Starr compose "Octopus's Garden" by assisting with the chord changes and development of the song. Starr originally wrote the song after a boat trip in 1968 where he learned about octopuses building gardens on the sea floor, and Harrison helped him refine the music when he brought it to the studio. ▪️Original idea: Ringo Starr came up with the initial concept for "Octopus's Garden" while on holiday in Sardinia in 1968. A boat captain told him a story about octopuses