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“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
Song by The Beatles
AlbumSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Released1 June 1967
RecordedAbbey Road Studios
1 March 1967
GenrePsychedelic rock
Length3:28
LabelParlophone R6022
WriterLennon/McCartney
ProducerGeorge Martin
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band track listing

Side one

  1. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
  2. "With a Little Help from My Friends"
  3. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
  4. "Getting Better"
  5. "Fixing a Hole"
  6. "She's Leaving Home"
  7. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"

Side two

  1. "Within You Without You"
  2. "When I'm Sixty-Four"
  3. "Lovely Rita"
  4. "Good Morning Good Morning"
  5. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"
  6. "A Day in the Life"
Music sample
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
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Yellow Submarine Songtrack track listing
"All Together Now"
(5)		"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
(6)		"Think For Yourself"
(7)

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney that was recorded by The Beatles for their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Yellow Submarine Songtrack is a Soundtrack album by The Beatles for the 1999 re-release of the 1968 film Yellow Submarine. " All Together Now " is a song by The Beatles, originally released on the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack by Apple Records. " Think for Yourself " is a song by the 1960s rock group The Beatles which first appeared on the 1965 album Rubber Soul. A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the British rock band The Beatles.

Contents

Arrangement

The song has a complex arrangement typical of later Lennon-McCartney compositions; much of the song is in compound duple metre (6/8 time), except the chorus, where it switches to 4/4 time. In Music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing Music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch such In Music, compound meter, compound metre, or compound time ( chiefly British variation) is a Time signature or meter in A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat" and later from Old French refraindre) is the Line or lines that are The song also shifts between musical keys, using the key of A major for the verse, B♭ major for the pre-chorus or bridge section, and G major for the chorus [1]. In Music theory, the term key is used in many different and sometimes contradictory ways A major (or the key of A) is a Major scale based on A with the pitches A, B, C{{music|sharp}}, D, E, Also see B-flat minor, or B major. B major or B-flat major is a Major scale based on B-flat This article is about a bridge section in a piece of popular or classical music G major (or the key of G) is a Major scale based on G with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and It consists of a very simple melody (reminiscent of a nursery song), sung by Lennon over an increasingly complicated underlying arrangement which features a tamboura, played by George Harrison, and a Lowrey organ played by Paul McCartney being taped with a special organ stop to give it a sound like a celeste. In Music, a melody (from Greek μελῳδία - melōidía, "singing chanting" also tune, voice, or The tambura ( Hindi: तानपूरा is a type of Stringed instrument found in different versions in different places around the world most are plucked George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author [2]

Personnel

Lyrics and title

Session tapes from the initial 1 March 1967 recording of this song reveal that Lennon originally sang the line "Cellophane flowers of yellow and green"[3] as a broken phrase, but McCartney suggested that he sing it more fluidly to improve the song. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Cellophane is a thin transparent sheet made of regenerated Cellulose.

Julian's drawing

According to the Beatles, one day in 1966 Lennon's son, Julian, came home from nursery school with a drawing he said was of his classmate, a girl named Lucy. John Charles Julian Lennon (born 8 April 1963) known universally as Julian Lennon, or by many fans Jude, is an English Showing the artwork to his father, young Julian described the picture as "Lucy — in the sky with diamonds. "

Julian later said, "I don't know why I called it that or why it stood out from all my other drawings, but I obviously had an affection for Lucy at that age. I used to show dad everything I'd built or painted at school, and this one sparked off the idea for a song about 'Lucy in the sky with diamonds'. " [4]

His son's artwork appears to have inspired Lennon to draw heavily on his own childhood affection for Lewis Carroll's "Wool and Water" chapter from Through the Looking-Glass. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (ˈdɒdsən (27 January 1832 &ndash 14 January 1898 better known by the Pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/ was an English Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There ( 1871) is a work of Children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson At least one lyric was influenced by both Carroll and skits on a popular British radio comedy programme (The Goon Show) making references to "plasticine ties", which showed up in the song as "Plasticine porters with looking glass ties". The Goon Show was a British Radio comedy programme originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960 A parody of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", recited by the Mad Hatter, appears in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865 is a novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known under the Pseudonym Lewis

Carroll's work has also been cited as having influenced Lennon's "I Am the Walrus" which refers to a character from Through the Looking-Glass and his two books, In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works. " I Am the Walrus " is a 1967 song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There ( 1871) is a work of Children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson In His Own Write is a Book from 1964 by John Lennon. The book consists of short stories and line drawings often surreal and always nonsensical A Spaniard in the Works is a Book from 1965 by John Lennon. The book consists of nonsensical stories and drawings similar to the style of his previous

Who was Lucy?

The Lucy referred to in the song was probably a classmate of Julian's at Heath House School named Lucy O'Donnell, born in Weybridge in 1963. Weybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England. [5] She has met up with him on a few occasions in the last few years, and occasionally appears on daytime shows for the anniversary of the "Sgt. Pepper's" album. She is featured in the book "A Hard Day's Night". She now lives in Surbiton in Surrey, and owned a nanny agency for children with special needs until she was taken ill with psoriatic arthritis and lupus some years ago. Surbiton, a suburban area of London in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is a commuter town next to the river Thames, populated with a mixture Psoriatic arthritis (also arthritis psoriatica, arthropathic psoriasis or psoriatic arthropathy) is a type of Inflammatory Arthritis Systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE or lupus,) is a chronic autoimmune disease that can be fatal though with recent medical advances fatalities are becoming

There is another candidate for the original Lucy: British comedian Peter Cook's daughter, Lucy. Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 &ndash 9 January 1995 was an English Satirist, Writer and Comedian. Lennon and Cook were seeing quite a bit of each other at the time (Lennon made a guest appearance on Cook's TV show Not Only... But Also as a doorman). Not Only But Also was a popular 1960s BBC British Television series starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. According to Cook's biographer, Harry Thompson, Lennon told Cook's then wife, Wendy, that the song was inspired by Lucy Cook. Harry William Thompson ( February 6, 1960 – November 7, 2005) was a British producer and writer of comedies and a successful novelist and biographer

Reference to drugs and the title of the song

Paul McCartney recounted trading lyric ideas with Lennon in an interview, saying, "We never noticed the LSD initial until it was pointed out later, by which point people didn't believe us. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, "[6] This is confirmed by a 1971 interview of Lennon, where he admitted to curiously going so far as to search for acronyms in his other work, only to find "they didn't spell out anything. " George Martin also denied the song was about LSD in the book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn. However, Lewisohn goes on to say "there can be little doubt that this was the very substance that provoked such colourful word imagery to flow out of Lennon's head and onto paper. " [7] McCartney agrees in a 2004 interview, where he noted that Julian's painting had inspired the song, but that it was "pretty obvious" that the song was also inspired by LSD. [8] For his part, Lennon attributed the colourful prose not to the drug, but to the writings of Lewis Carroll.

Elton John version

“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” cover
Single by Elton John
B-side"One Day (At a Time)"
ReleasedNovember 18, 1974
GenreRock
Length6:16
LabelMCA (US/Canada)
DJM Records
Writer(s)John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Elton John singles chronology
"The Bitch is Back"
(1974)		Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
(1974)		"Philadelphia Freedom"
(1975)

The most successful remake was a single recorded in 1974 by Elton John with background vocals and guitar by John Lennon (who used the pseudonym Dr. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Events January - The Ramones form January - Joni Mitchell releases her monumental album Court and Spark, supported A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc DJM Records was the Record label of Dick James, distributed by Pye. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Events January - The Ramones form January - Joni Mitchell releases her monumental album Court and Spark, supported Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born Winston O'Boogie). The single topped the Billboard pop charts for two weeks in January 1975 and also appeared on the ephemeral 1976 musical documentary, All This and World War II. Events January 2 - New York City US District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers All This and World War II is a 1976 musical documentary that juxtaposes Beatles songs performed by a number of musicians with World War

During their collaboration, John appeared on Lennon's song "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night". " Whatever Gets You thru the Night " is a song on John Lennon 's 1974 album Walls and Bridges. Lennon promised to appear live with John at Madison Square Garden if it became a number 1 single. Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. [9] It did, and on Thanksgiving Night, November 28, 1974, Lennon kept his promise. They performed "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Whatever Gets You Through the Night", and "I Saw Her Standing There". " I Saw Her Standing There " is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and is the opening track on the The Beatles ' debut Album

According to pop mythology, it was at this concert Lennon serendipitously reunited with Yoko Ono after the infamous Lost Weekend. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born [10] [11] This scene was fictionalized in the movie John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985). [12] This would also be John Lennon's last major concert appearance before his death in 1980. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)

Those live versions are available on the Lennon box set, as well as Elton John's Here and There. Lennon is a four CD Box set featuring many of John Lennon 's solo songs and was released in 1990 Here and There is a Live album by British Singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music) "It is a song that I never do in a set at a concert simply because it reminds me too much of John Lennon. This is the same with Empty Garden". " Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny " is a hit ballad from British pop-rock performer Elton John 's 1982 album Jump Up!. Today, John does occasionally perform it. The single was later released on the 1996 re-release of Elton John's album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth Studio album by British Singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1975

Preceded by
"Angie Baby" by Helen Reddy		Billboard Hot 100 number one single (Elton John version)
January 4, 1975		Succeeded by
"Mandy" by Barry Manilow

Other cover versions

The song has been covered by many artists. " Angie Baby " is a Popular song that was a number-one U Helen Reddy (born October 25, 1941) is an Australian/American Singer / Songwriter. Pre-Hot 100 era 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " Mandy " (or " Brandy " in 1971 was a 1974 hit song for Barry Manilow. Barry Manilow (born June 17, 1943) is an American Singer-songwriter, Musician, arranger, producer and conductor In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released

Cultural influence

Notes

  1. ^ The Beatles - Complete Scores by the Beatles. Hal Leonard Corporation (June 1, 1993) ISBN-13: 978-0793518326
  2. ^ The Complete "Beatles" Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years by Mark Lewisohn. Hamlyn (Sep 1988) ISBN 0-600-55798-7 page 100
  3. ^ Lyrics
  4. ^ This story was re-told on BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 60s on 2 February 2008. Sounds of the 60s is a long-running Saturday morning programme on BBC Radio 2 that features recordings of popular music made in the 1960s
  5. ^ Housewife Lucy, formerly in the sky with diamonds. Retrieved on 2007-10-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule
  6. ^ The Beatles, Anthology, p. 242
  7. ^ The Complete "Beatles" Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years by Mark Lewisohn. Hamlyn (Sep 1988) ISBN 0-600-55798-7 page 100
  8. ^ BBC news article, "Sir Paul reveals Beatles drug use" citing Uncut magazine article
  9. ^ David Sheff, All We Are Saying, p. Uncut magazine trademarked as UNCUT, is a popular monthly publication based in London. 31
  10. ^ Pang, May (1983). Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Loving John. Warner Books (Paperback). Hachette Book Group USA (HBG is a Publishing company owned by Hachette Livre, the largest publishing company in France. ISBN 978-0446379168.  
  11. ^ You say you want a revelation?. lennonrevealed. com. Retrieved on 2007-12-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor.
  12. ^ imdb John and Yoko: A Love Story

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