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“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
Song by The Beatles
Album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Released 1 June 1967
Recorded Abbey Road Studios
1 March 1967
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 3:28
Label Parlophone R6022
Writer Lennon/McCartney
Producer George Martin
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band track listing

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  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 Music sample Sgt. ... Sgt. ... Getting Better is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney based on an original idea by McCartney. ... Fixing a Hole is a song written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and performed by The Beatles on the 1967 album Sgt. ... Shes Leaving Home is a song, written and sung by Paul McCartney, and released in 1967 on The Beatles album Sgt. ... Being for the Benefit of Mr. ...

  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. Within You Without You is a song written by George Harrison and recorded with a group of Indian musicians, without any input from his fellow Beatles. ... When Im Sixty-Four is a love song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney[1][2] (but co-credited to John Lennon) and released in 1967 on their album Sgt. ... Lovely Rita is a song by the Beatles off of the album Sgt. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Music sample Sgt. ... For other uses, see A Day in the Life (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Beatles_lucy_sky. ... Yellow Submarine Songtrack is a 1999 soundtrack album by The Beatles for the film of the same name. ... 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 pop group The Beatles which first appeared on the 1965 album Rubber Soul. ... This article is about the musical composition. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, entrepreneur, painter, record producer, film producer, and animal-rights activist. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... For other uses, see Sgt. ...

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. 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]. 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.[2] In music, an arrangement loosely describes rewriting a piece of pre-existing music for a specific set of instruments or voices, often in harmony or with additional original material. ... Metre is the measurement of a musical line into measures of stressed and unstressed beats, indicated in Western notation by a symbol called a time signature. ... A refrain (from the Old French refraindre to repeat, likely from Vulgar Latin refringere) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the chorus of a song. ... For other uses, see key. ... A major is a major scale based on A, consisting of the pitches A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯, G♯, and A. Its key signature consists of three sharps. ... B-flat major is a major scale based on B-flat, consisting of the pitches B-flat, C, D, E-flat, F, G, A, and 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 F. Its key signature has one sharp, F. (see below: Scales and keys). ... Look up melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The tambura is a musical instrument used in various places around the world. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ...


Personnel

John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Acoustic guitar can refer to the following musical instruments: Nylon and gut stringed guitars: Renaissance guitar Baroque guitar Romantic guitar Classical guitar, the modern version of the original guitar, with nylon strings Flamenco guitar Steel stringed guitars: Steel-string acoustic guitar, also known as western, folk or country guitar Twelve... Pianoforte redirects here. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, entrepreneur, painter, record producer, film producer, and animal-rights activist. ... A sunburst-colored Fender Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass[1][2]; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... Lead guitar refers to a role within a band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... The tambura is a musical instrument used in various places around the world. ... Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an Academy Award-winning English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... “Buben” redirects here. ...

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. is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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 processed 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. Showing the artwork to his father, young Julian described the picture as "Lucy — in the sky with diamonds." John Charles Julian Lennon known universally as Julian Lennon, (born April 8, 1963 in Liverpool, England) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and first son of Beatle John Lennon and the only child of his first wife Cynthia Lennon. ...


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. 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". A parody of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", recited by the Mad Hatter, appears in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: ) (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll (), was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Through the Looking Glass redirects here. ... The Goon Show was a popular and influential British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1951 to 1960 on the BBC Home Service. ... Alice in Wonderland redirects here. ...


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. Music sample I Am the Walrus Problems? See media help. ... Through the Looking Glass redirects here. ... In His Own Write is a book from 1964 by John Lennon. ... A Spaniard in the Works is a book from 1965 by John Lennon. ...


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.[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. , Weybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England. ... , 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 of Art-Deco courts, spacious and grand late-19th century town houses blending into a sea of semi-detached 20th century housing estates. ... Psoriatic arthritis (or Arthropathic psoriasis) is a type of inflammatory arthritis that affects around 20% of people suffering from the chronic skin condition Psoriasis. ... Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE or lupus) is a chronic autoimmune disease that can be fatal, though with recent medical advances, fatalities are becoming increasingly rare. ...


There is another candidate for the original Lucy: British comedian Peter Cook's daughter, Lucy. 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). According to Cook's biographer, Harry Thompson, Lennon told Cook's then wife, Wendy, that the song was inspired by Lucy Cook. For other persons named Peter Cook, see Peter Cook (disambiguation). ... Not Only. ... Harry Thompson (1960-2005) was a British comedy writer and producer. ...


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."[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. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, entrepreneur, painter, record producer, film producer, and animal-rights activist. ... Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly called LSD, LSD-25, or acid. ...


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)"
Released November 18, 1974
Genre Rock
Length 6:16
Label MCA (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. 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. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... “B-Sides” redirects here. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // January - The Ramones form. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the genre. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc. ... DJM Records was the record label of Dick James. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, entrepreneur, painter, record producer, film producer, and animal-rights activist. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... The Bitch Is Back is a song by Elton John, written with Bernie Taupin. ... Philadelphia Freedom can refer to: Philadelphia Freedom (song), a 1975 number one song by Elton John Philadelphia Freedom (soccer), the United Soccer Leagues club Philadelphia Freedom (tennis), a World TeamTennis club Category: ... // January - The Ramones form. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... // January 2 - New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case. ... All This and World War II (1976) is a musical documentary. ...


During their collaboration, John appeared on Lennon's song "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night". Lennon promised to appear live with John at Madison Square Garden if it became a number 1 single.[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". Whatever Gets You thru the Night is a song on John Lennons 1974 album Walls and Bridges. ... Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially simply as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City. ... 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 Please Please Me, released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone on 22 March 1963. ...


According to pop mythology, it was at this concert Lennon serendipitously reunited with Yoko Ono after the infamous Lost Weekend. [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. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... 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. "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". 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. Lennon is a four CD box set featuring many of John Lennons solo song 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). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth 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

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Other cover versions

The song has been covered by many artists. // In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ...

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Cultural influence

  • The phrase "Lucy in the sky with diamond eyes" is sung at the beginning of the third verse in the Nevermore song titled "This Sacrament" from their album The Politics of Ecstasy .
  • The famous Australopithecus fossil Lucy was named after this song, which was being played loudly and repeatedly on a tape recorder in the camp when the fossil was discovered.
  • The song also plays an important role in the movie I Am Sam, starring Sean Penn, in which he names his daughter (Dakota Fanning) Lucy Diamond because of the song.
  • The song is referenced in another Beatles song, "I Am the Walrus", in the line "See how they fly, like Lucy in the sky."
  • "Lucy in the Sky" is the codename of a superhero in the comic book Runaways. Karolina Dean takes up this name because her alien physiology makes her skin pulse with psychedelic colors and gives her the ability to fly. She states in a later volume that she came to know the song from a 'Best Of' album and although liking the band, was not a completely knowledgeable or dedicated fan.
  • In the 1998 film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Gonzo is found in a hotel room with a girl named Lucy. He had given her acid (LSD) and quotes the song. "This is Lucy, in the sky with diamonds."
  • In the Alizee song "Lilly Town" from their album entitled Psychèdèlices are references when she says: "There is even,a sky so blue, that one can see there, Lucy, that one can even see there, if one wants, John or Gandhi"...
  • In the Dream Theater song "Octavarium" from the album with the same name James LaBrie sings "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" along with other classic rock song titles and classic rock references.
  • In the "311 (band)" song Home Brew from "Grassroots (album)" the lead singer says: "Fourth of July with Lucy in Sky, I remember pine trees and the coat of many colors..."

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  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.
  5. ^ Housewife Lucy, formerly in the sky with diamonds. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.
  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. 31
  10. ^ Pang, May (1983). Loving John. Warner Books (Paperback). ISBN 978-0446379168. 
  11. ^ You say you want a revelation?. lennonrevealed.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
  12. ^ imdb John and Yoko: A Love Story

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