Penny Lane
Sign in to saveoriginal song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney, first recorded by The Beatles
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It is catalogued under topics including 1967 singles, 1967 songs and Baroque pop songs.
Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- A side
- " Strawberry Fields Forever " (double A-side)
- Released
- 13 February 1967 ( 1967-02-13 )
- Recorded
- 29 December 1966 – 17 January 1967
- Studio
- EMI , London
- Genre
- Psychedelic pop progressive pop baroque pop
- Length
- 3 : 03
- Label
- Parlophone (UK) Capitol (US)
- Songwriter
- Lennon–McCartney
- Producer
- George Martin
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Magical Mystery Tour
- Named after
- Penny Lane
- Genre
- psychedelic pop
- Composer
- Paul McCartney
- Performer
- Kai Winding
- Record label
- Capitol Records
- Tonality
- B major
- Lyrics by
- Paul McCartney
- Image
- PennyLane-BarberShop.jpg
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- Commons category
- Penny Lane (song)
- language of work or name
- English language
- different from
- Penny Lane
- title
- Penny Lane
- publication date
- 1967-00-00
- form of creative work
- song
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Encyclopedic overview
Promotional film "Penny Lane" on YouTube
"Penny Lane" is a song by the British rock band the Beatles that was released as a double A-side single with "Strawberry Fields Forever" in February 1967. It was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. The lyrics refer to Penny Lane, a street in Liverpool, and make mention of the sights and characters that McCartney recalled from his upbringing in the city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Penny Lane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.