A Day in the Life

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musical composition song

A Day in the Life is a landmark Beatles song, primarily written by John Lennon with contributions from Paul McCartney, renowned for its innovative structure, orchestral crescendos, and evocative lyrics that close the album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
A Day in the Life canonical 8
"A Day in the Life" 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
song ⓘ
album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" ⓘ
surface form: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
artist The Beatles ⓘ
associatedWithAlbumConcept "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" ⓘ
surface form: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
closingTrackOf "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" ⓘ
surface form: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
composer John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre art rock ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasCoda orchestral glissando into final chord ⓘ
hasCriticalReputation landmark Beatles song ⓘ
one of the greatest songs of all time ⓘ
hasNotableFeature evocative lyrics ⓘ
final sustained piano chord ⓘ
innovative structure ⓘ
orchestral crescendos ⓘ
use of a 40-piece orchestra ⓘ
hasNotableSection John Lennon verses ⓘ
Paul McCartney middle section ⓘ
includedIn many greatest-songs lists ⓘ
key G major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
partOfAlbum "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" ⓘ
surface form: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
performer George Harrison ⓘ
John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
Ringo Starr ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ
producer George Martin ⓘ
recordedAt Abbey Road Studios ⓘ
surface form: EMI Studios, London
recordingEndDate 1967-02-22 ⓘ
recordingStartDate 1967-01-19 ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
Parlophone ⓘ
releaseDate 1967-06-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1967 ⓘ
side Side two ⓘ
subjectMatter everyday life ⓘ
existential reflection ⓘ
news reports ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
trackPositionOnAlbum 13 ⓘ
writer John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Lennon → notableWork → A Day in the Life ⓘ
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" → hasTrack → A Day in the Life ⓘ
subject surface form: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Anthology 2 → includesSong → A Day in the Life ⓘ
album "In My Life" → hasTrack → A Day in the Life ⓘ
subject surface form: In My Life
The Beatles 1967–1970 → includesSong → A Day in the Life ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll → includesWork → A Day in the Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: "A Day in the Life"
Rhys Coiro → hasWorkedOn → A Day in the Life ⓘ
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) → precedesTrack → A Day in the Life ⓘ
PCS 7027 → associatedSong → A Day in the Life ⓘ