Blackbird

E240146
musical work song

"Blackbird" is a classic Beatles song, written by Paul McCartney and released on the 1968 "White Album," known for its gentle acoustic guitar and themes of hope and civil rights.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Blackbird canonical 4
Blackbird by The Beatles 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
accompaniment acoustic guitar ⓘ
album The Beatles ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Beatles (White Album) ⓘ
surface form: White Album
artist The Beatles ⓘ
catalogNumber Apple PCS 7067/8 (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Apple PMC 7067/8 (album matrix context)
composer Paul McCartney ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coveredBy Crosby, Stills & Nash ⓘ
Dave Grohl ⓘ
Eddie Vedder ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Sarah McLachlan ⓘ
genre acoustic rock ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
hasGuitarStyle classical-influenced fingerpicking ⓘ
hasISWC T-010.140.136-3 ⓘ
hasLiveVersionsBy Paul McCartney ⓘ
hasRightsSociety American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ⓘ
surface form: ASCAP

BMI ⓘ
hasTheme empowerment of marginalized people ⓘ
inspiredBy American civil rights movement ⓘ
key G major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist Paul McCartney ⓘ
length approximately 2:18 ⓘ
lyricist Paul McCartney ⓘ
notableFeature solo vocal with fingerpicked guitar ⓘ
use of bird sound effects ⓘ
partOf The Beatles (White Album) ⓘ
surface form: The Beatles (1968 double album)
performer Paul McCartney ⓘ
producer George Martin ⓘ
publisher Northern Songs ⓘ
rankedOn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
surface form: Rolling Stone lists of greatest Beatles songs
recordedBy The Beatles ⓘ
recordLabel Apple Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1968-11-22 ⓘ
releaseYear 1968 ⓘ
side Side 2 (UK LP) ⓘ
tempo moderate ⓘ
themes civil rights ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
hope ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
writer Paul McCartney ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Cowboy Carter → includesCoverOf → Blackbird ⓘ
The Beatles (White Album) → hasPart → Blackbird ⓘ
album "The Voice" → hasTrack → Blackbird ⓘ
subject surface form: The Voice
album "The Voice" → hasCoverVersionOf → Blackbird ⓘ
subject surface form: The Voice
this entity surface form: Blackbird by The Beatles
Roger Michell → notableWork → Blackbird ⓘ