Happiness Is a Warm Gun by The Beatles

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"Happiness Is a Warm Gun" is a darkly humorous, multi-part rock song by The Beatles from their 1968 "White Album," noted for its shifting time signatures, surreal lyrics, and John Lennon's distinctive vocal performance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf rock song ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The Beatles (The White Album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
artist The Beatles ⓘ
backingVocal George Harrison ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
composer John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
feature complex arrangement ⓘ
dark humor ⓘ
distinctive vocal performance by John Lennon ⓘ
shifting time signatures ⓘ
surreal lyrics ⓘ
genre progressive rock ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasPart multi-part song structure ⓘ
includedIn The Beatles 1967–1970 ⓘ
surface form: The Beatles 1967–1970 (compilation) (some editions)
instrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
label Apple Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocal John Lennon ⓘ
lyricalStyle surrealism ⓘ
wordplay ⓘ
lyricalTheme obsession ⓘ
violence metaphor ⓘ
lyricist John Lennon ⓘ
notableFor abrupt section transitions ⓘ
complex vocal harmonies ⓘ
controversial lyrical imagery ⓘ
partOf The Beatles (The White Album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer George Martin ⓘ
recordedBy George Harrison ⓘ
John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ONNED1 ⓘ
Ringo Starr NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingArtist The Beatles ⓘ
releaseDate 1968-11-22 ⓘ
side Side A of The Beatles (The White Album) ⓘ
tempoChange multiple tempo changes ⓘ
timeSignatureChange multiple time signatures ⓘ
trackPosition track 8 on The Beatles (The White Album) ⓘ
writerCredit Lennon–McCartney ⓘ

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