Song

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Release date: 01 June 1967

It was twenty years ago today,
Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play.
They've been going in and out of style,
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you the act you've known for all these years?
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
We hope you will enjoy the show,
We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
Sit back and let the evening go.
Sergeant Pepper's lonely, Sgt. Pepper's lonely,
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

It's wonderful to be here.
It's certainly a thrill.
You're such a lovely audience,
We'd like to take you home with us.
We'd love to take you home.

I don't really want to stop the show,
But I thought you might like to know
That the singer's gonna sing a song
And he wants you all to sing along.
So let me introduce to you,
The one and only Billy Shears,
And Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, yeah.

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Song by The Beatles from the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Released 1 June 1967
Recorded 1 February 1967
1 April 1967 (Reprise)
Genre Hard rock, psychedelic rock
Length 2:02
1:18 (Reprise)
Label Parlophone, Capitol, EMI
Writer Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band track listing
13 tracks
Side one
  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
  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"
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"/"With a Little Help from My Friends"
Single by The Beatles
B-side "A Day in the Life"
Released 14 August 1978 (US)
30 September 1978 (UK)
Format 7"
Recorded February-March 1967
EMI Studios, London
Length 4:46
Label Capitol 4612 (US)
Parlophone R6022 (UK)
Writer(s) Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology
"Back in the U.S.S.R."
(UK-1976)
--
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
(US-1976)
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" / "A Day in the Life"
(1978)
"The Beatles Movie Medley"
(1982)
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Song by The Bee Gees and Paul Nicholas from the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band : The Soundtrack
Released July 1978
Format
©1967 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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