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Blue Jay Way

1967 · Magical Mystery Tour

“There's a fog upon L.A.”

Harrison composition for Magical Mystery Tour, lead vocal by Harrison. Written in Los Angeles while jet-lagged waiting for publicist Derek Taylor to find the fog-shrouded Hollywood Hills street the song is named for.
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Year1967
AlbumMagical Mystery Tour
Track4 · Side 1
Duration3:54
Songwriter(s)Harrison
Lead VocalGeorge
RecordedSeptember 6 – October 6, 1967
ReleasedNovember 27, 1967

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Text191 tags

Motif

DialogueColorCommunicationStreetPlace namesWeatherSleepTime referenceLonelinessAutobiographyPleaTime

Title

Title in outroColor in title

Vocabulary

Negative toneCasual language

Narrative

First personVignetteSecond personConversationalImperative

Lyrical device

AnaphoraDouble meaning

Rhyme type

Identical rhymeInternal rhymePerfect rhyme

Song form

StrophicNo verse-chorus

Sections

Has outroStandard choruses (1-3)Standard verses (2-4)Has intro

Section links

Outro based on chorusChorus variationIntro based on verse

Repetition

Recurring fade lineConsecutive lineRecurring line
Word cloud

Recurring words

asleepbedfriendsgoesinsteadmeetpolicemanshowsoontheirthemselvesand i'dbe longbe thedon't befor ihave losti mayi toldi'd reallyit's pastknow knowmay bemy friendsnow it'sof dayor ipast myreally liketheir waythere tothey saidto showwe'll bewell itwill beand i tolddon't you bereally like toonly goes to show

Cover-shared words

askbluebreakdaygohereitknowlikelonglostmanymynowpastpleasesaidsittingstreetthemtheretheytoldwaywellyouand iand mydon't youhere ini knowlike toplease don'tso manythe streetthere's ato goyou be

Lyric shape

[ADV] it[NOUN] my[VERB] their[WORD] haveonly [VERB]their [NOUN]very [VERB][ADV] it's [NOUN][ADV] to [VERB][ADV] will be[NOUN] my [NOUN][VERB] their [NOUN][VERB] themselves [WORD][WORD] have [VERB]a [WORD] oni [VERB] [VERB]may be [ADJ]my [NOUN] iof [NOUN] [NOUN]only [VERB] toreally [VERB] toso [WORD] [ADV]the [NOUN] of[VERB] to [WORD] [WORD][WORD] on the [NOUN]and i [VERB] themmy [NOUN] i [VERB]only [VERB] to [VERB]the [NOUN] of [NOUN]

Cover-shared shape

[ADV] in[ADV] it's[ADV] to[NOUN] i[VERB] a[VERB] don't[VERB] of[VERB] them[VERB] to[WORD] a[WORD] ona [WORD]be [ADJ]be [VERB]have [VERB]i [VERB]in [ADJ]it's [NOUN]my [NOUN]my [WORD]of [NOUN]really [VERB]so [WORD]the [NOUN]they [VERB]to [VERB]to [WORD][ADV] they [VERB][NOUN] i [VERB][VERB] [ADV] in[VERB] a [WORD][VERB] of [NOUN][VERB] to [VERB][VERB] to [WORD][WORD] [ADV] toand i [VERB]in [ADJ] [WORD]on the [NOUN]in [ADJ] [WORD] [NOUN]

Rhyme scheme

AAABAABBAAAAA

Line length

Trochaic tetrameter7-7-8-77-7-7-7Unique line length

Distinctive word

fogjay
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides - then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.

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