Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
“We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”
A hard-rock reprise of the album's title track, conceived late in production as a bookend before 'A Day in the Life'. Recorded in a single session on April 1 1967 in EMI Studio One, with all four Beatles sharing lead vocals over distorted twin guitars, Hammond organ, and shouted interjections. Modulates from F major to G major between its two refrain iterations.
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This song is the only Beatles song that reaches the I7♯9 scale degree.
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedApril 1, 1967
ReleasedMay 26, 1967
Song familyMedley songCrossfades directly into 'A Day in the Life', Twin songsTwin of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: the same song opening and closing the album, faster and shorter the second time.
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[ADJ] but[ADV] the[VERB] veryit [WORD]only [ADJ]we'd [VERB]we're [ADJ][ADV] the [WORD][VERB] it [WORD][VERB] very [ADV][WORD] [WORD] my[WORD] [WORD] onebut it's [NOUN]have [VERB] theit [VERB] meit's [NOUN] towe'd [VERB] towe're [WORD] [WORD]you have [VERB][VERB] you [WORD] againhave [VERB] the [NOUN]it's [NOUN] to [WORD]we'd [VERB] to [VERB] youwe're [WORD] [WORD] [ADJ] [WORD] [NOUN]
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[NOUN] it[NOUN] to[VERB] it[VERB] me[VERB] the[VERB] to[VERB] you[WORD] my[WORD] onehave [VERB]it [VERB]it's [NOUN]it's [VERB]my [NOUN]one [WORD]the [NOUN]the [WORD]to [VERB]to [WORD]we [VERB]you [WORD][NOUN] to [WORD][VERB] the [NOUN][VERB] to [VERB][VERB] you [WORD][WORD] my [NOUN]one [WORD] [WORD]to [VERB] youwe [VERB] you[VERB] to [VERB] youone [WORD] [WORD] [WORD]to [VERB] you [WORD][VERB] to [VERB] you [WORD]
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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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