Magical Mystery Tour (song)

"Magical Mystery Tour"
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Song by the Beatles
from the EP and album Magical Mystery Tour
Released	27 November 1967 (1967-11-27) (US LP) 8 December 1967 (UK EP)
Recorded	25 April – 3 May and 7 November 1967
Studio	EMI, London
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	2:51
Label	Parlophone (UK), Capitol (US)
Songwriter(s)	Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)	George Martin
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"Magical Mystery Tour" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles and the title track to the December 1967 television film of the same name. It was released on the band's Magical Mystery Tour soundtrack record, which was a double EP in Britain and most markets but an album in America, where Capitol Records supplemented the new songs with tracks issued on the Beatles' 1967 singles. The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership.

The Beatles recorded the track in April and May 1967, soon after completing work on their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and several months before committing to make the Magical Mystery Tour film. The song serves as an introduction to the audience, in the style of McCartney's opening title track to Sgt. Pepper, and includes ringmaster calls, a trumpet fanfare and traffic sounds.^[1]